Author: Dorron Blumberg

Let me start by acknowledging that I am not an attorney. This protects me from any meaningful negative feedback from the Bar or other attorneys, judges, and police officers. All that being said, my thoughts and suggestions are my own and if you plan on smoking hemp, growing hemp, manufacturing hemp products, or transporting hemp products

As businesses begin to open back up, employers are facing a myriad of issues pertaining to employee and patient safety. Some employees are ready to work but are afraid of contracting the virus; others may refuse to follow CDC guidelines, despite these rules being in place to ensure a safe reopening.

Ninety-four percent of hemp farmers in Arkansas lost money last year according to a recent report by Hemp Industry Daily. Despite this staggering headline, the report went on to outline that both cultivation and processing permits grew in Arkansas for 2020. These assertions beg the question: how many farmers and processors from 2019 returned to the sector in 2020

Everyone with a career in healthcare hopes their work will make a difference for patients in need. For clinicians, the feedback can be immediate, with saving a life being the ultimate validation of an individual or team’s efforts. For those on the administrative side, the correlation between their area of specialty and life-changing impact isn’t usually that direct.