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Article: Seeding the future of the British hemp industry

Cannabis Law Report

The UK is lagging behind many countries who recognise hemp as an agricultural crop, which can provide thousands of sustainable products from its flowers, leaves, stalk, roots and seeds. We believe an unrestricted and thriving hemp industry delivers several key goals in the UK, relevant to both agricultural and environmental policies.

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Guest Post: The Legal Status of CBD Oil in Italy

Cannabis Law Report

While the Ministries of Health and Justice awarded penalties for the possession, sale and consumption of cannabis prior to 2013, medical cannabis was legalised and made available to patients from 2013 onwards. Today, CBD oil which contains 5%, 10% and 50% CBD concentration is legal for recreational consumption in Italy.

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Prohibitionists want THC-limit laws. Here’s why patients and consumers are fighting back

SpeedWeed

Proposals to cap the amount of THC in cannabis flower and concentrates have been gaining traction in a number of state legislatures, and earlier this week the idea reached the federal level. Cannabis concentrates, including vape cartridge oils and dabbing products like wax, shatter, and distillate typically contain THC levels from 70% to 90%.

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Article: Willie Nelson Takes On Corporate Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Or maybe the rise of corporate marijuana is better illustrated by the tech millionaire Jamen Shively, who announced plans in 2013 to create a chain of pot shops modeled on Starbucks that would “mint more millionaires than Microsoft” — acknowledging at one point, “We are Big Marijuana.”.

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Article: Frost Brown Todd – Now is the Time to Plan IP Strategies for Industrial Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

In more recent years, Congress passed the Agricultural Act of 2014 to allow licensed research programs for the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp to be administered by either state departments of agriculture or universities in states where such activity is legal. In 2013, the U.S.

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Jersey Clobbers “Cannabis Licensing Lawsuits” and launches Triumphant Adult Use Program – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

With a population of 8,882,190, in 2013, New Jersey launched a Medical Marijuana Program presently comprised of 100,000 patients/caregivers serviced by 12 vertically integrated grower-processor-dispensaries (“Alternative Treatment Centers” or “ATCs”) administered by the Department of Health (“DOH”). 24:6I-2, Et Seq.

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What is CBD? Everything you need to know

The Cannigma

If you are nevertheless looking to explore its vast potential suggested by the research and if you’re already using cannabis as a treatment, you might consider selecting chemovars that have higher CBG concentrations — but not ones where CBG is the dominant cannabinoid. . Why is CBD so popular.

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