Denver voters decisively supported maintaining a comprehensive ban on flavored vaping products and tobacco in Tuesday's election, with Referendum 310 passing by over 71 percent as of midnight. The city will begin enforcing the flavor ban immediately once election results receive final certification, implementing restrictions originally passed by the Denver City Council in December 2024 […]

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is moving forward with permanent regulations for consumable hemp products despite federal restrictions approved by Congress last week that threaten to effectively ban the state's $8 billion hemp industry. TABC commissioners voted Tuesday to begin a public input period on permanent regulations that will replace emergency rules adopted in September […]

Craig Thran invested $2,000 in hemp farming on his eight-acre Plymouth, Wisconsin property in 2019, tapping into his childhood agricultural roots. This year, his company 3 Tall Pines reached nearly $5 million in sales, selling vape pens, flower, and THC-infused edibles in around 200 stores while employing 30 people. Now, just as his business hits […]

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina has filed the first legislative attempt to overturn federal restrictions on intoxicating hemp products that President Donald Trump signed last week as part of a government funding deal. The "American Hemp Protection Act of 2025" seeks to repeal Section 781 of the continuing resolution before it takes effect […]

California health officials have moved to ban kratom sales after linking the unregulated supplement to six deaths in Los Angeles County this year, but the exact danger the substance poses remains unclear due to limited research and testing challenges. Kratom is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose leaves contain trace amounts of 7-OH, […]

A legal challenge filed by dietary supplement manufacturer Xlear against the Federal Trade Commission could fundamentally reshape how companies market health products in the United States. The lawsuit, reported by KFF Health News, seeks to eliminate the FTC's longstanding requirement that companies provide substantial evidence backing health claims about their products—a standard maintained since 1984. […]