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Millions Per Month: Why The Missouri Medical Marijuana Business Is Booming

MMJ Recs

In 2014, Governor Jay Nixon signed the Missouri Medical Marijuana Bill, making it possible for CBD to be used as medicine for seizures. In 2018, Amendment 2 was passed, making medical marijuana in the state completely legal. Is medical marijuana being sold in Missouri yet? How many dispensaries are licensed in Missouri?

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

Canna Law Blog

We’ve been writing a lot on this blog about the regulation and sale of cannabidiol (“CBD”) products at the state and federal levels. The United States is not the only international actor, however, that is concerned with regulating the sale of CBD products, including CBD-infused foods. extracts of Cannabis sativa L.

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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Idaho

Canna Law Blog

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. It doesn’t matter whether the CBD was derived from hemp or marijuana.

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The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South

Cannabis Law Report

Arkansas voters approved a medical cannabis program on November 8, 2016, and the legislature subsequently amended the program through the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016. While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

SpeedWeed

Every nug of the stuff contains this story—of Santa Cruz, and of the last big genetic wave to sweep through medical marijuana; a wave that peaked and crashed, and yet still inundates the market to this day. Producing consistent THC percentages around 18 percent, this mellow strain is energizing, but not like a stress-inducing sativa.

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Cannabis Economy – The Changing World Order

Cannabis Law Report

It is not just the fight against illegal trade of drugs, but also the commercial benefits of marijuana which have led to its legalization. Weed lovers and hustlers are further supporting the use of marijuana on a global scale. . If the sale of marijuana is to be considered in the state, it totaled up to $996 million.

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Oregon Hemp: Another Round of ODA Rules

Canna Law Blog

Since 2015 the number of licensed hemp growers has climbed from 13 to 584 (with much of that in the past two years) and hemp acreage has rapidly expanded to 11,000 acres. Lastly, the new rules propose to increase the cost for agricultural hemp seed producer application fees by $380 (from $120 to $500).

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