Tennessee

Officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture recently released new rules regarding the sale of hemp-derived THC products. Under the new rules, which will take effect this December, some cannabinoid products currently available in the state could no longer be legal.

The Tennessee Legislature approved a bill to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids including delta-8 and delta-9 THC, sending the proposal to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk for his signature.

Tennessee’s latest medical cannabis legalization proposal died in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

A Tennessee proposal seeks to ask voters on their 2024 ballots whether they support each of the following cannabis policy moves: medical cannabis legalization, cannabis decriminalization, and the legalization and regulation of adult-use cannabis.

The USDA is awarding nearly $5 million in grant money to a partnership of hemp organizations, universities, and government agencies in Tennessee to advance hemp-focused projects.

The author of a Tennessee bill seeking to ban delta-8 has altered the legislation to instead carry language regulating the hemp-derived substance.

42% of hemp crops in Tennessee have tested over the USDA’s .03% THC limit and regulations say the “hot” crops must be destroyed.

Tennessee lawmakers are set to consider multiple pieces of cannabis reform legislation this year, including a bill to tax delta-8 THC and CBD products, as well as broader medical and adult-use cannabis bills.

A Tennessee hemp farm recently hosted an educational workshop for law enforcement from around the state to learn about CBD products and the legal differences between hemp and cannabis.

A Tennessee proposal seeks to add three non-binding questions related to cannabis reforms on the 2022 state ballot.

Lawmakers in Tennessee’s House Health Committee voted to advance a measure that would allow adult cancer patients to consume medical cannabis via THC-rich cannabis oil.

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation for a new medical cannabis commission that would analyze appropriate steps for enacting cannabis reforms in the state.

Tennessee looks poised to make significant cannabis policy reforms in the coming year with at least one medical cannabis legalization bill planned for January’s legislative session.

A woman is suing a Tennessee State Highway Patrol officer after he charged her with drug-related felonies despite the substance in question being hemp, confirmed by hemp permits from the state Agriculture Department and six certificates of analysis by a private laboratory.

Alyssa Russell is the creative director and co-owner of Clara Jane, a CBD store in Nashville, Tennessee with a product line featuring hemp grown in-house.

Lawsuits tied to a 2018 crackdown on Tennessee CBD retailers can move forward after a court rejected a request by law enforcement officials to have the case thrown out.

An adult-use cannabis legalization bill has been introduced in Tennessee; the bill calls on lawmakers to create regulations but proposes a 12 percent tax earmarked for education and infrastructure.

A cannabis decriminalization bill has been introduced in Tennessee; the proposal would also allow counties to individually legalize adult-use cannabis.

The USDA is awarding funds to research the transportation of hemp pollen in the wild; the study will use mathematical models and drone technology to monitor hemp’s pollen paths.

New hemp program rules in Tennessee have relaxed some of the regulations faced by farmers and hemp processors: processors no longer need to register with the Department of Agriculture, for example, while farmers can now apply to grow the crop year-round.

Tennessee’s Department of Agriculture has issued more than 2,600 licenses for industrial hemp cultivation this year. Last year, there were just 226.

Three wide-ranging medical cannabis-related bills — one expanding access to the state’s restrictive program, one related to FDA medical cannabis trials, and another adding cancer and irritable bowel disease to the qualifying conditions list — have failed in the Tennessee legislature.

Legislation introduced to Tennessee’s legislative houses would allow for the possession of up to half an ounce of cannabis with an out-of-state medical card.

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are eyeing 2019 as the year to legalize medical cannabis. Some advocates, however, worry the proposal might not go far enough for patients.