Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

23, 2019 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020. The MPCI coverage is for hemp grown for fiber, grain or CBD oil for the 2020 crop year. The Farm Bill defines hemp as containing 0.3 The Farm Bill defines hemp as containing 0.3

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Hemp Programs History Policy 59

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2019

On February 27, 2019 both the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) provided new insights and guidance related to their proposed regulatory processes for hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. The USDA has started to gather information to begin the process of rulemaking.

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Hemp CBD Programs Food 98

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

When the 2018 Farm Bill was inked, one of the biggest perceived wins was a provision prohibiting states from interfering with interstate transport or shipment of hemp. Many hemp transporters today face just as much risk when transporting hemp as they did before the 2018 Farm Bill was signed—and in some cases, even more risk.

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Hemp Agriculture Extraction THC 98

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. 2014 Farm Bill Industrial Hemp Program.

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Hemp Seed-To-Sale CBD Law 79

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

Here come the hemp seeds! Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released a statement, in which the agency clarified that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill rendered the importation of hemp seeds legal. Accordingly, the USDA held that the DEA “no longer has authority to require hemp seed permits for import purposes.”.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Back in September 2018, I wrote about how important it was for hemp businesses to carefully plan the routes they would use to ship hemp and hemp products, including hemp-derived CBD. This is because some states are hostile towards hemp and do not recognize a difference between hemp and marijuana.

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Hemp Agriculture Cultivation Business 81

Canna Law Blog

MAY 29, 2019

However, even after the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the legalization of hemp, TSA continued not to differentiate marijuana from hemp and to treat all CBD products as illegal under federal law. Is TSA going to allow hemp-derived CBD products processed pursuant to a plan approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Hemp CBD Agriculture Policy 78

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The hemp industry is up in arms over the USDA’s interim rules establishing a domestic hemp program. Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few. 3% Total THC. 3% Total THC.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Haley did, however, sign a 2014 bill as South Carolina Governor to legalize hemp. Her campaign website is also silent on cannabis policy (and every other policy). That revamped bill would undo federal criminalization of people acting in compliance with state cannabis programs, or Indian tribal law. I tip my hat.

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Policy Legislation Cannabis Hemp 91

Canna Law Blog

JULY 5, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 2018 Farm Bill ) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. States are (mostly) consistent when it comes to hemp production.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Agriculture 65

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Oregon hemp will see a little bit of each in 2019. Last year was a big one for the Oregon industrial hemp program. Specifically, the 2018 Farm Bill legalized industrial hemp by removing the crop from the Controlled Substance Act—this means no more risk of enforcement action by the U.S.

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Hemp Agriculture Programs Recreational 71

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. 195.010 , and legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp.

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Hemp CBD Agriculture Extraction 57

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2019

THE USPS PUBLISHED NEW GUIDELINES FOR MAILING HEMP AND HEMP PRODUCTS. Sending hemp and CBD in the mail has proven to be more of a hassle than one would expect given the recent expansion of hemp’s legal status in the United States. This post was written by attorney Kamran Aryah with the Kight on Cannabis law firm.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

A report was released by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) on May 1 on the combined sale of cannabis across the U.S. Since the state-legal, adult-use cannabis market began in 2014, a combined total of more than $15 billion has been generated in tax revenue. billion since the sale of adult-use cannabis started in 2014.

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Recreational Legalization Cannabis Packaging 98

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In light of the recent federal legalization of industrial hemp, Washington lawmakers are taking a hard look at the state’s hemp program. The stated purpose of SB 5719 is as follows: Authorize the growing of hemp as a legal, agricultural activity in this state. Food and Hemp. completely.

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Hemp Seed-To-Sale Agriculture Food 71

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

. “The agency governing New York’s hemp industry “does not always follow established practices” when reviewing applications, inspecting growers and sampling the levels of the intoxicating ingredient in the cannabis plant, an audit from the state comptroller’s office found.” ” Reports the Times Union.

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Agriculture Hemp Research and Development Programs 59

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2019

A few weeks ago, we addressed the need for hemp sellers and purchaser to enter into agricultural production agreements (“APAs”), and in doing so, avoid unnecessary litigation. Until then (and for a year following the adoption of the USDA regulations), the 2014 Farm Bill remains in effect. 2. Testing Requirements. .

