June 05, 2026
A group challenging a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program to give patients access to federally legal hemp products will bring their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge tossed their petition for lack of standing last month.
May 26, 2026
A D.C. federal judge has thrown out a challenge to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program to give Medicare beneficiaries access to federally legal hemp products, finding none of the groups or individuals who aimed to block the program have standing.
April 28, 2026
A group of advocates opposed to legal cannabis, as well as a cannabinoid company and two individuals, are fighting the government's bid to halt their challenge to a program to give Medicare beneficiaries access to federally legal hemp products, saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services violated federal law by instituting the program without notice or comment.
April 21, 2026
Federal health regulators have told a D.C. federal judge that anti-pot advocates' attempt to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC was not bolstered by the addition of a pharmaceutical company as a co-plaintiff.
April 10, 2026
Federal health regulators have urged a D.C. federal judge to toss a bid by anti-cannabis activists to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC.
March 31, 2026
A coalition of anti-cannabis activists is suing federal health regulators to block a program designed to reimburse Medicare beneficiaries for the use of federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC.