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An industry effort to halt California’s enforcement of new emergency regulations banning consumable hemp products fell short on Friday, with a state judge denying a request for a temporary restraining order.
The court said that petitioners—including the trade group U.S. Hemp Roundtable, Cheech and Chong’s cannabis company and other product manufacturers—failed to demonstrate that enforcement of the new emergency hemp regulations will cause them sufficient irreparable harm.
“At heart, they complain of lost revenue, which is not persuasive in establishing irreparable harm,” Superior Court Judge Stephen I. Goorvitch wrote in the new order, adding: “Even if the court gives Petitioners the benefit of the doubt and assumes that certain hemp-related businesses cannot operate effectively under the new regulations, Petitioners still do not demonstrate sufficient irreparable harm.”
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California Judge Harshes Cheech And Chong’s Mellow, Rejecting Effort To Halt New Hemp Product Ban
