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Former narcotics detective faces felonies over alleged southern Oregon marijuana grow

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Shepherd ran for Klamath County Sheriff in 2012 and worked for the Sheriff’s Office from 1990 to 2004 as a patrol officer and narcotics detective, among other positions. According to police, Shepherd said Smith was growing legal hemp on the property while fully licensed and in legal compliance. Source: [link].

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Cannabis regulations in Slovenia

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Cannabis is the most popular illicit drug in Slovenia, with an estimated 10% of the young adult population partaking, and the country has fairly progressive cannabis laws. Still, officially the market is only 18 years old, as the country joined the EU in 2004, and thus fell into compliance with EU hemp regulations.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Compliance Division – Richard Parrott. Lee served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Vince Chhabria at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California from 2015 to 2016, Law Clerk for the Honorable Michelle T. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit from 2014 to 2015 and Law Clerk for the Honorable Harry Pregerson at the U.S.

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Bulgaria becomes first EU state to authorise free sale of CBD

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PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. The products “comply fully with relevant requirements of the Law on Foodstuffs of Republic of Bulgaria and of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs,” according to documentation, and the compliance also extends to exports. “We

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The Baltic Times: Cannabis policy reform in Lithuania: history, current status, and future challenges

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The move is another small step in the direction of making cannabis policy more lenient toward consumers who may be otherwise law-abiding citizens. The law defines hemp as the plant with less than 0.2% The law defines hemp as the plant with less than 0.2% THC – the chemical that gives cannabis its characteristic effect (‘high’).

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

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Such a review is long overdue,” said Jeremy Willcocks, Partner at law firm Arnold & Porter. He graduated from New College, Oxford in 1976 and worked for 28 years in major City of London law firms, latterly as a partner in CMS Cameron McKenna, specialising in product regulation, product liability and class actions.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

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PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. The law ((EU) 2015/2283), which applies across all member states, means any product deemed as ‘novel’ must gain authorisation from food authorities before it can be sold as a foodstuff within the EU. Jonathan Kirk QC specialises in consumer law and financial regulation. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.

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