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Document AB-1656 Cannabis: industrial hemp. (2021-2022) Published: 01/14/2022

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The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

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NY: Audit says New York Department of Agriculture and Markets Not Up To Speed on Hemp

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DiNapoli’s office, the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets inspected only 57 percent of growers authorized to produce hemp under a state pilot program that authorizes the limited cultivation of the plant. Ag and Markets would supervise the growers and the state Health Department would oversee hemp extract.

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Australian Scientists Say They Have “developed the world’s most complete medicinal cannabis genomic reference.”

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Australia’s Victorian government says Agriculture Victoria Research scientists have developed the world’s most complete medicinal cannabis genomic reference. In 2016, Victoria became the first Australian state to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis and its first government grown crop was also harvested that year.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

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However, there are indications from studies done with cannabidiol-rich cannabis extracts in Israel that indicate that less side effects (46%) are achieved with a natural cannabis plant extract containing a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. The CBD-rich extract group had a lower effective dose on average, 6.1

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Alexander Hymowitz: Valley Green Grow, Inc. v. Charlton

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In 2016 the State of Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana and through their legislation codified the established and regulations of marijuana grow sights. 128, § 1A, the growth or cultivation of marijuana is, within the plain meaning of the word[s], an agricultural use.” 61A, §§ 1-2, and G. Conclusion. 61A, §§ 1-2, and G.

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Study Shows Growing Cannabis Uses Less Water than Previously Thought

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Natalynne DeLapp, executive director of the Humboldt County Growers Alliance, noted that the average size of a cannabis farm in Humboldt County is about half an acre, while most farms for other agricultural products can cover hundreds or even thousands of acres. For cannabis, a gallon of water produces nearly $7 worth of value.

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Australia: Federal regulations on hemp production need to be relaxed for its lucrative benefits to be released, a federal parliamentary committee has been told.

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An inquiry hearing was held in Devonport on Tuesday on a target to increase the value of the country’s agricultural sector to $100 billion by 2030. He said 135 tonnes of product was produced over 2016-17, worth $500,000, and 1500 tonnes was produced last season, worth $6 million. Full article at: [link].

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