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Nebraska Senator Pushes Back Against Restrictive Hemp Rules Proposed By State Regulators

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By Phillip Smith
| Marijuana Moment Verified
“The governor, the attorney general, and now, apparently, the Department of Agriculture are going around the law to try to ban this product that is legal in Nebraska.” By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor Nebraska hemp businesses generate an estimated $10 million in sales tax revenue each year and employ around 2,000 Nebraskans, but the state is adopting a novel approach to cracking down on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, in a move is drawing a backlash from the hemp industry and...
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Book review: A killing in cannabis

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By Phillip Smith, Robert Powell Verified, Phillip Smith
| The Street Crypto Verified
A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love, Murder, and California Weed by Scott Eden (2026, Spiegel & Grau, 370 pp., $30 HB) Tushar Atre was a stereotypical Northern California character: A New York-born Indian American Silicon Valley tech bro, a gregarious and well-known Santa Cruz surfer dude, and a man hoping to transform himself into a cutting-edge California cannabis entrepreneur as the state sat on the cusp between marijuana prohibition and legalization.
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Advocates Offer Regulatory Alternative To Hemp Product Ban

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By Phillip Smith
| rozenbergquarterly.com
by: Phillip Smith No Comments yet 11-24-2025 ~ Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is widely viewed as the father of the American hemp industry, given his role as then-Senate majority leader in pushing across the finish line the 2018 farm bill that legalized the cannabis variety. But in 2025, McConnell worked with his prohibitionist counterparts in the House, such as Representative Andy Harris (R-MD), to reverse course and push for a ban on most hemp products.
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