Hemp and Cannabis Updates

BSH PARTNER CURTIS HARRINGTON CONTRIBUTES TO WASHINGTON POST HEMP ARTICLE

BSH Partner Curtis Harrington was interviewed alongside BSH friend and client, Adam Sinks, owner of Sinkers Beverages...

June 17, 2025

Hemp and Cannabis Updates • Hemp Law

FEDS CONSIDER HEMP THC BAN IN BUDGET PROPOSAL

The House Appropriations Committee released on June 4, 2025 the FY26 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA...

June 6, 2025

Hemp and Cannabis Updates • Hemp Law • Legal requirements • News

TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES HEMP REGULATION BILL WITH THCA FLOWER BAN.

On April 10th the Tennessee House of Representatives passed HB 1376 SB 1413, which is the most...

April 16, 2025

Hemp and Cannabis Updates • Hemp Law

LEGAL SUMMARY OF TENNESSEE HEMP-DERIVED CANNABINOID LAW AND HOW TO APPLY FOR A TENNESSEE HEMP LICENSE

Whether you are a company with your own hemp-derived brand of gummies, beverages, smokeable products, or other...

August 12, 2024

Hemp and Cannabis Updates • Hemp Law • Legal requirements

BIG NEWS! TENNESSEE ROLLS OUT HEMP/CANNABIS PRODUCT LICENSE APPLICATION AND NEW RULES

On July 1, 2024, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture made live its application submission portal for hemp-derived...

July 2, 2024

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HARRINGTON CONTRIBUTES GUEST COLUMN TO NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL

 I was pleased to be asked by the Nashville Business Journal to pen a guest column regarding the state of cannabis in...

February 13, 2023

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

BSH member and Chairman of the Tennessee Medical Cannabis Commission, Curtis Harrington, interviewed by National Public Radio regarding the commission’s work and the state of cannabis in Tennessee.

A commission named by the Tennessee legislature to study medical cannabis regulation is struggling to get the attention...

December 20, 2022

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

WHAT ARE “INFUSED” ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CAN BARS AND RESTAURANTS INFUSE COCKTAILS WITH CANNABIS?

In the state of Tennessee, we have special regulations which allow the production and sale of “infused” alcoholic...

July 5, 2022

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

FEDERAL REPUBLICAN CANNABIS BILL SEEKS TO TREAT CANNABIS LIKE ALCOHOL AND OFFERS SWEEPING REFORMS

GOP Congresswoman Mace, a South Carolina Republican, has introduced the States Reform Act (SRA), which joins the MORE...

November 17, 2021

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Vote YES on SB 2059 in Senate Finance on Tuesday, March 10!

The Tennessee Hemp Industries Association (TNHIA) is urging supporters of Tennessee’s industrial hemp industry to...

March 9, 2020

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

FEDS AND STATE BANK REGULATORS ISSUE HEMP CLARITY

Earlier this month I was asked by a large, local bank to meet and discuss the industrial hemp industry and the current...

March 6, 2020

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

TENNESSEE HEMP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CALL TO ACTION

On March 2, 2020, Joe Kirkpatrick of the Tennessee Hemp Industries Association (TNHIA) published and circulated the...

March 4, 2020

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

DEA ISSUES NOTICE AFFIRMING INDUSTRIAL HEMP AS LEGAL AND EXPANDING MARIJUANA RESEARCH

On Monday, August 26, 2019, federal drug authorities, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that it is...

September 16, 2019

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Q&A WITH U.S. HEMP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, JOY BECKERMAN

I am a proud member of the U.S. Hemp Industry Association (HIA) and Tennessee Hemp Industry Association (TNHIA). ...

September 4, 2019

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ISSUES GUIDANCE REGARDING MAILING OF CBD/HEMP

Travis D. Hayes III, a USPS business program specialist, wrote in a USPS advisory opinion of March 4, 2019, titled the...

June 10, 2019

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

TSA’S APPROVAL OF CBD PRODUCTS TAKES FLIGHT

Flying across the country for work or play and don’t want to leave your CBD oil at home?  Nervous about checking...

June 3, 2019

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Trade Bureau Issues Guidance Regarding Production of Alcohol With Cannabis

The Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a long-awaited statement pertaining to the producing of...

May 9, 2019

Beer Law • Hemp and Cannabis Updates • TTB information

Hemp Legalization Nears Finish Line With Congress Approving 2018 Farm Bill

On December 12th, 2018, the U.S. House and Senate approved the 2018 Farm Bill, which includes provisions that legalize...

December 12, 2018

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Tennessee Department of Health Issues Cannabis Health Advisory Memo

On September 27, 2018, in what is most certainly a response to the growing cannabis CBD industry in Tennessee and the...

October 12, 2018

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Tennessee Marijuana Law and the Sessions Memorandum

Tennessee Marijuana Law and the Jeff Sessions Memorandum On Thursday, January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions...

January 9, 2018

Hemp and Cannabis Updates

Tennessee Cannabis Industry Spotlight PT 1

Over the last two years the state of the cannabis industry in Tennessee has been rapidly evolving.  In the early...

November 7, 2016

Hemp and Cannabis Updates