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NashVillager Podcast: Cannabis’ complex past in Tennessee

Nina Cardona

April 21, 2025

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What’s the deal with THC and THCA? Plus, the local news for April 21, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: cannabis, marijuana, thc

Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban most cannabis products, despite protest from local businesses

Marianna Bacallao

April 17, 2025

Tennessee retailers will soon have to take their most popular hemp products off the shelves, after the Tennessee General Assembly passed a measure that would ban a key ingredient.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, cannabis, hemp, marijuana, tennessee department of agriculture, thc, tnleg, tnpol

Kentucky voters overwhelmingly approve of allowing medical cannabis businesses

Joe Sonka, KPRandJustin Hicks, KPR

November 11, 2024

Each of the 106 counties and cities in Kentucky with a ballot referendum approved allowing medical cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdiction.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, cannabis, Kentucky, Kentucky Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana

Re-air: The latest on cannabis

Elizabeth Burton

December 4, 2023

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Monday’s episode is pretty dank.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: cannabis

With THC everywhere, Tennessee’s medical cannabis commission urges lawmakers to act

Blake Farmer

December 8, 2022

A commission named by the Tennessee legislature to study medical cannabis regulation is struggling to get the attention of the lawmakers who appointed them. The 9-member panel is warning that the state must deal with cannabis, because it’s already everywhere.

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: cannabis, marijuana

The Delta-8 craze has caught the attention of Tennessee lawmakers, but the industry is spared regulations — for now

Blaise Gainey

April 29, 2022

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Products advertised as “legal weed” are popping up in gas stations and smoke shops across Tennessee, but lawmakers are eyeing new regulations for the industry.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, cannabis, delta-8, marijuana, regulation, thc, tnleg, tnpol

At the Statehouse: House members slapped with subpoenas, pipeline bill slides through Senate, education overhaul inches forward

Blaise Gainey

March 25, 2022

House Speaker Cameron Sexton

Spring is finally here, and the weather isn’t the only thing heating up. There’s drama at the Capitol.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, at the statehouse, BEP, Cameron Sexton, cannabis, delta-8, Education, fossil fuels, funding formula, Glen Casada, thc, TISA, tnleg, tnpol

Few Marijuana Bills Remain In Tennessee, And The One Likely To Pass Wouldn’t Legalize Anything

Blake Farmer

April 26, 2021

Sen. Ferrell Haile

Of all the proposals to legalize forms of marijuana and their medical uses in Tennessee, just one appears on track for passage this year. It’s only a small step closer to regulating cannabis.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: cannabis, marijuana, medical marijuana

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