Hemp Legally Speaking

Jonathan Miller interviews Jena Murray, the newly elected President of the US Hemp Roundtable, about policy challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. hemp industry. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. Who is Jena Murray and what was her path to becoming President of the US Hemp Roundtable?
2. How has Medterra made the transition from non-intoxicating CBD to adult hemp products?
3. What is your vision about the future of U.S. hemp policy with today's Congress and White House?
4. As a California company, how concerned are you about state policy on hemp products?
5. What other states are of greatest concern for the hemp industry?

Jonathan Miller interviews Craig Katz, Government Relations Manager of CBD Kratom, about policy challenges and opportunities facing the hemp industry in Illinois and Missouri. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What is CBD Kratom's role in the US hemp industry?
2. Given the opposition of Governor JB Pritzker, what's the status of legislative policy in Illinois?
3. With the support Mayor Brandon Johnson, how are regulatory efforts proceeding in Chicago?
4. How is the hemp industry navigating legislative battles with Big Marijuana and divisions among themselves in Missouri?
5. Having served in the legislative trenches where the sausage is made, what are your general feelings about the future of US hemp policy?

Jonathan Miller interviews Scott Selix, Founder and General Counsel of Climbing Kites, about policy challenges and opportunities facing the hemp beverage industry in the upper Midwest. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What's the history of Climbing Kites in the hemp space?
2. How does Climbing Kites ensure the quality and safety of its products and why is it certifying with the US Hemp Authority?
3. How has hemp policy transformed in Iowa?
4. What is the status of efforts to ban hemp products in Nebraska?
5. How bullish are you about the future of hemp products, particularly beverages?

Jonathan Miller interviews Jonathan Black, CEO of Cheech & Chong's, about efforts in California to restore the sale of hemp products at retail. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

 Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What's it like to work with icons Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong?
2. Why was California Governor Newsom so animated about banning the sale of all hemp products?
3. What was the effort to bring together dozens of brands from both the marijuana and hemp industry to build consensus on a legislative agenda?
4. How bullish are you on the prospects of legislation in California to restore the retail sale of hemp products?
5. What is the future of the hemp product industry, particularly hemp beverages?

Jonathan Miller interviews Art Massolo, Vice President for Business Develop of Cycling Frog, about policy challenges and opportunities facing the hemp beverage industry. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. Why have hemp beverages become the fastest growing segment of the hemp industry?
2. How does the hemp beverage space compare with the alcohol industry?
3. What kinds of regulatory changes are necessary to ensure a successful industry?
4. How should beverage brands interact with the rest of the greater hemp industry in terms of pursuing policy solutions?
5. What should a prospective hemp beverage consumer know about products?

Jonathan Miller interviews Aaron Nosbisch, the CEO of Brez, about the exciting new category of hemp beverages, the challenges and the opportunities. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What are the factors behind the recent surge of the hemp beverage industry?
2. What are the typical demographics of hemp beverage consumers?
3. Why do you oppose limiting the sale of hemp beverages to marijuana dispensaries?
4. How is the direct-to-consumer market growing in the hemp beverage space?
5. Should the three-tier regulatory model for alcohol apply to hemp beverages as well?

Jonathan Miller interviews Boone Cutler, the chairman of Spartan Sword, a veterans’ advocacy organization, about continuing battles our nation’s veterans face in ensuring access to hemp and CBD products for health and wellness purposes. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What is Spartan Sword, and how does the organization advocate for the interests of U.S. veterans?
2. Why is access to hemp, CBD and cannabis important for our nation’s veterans?
3. What role has the U.S. Veterans Administration played in the provision of hemp and cannabis products to veterans?
4. What policy changes are needed to better provide access to veterans of needed hemp and cannabis products?

Jonathan Miller interviews Gillian Schauer, Executive Director of the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA), and Jessica Burgess, Deputy General Counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, about hemp policy from the purview of state regulators. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What is the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA) and what is its role in developing national and state hemp policy?
2. What has CANNRA recommended to Congress in terms of the federal regulatory treatment of hemp products?
3. How does CANNRA work to provide consistency among state hemp regulatory approaches in the absence of federal regulation?
4. What is the legal status of products containing CBD and THC in Massachusetts?
5. How can the hemp industry better promote diversity and equitable treatment of individuals within the industry?

Jonathan Miller interviews Robert Hoban, a leading national attorney in the hemp and cannabis space, about the brewing policy conflict emerging between the hemp industry and its cousins in the cannabis industry. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. What is the war between hemp and marijuana and how did it get started?
2. What do leading cannabis associations say about the rise of hemp products that are potentially impairing?
3. Is there any common ground between the hemp and marijuana industries on the issue of adult cannabinoids?
4. What is the legal and regulatory future for intoxicating hemp products and how should companies in the space be prepared?

Jonathan Miller interviews Rod Kight, one of the nation's leading hemp attorneys, on the optimal path forward for the regulation of adult hemp cannabinoid products. If you have questions about the episode or ideas for Hemp related topics, email us at [email protected].

Hemp Industry questions covered in the episode: 

1. How did the adult cannabinoid product market emerge and what is its current status?
2. What is Kight's suggested "three pillar" approach for regulating cannabinoids?
3. What is THC-A and how should it be treated under federal and state law and regulation?
4. How important is self-regulation to the industry and what's the role of the US Hemp Authority?