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10th Circuit says man cannot sue Denver officer for confiscating hemp plants at airport
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The 2018 law that legalized hemp production and barred states from prohibiting the transportation of hemp does not permit a man to sue a police officer for confiscating 32 of his plants at Denver International Airport, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Tuesday. It was an open question whether a provision of…
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10th Circuit mulls whether to recognize right of hemp producers to sue for plant confiscation
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One day after Francisco Serna passed through Denver International Airport, he filed a lawsuit in federal court with a three-sentence description of what happened when he attempted to carry his hemp plants through security. “I was travelling with 32 plant clones or rooted clippings compliantly produced under Subtitle G of 2018 Farm Bill Act,” Serna…
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Republican sponsor takes name off hemp bill, alleges bill was ‘hijacked’ by marijuana industry
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A Republican senator has pulled his name from bipartisan legislation seeking to regulate hemp, alleging the bill’s Democratic co-sponsors allowed the legislation to be “hijacked” by the marijuana industry. As introduced, Senate Bill 205 would have established new definitions for adult use of cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoid, intoxicating cannabinoid, and tetrahydrocannabinol. The measure would task the…
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Bill intends to regulate new form of intoxicating hemp
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A bill that pits the hemp industry against the cannabis industry has been watered down in favor of a longer-term approach to the issue of lack of regulation of intoxicating hemp and what’s known as Delta-8 THC. The issue arose when a 2018 farm bill allowed for interstate sales of hemp products. Manufacturers are taking that…
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‘Lies, lies and damn lies’: Boebert’s GOP challenger swings back at ads alleging hemp scheme
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The gloves came off quickly in the Republican primary for the Colorado congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert’s campaign announced on Thursday that it was launching a barrage of attack ads aimed at state Sen. Don Coram, the Montrose Republican who made it official last week that he’s challenging the incumbent. The…
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Hemp producer cannot sue for confiscation of plants at DIA, federal judge rules
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Congress has not given a Texas hemp producer the ability to sue the Denver Police Department for confiscating 32 of his plants at Denver International Airport earlier this year, a federal judge determined in dismissing the lawsuit. Francisco Serna, a resident of Austin, said the seized plants cost him under $200, but would have been…
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Colorado’s hemp industry sees a green future under farm bill
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The future is hemp, Tim Gordon says. And the future is now. Gordon is president of the board of the Colorado Hemp Industries Association. Some have called the passage last month of the U.S. farm bill, which takes hemp from a Schedule 1 controlled substance to an agricultural commodity, as a game-changer. But Gordon calls…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Polygamous group lets go of sprawling Arizona worship center
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ARIZONA Polygamous group lets go of sprawling worship center A polygamous group based on the Utah-Arizona border is letting go of the sprawling building where its members worshipped, in the latest sign that the sect run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs is crumbling and losing control of the community it ruled for a century. The…
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FDA approves prescription-grade CBD oil for rare epilepsy disorders
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The Food and Drug Administration Monday gave its first-ever approval of a plant-based cannabidiol product – Epidiolex – for treating two rare seizure disorders that begin in childhood. It’s not quite medical marijuana. The strawberry-flavored syrup is a purified form of a chemical ingredient found in the cannabis plant – but not the one that…
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Out West Roundup: After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again
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Kansas After tax cuts many saw as a failure, Kansas may cut again TOPEKA, Kansas – Kansas has some financial breathing room less than a year after legislators reversed past income tax cuts to deal with persistent budget woes that followed what many voters saw as a failed fiscal experiment. Now some Republicans want to…