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

CHRISTIANSBURG — As the second year of commercial hemp begins in Virginia, growers face regulatory uncertainty and a rapidly evolving market. Farmers are still processing the hemp they grew in the 2019 season, which marked the first year that people could legally grow hemp in the United States. Since the 0.3%

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Hemp Media Agriculture Research and Development 59

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2019

Regulated commercial hemp activity is not a federal crime, but hemp’s close proximity to marijuana makes it a generally high-risk endeavor for financial institutions who generally don’t have a high risk tolerance to begin with. For example, a credit union needs to know how to verify the member is part of the pilot program.

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Hemp Business Cultivation Banking 69

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

… FULL SPECTRUM HEMP? In a recent post regarding the labeling requirements surrounding dietary supplements containing industrial hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”), we alluded to a recent movement in the industry to rename Hemp-CBD products “full spectrum hemp.”

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Editor’s note: In this article, Kight Law attorney Kamran Aryah discusses two new USDA risk management programs for hemp producers to protect their crops from natural disasters. Given the current uncertainty and risk that hemp producers currently face these new programs provide some much needed assurance.

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Hemp Programs Seed-To-Sale Cultivation 59

Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. In 2014, CBD with under 0.9% Despite these strict regulations, in 2014, the state legalized the use of CBD-rich cannabis extracts to treat intractable seizures. Possession of up to 1.5

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 28, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Each Sunday we will summarize a new state in alphabetical order.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Agriculture 62

Canna Law Blog

MAY 10, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 2018 Farm Bill ) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Today we turn to Vermont.

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Hemp CBD Concentrates Agriculture 52

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Department of Agriculture released historic regulations Tuesday that will govern the production of hemp as an agricultural commodity in the U.S. The federal government’s decades-long prohibition on hemp production was lifted in December when the 2018 farm bill was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Trump.

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Hemp Agriculture Policy Cannabinoids 45

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2019

Unfortunately still the position for most banks and hemp. Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing industrial hemp, we predicted that banking services for hemp businesses would be slow going. That has proven to be the case. For this reason, a bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators, Sen.

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Banking Hemp Access Business 77

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The tides have been rapidly changing for hemp companies to gain access to banking, which has not traditionally been available to hemp companies due to the fact that hemp was (sort of) federally illegal until about a year ago. But still, many financial institutions have been hestitant when it comes to servicing hemp clients.

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Banking Hemp Compliance Compliance 64

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2022

This is by and large what we’re seeing with hemp in the United States since the passage of the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills, mainly through the extraction of non-psychoactive cannabinoids, like cannabidiol (CBD). This is what we think of when we say “industrial hemp.” The policy framework is only the starting point.

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Supply Chain Pharmaceutical Policy Food 52

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Before 1937, industrial hemp was legal and used for clothing, paper, rope, and fuel. Hemp was grown by our forefathers—even required of early colonists. plant illegal, including hemp, a sturdy low THC variety. Hemp was briefly re-legalized in World War II to make canvas and other items requiring the strength hemp provides.

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Hemp CBD Food Extraction 52

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

We get a ton of questions about whether it’s legal to import hemp into the U.S. That limited exception doesn’t cover other parts of the cannabis plant, including hemp flower. Hemp grown in another country can’t meet those inherently domestic requirements. The 2014 Farm Bill is still in effect as the U.S.

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Hemp Agriculture THC Cultivation 66

The Blunt Truth

JULY 5, 2023

Since 2014, Minnesota has provided applicants and employees with protections if they lawfully use cannabis for medicinal purposes. What about random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and treatment program testing for cannabis? to make it unlawful for an employer to take any action against a person for off-duty cannabis use.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

On the topic of sustainability, Florida also currently lacks a dedicated patient or clinic “cannabis collection” station for used cannabis products; an integrated program for safe disposal here in Florida must be addressed, by the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee or other dedicated state body. . million tons in 2014.

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Hemp Research and Development Packaging Cultivation 69

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

A few states, including states that have adopted industrial hemp pilot research programs under the 2014 Farm Bill, now seem to have embraced this FDA position by banning certain CBD-infused products from local stores. We will continue to monitor this issue and update you on other states CBD enforcement actions.

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CBD Food Hemp Edibles 91

NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

This post provides an overview of the regulatory framework of alcoholic beverages, including pre-manufactured industrial hemp-infused drinks and “homemade” alcoholic drinks infused with CBD oil or extracts. Pre-Manufactured Alcohol Beverages Infused with Hemp. Drinks Infused with CBD Oil or Extracts.

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CBD Seed-To-Sale Legalization Hemp 85

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2020

In most states with approved cannabis programs, both medical and adult use marijuana sales have been designated “ essential services ” by state and local governments. Before diving in, it’s important to draw a bright line between forms of cannabis defined as “hemp” and “marijuana” under federal law. This is not a new SBA position.

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