Whitt Steineker
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Hurry Up and Wait: DEA’s Rescheduling Hearing Hits the Brakes Over Its Own Alleged Process Gaps (opens the original)
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As usual, Tom Petty was spot on when he sang, “the waiting is the hardest part.” Marijuana rescheduling has tested that proposition all year, and this week it was retested. We’ve spent a lot of ink this year on what happens after marijuana rescheduling lands, on advertising rules, on data breaches, and on what state-licensed medical marijuana operators should be doing to get ready. This week’s news is a reminder that we’re not actually past the rescheduling process itself. We’re still very much
Well, That Didn’t Take Long: Congress Wants to Call Cannabis “High-Risk” Advertising (opens the original)
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Back in May, I wrote a piece predicting that Schedule III rescheduling would flip the first prong of the Central Hudson commercial speech test for state-licensed medical marijuana operators. My thought at the time was that speech proposing a transaction in a federally lawful product concerns “lawful activity,” and that term has been the death knell for every marijuana advertising challenge for decades. I called it a constitutional revolution. I still think it is, and we may get an opportunity so
Careful What You Wish For? DEA’s Felony Employment Rule Presents Challenges for Newly Rescheduled Medical Marijuana Operators (opens the original)
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Groucho Marx famously said, “I wouldn’t want to belong to a club that would have me as a member.” For years, many state-legal medical marijuana operators pleaded to be allowed into the club, essentially making this promise: “Bring us into the federal fold, and we’ll play by federal rules.” Having finally gotten that wish, at least one Mississippi dispensary owner is finding out what “federal rules” really means. Not just lower tax bills and easier banking, but also 1970s-vintage security regulat
Up in Smoke- A $31.8 Million Marijuana Verdict Goes Down in Federal Appeals Court (opens the original)
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A Michigan marijuana grower won a $31.8 million jury verdict for breach of contract… then watched it disappear on appeal. On September 10, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that federal courts cannot enforce a contract to buy and sell marijuana because performing the deal required the parties to commit federal crimes (Hello Farms Licensing MI, LLC v. GR Vending MI, LLC, No. 25-1759 (6th Cir. Sept. 10, 2026)). So, if you’re a party to one of the tens of thousands of contrac
30 Days on the Clock: What the Federal Hemp “Ban” Delay Really Means for the Industry (opens the original)
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In the iconic halftime scene of Friday Night Lights, Coach Gary Gaines (played with a charming ferocity the way only Billy Bob Thornton could muster) looks his team in the eyes and tells them they have exactly “two more quarters and that’s it.” He challenges them to live in that high-stakes moment with “clear eyes and love in your heart.” Right now, the hemp industry is sitting in its own high-stakes locker room. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a critical short-term funding bil
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