California AG Rob Bonta and the City of New York were joined by a bipartisan coalition of 24 AGs in sending a letter to Shopify Inc., urging the company to crack down on merchants using its e-commerce platform to sell illegal e-cigarettes and other unlawful tobacco products. The AGs allege that many Shopify-hosted sellers offer…

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A bipartisan coalition of 39 AGs sent a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to clarify the definition of “hemp” in the 2018 Farm Bill. The AGs stress that Congress never intended to legalize psychoactive or synthetic THC products and that clarification will ensure such products are recognized as illegal. According to the letter, certain…

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Kansas AG Kris Kobach and the Director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) Tony Mattivi announced a statewide enforcement operation targeting the sale of products containing illegal concentrations of THC in vape shops and CBD dispensaries across the state.

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sent cease-and-desist letters to 12 retail and franchised stores that sell synthetic THC-containing products, directing them to halt sales and return a signed Assurance of Voluntary Compliance document to avoid litigation. AG Hilgers has now sent cease-and-desist letters to every known retail store in the state that sells THC products. The…

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A bipartisan coalition of 28 AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support of North Carolina’s vape registry law.

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