Marijuana, Alcohol Beverage Control

Cannabis Beverages: Fab or Fad?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/14/2025

Are cannabis beverages poised to take over the market for intoxicating beverages from alcoholic beverages, or are they simply the latest fad set to give way to alcoholic beverages’ century of dominance? A decade ago, the...more

Tennessee Enacts Sweeping Changes to Regulation of Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/8/2025

At the conclusion of the 114th General Assembly, Tennessee legislators passed SB1413/HB1376, a lengthy bill overhauling the regulation of Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products (HDCPs). The bill was controversial and while some...more

Is Alcohol-Style Federal Regulation Coming for THC Beverages?

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/5/2025

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that “THC beverages” derived from hemp have exploded across America (at least in states where they are allowed by law). Time and again, due to the legal ambiguities and...more

Maryland Hemp Businesses Allege That New Cannabis Licensing Regime Violates Maryland’s Declaration of Rights

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 8/2/2023

Adult-use cannabis is now legal and available in Maryland, but as so often happens, a group of businesses have filed a lawsuit because they do not like the way legalization has been implemented. Led by the Maryland Hemp...more

Beer, Hemp, and CBD in North Carolina

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 5/14/2019

The cannabidiol ("CBD") industry is exploding today. Hemp and hemp-derived CBD were classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972 ("CSA") until the passage of the Agriculture...more

No THC with ABV: Commission Blocks Marijuana in Alcoholic Beverages

Bowditch & Dewey on 6/5/2018

The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission of Massachusetts (ABCC) recently issued an advisory regarding the use of marijuana in alcoholic beverages. Although the sale of marijuana for recreational use is slated to become...more