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Release: LATHAM & WATKINS SECURES COMPLETE VICTORY FOR FORMER KANAVAPE DIRECTOR ANTONIN COHEN IN HIS SUCCESSFUL APPEAL BEFORE THE FRENCH COURT

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In 2015, Antonin Cohen and fellow-co-director of KanaVape, Sébastien Béguerie, were prosecuted for selling vaping products containing natural CBD, a non-psychotropic substance contained in the hemp (Cannabis sativa) plant. This is an important win, but the work continues.

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Marijuana & COVID-19: Top Studies [August 2020]

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As the study authors acknowledge: Cannabis sativa, especially one high in the anti-inflammatory cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD), has been proposed to modulate gene expression and inflammation and is under investigation for several potential therapeutic applications against cancer and various inflammatory diseases.

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

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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. In the case of CBD, this includes extracts, oils and other derived products that are intended for ingestion by humans. LEGAL 500, 2015.

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Global Legal Chronicle Article: Medical Cannabis regulation slowly advances in Brazil

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extracts, the number of countries with specific regulations also increases. In Brazil, the initial step to allow the use of cannabis sativa for medical purposes was taken in 2014, when the Judiciary granted the first injunction to authorize a patient to import and use cannabidiol-rich oil (CBD) for the refractory epilepsy treatment.

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

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Regulation 2015/2283 , which is the latest food regulation adopted by the European Parliament and the European Union (“EU”), defines “novel food” as “food that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before 15 May 1997, irrespective of the dates of accession of the Member States to the Union.”.

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Understanding Full Spectrum CBD Oil and Why It Is Important

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Cannabidiol (or CBD) is one of the hundreds of different cannabinoids found in the Cannabis sativa plant. It was the first of the cannabinoids extracted from cannabis. This latter effect of pinene can counterbalance the short-term memory issues induced by THC in the whole plant CBD extract. Cannabinol (CBN).

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European CBD Sales: Securing a Novel Food Authorization

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Last year, the European Union reclassified extracts of Cannabis sativa L. The reclassification was based on the lack of demonstrated history of human consumption of these extracts and of any product to which they might be added.

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