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State restrictions on cannabis packaging worry producers

Cannabis Chronicles

Because of state regulations, the packaging for the company’s infused tinctures, topicals, capsules and other products contains no information claiming any therapeutic effects. The policy bars cannabis companies from making any statement or reference about their products impacting consumers’ health or having “an effect on the body or mind.”

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Congress Wants to Hear from You on CBD by August 18th

Canna Law Blog

The short answer is that Congress has another shot at the Farm Bill, which is the primary agricultural and food policy instrument of the federal government. Mostly, though, it seems they’ve been “looking at data” and firing off occasional warning letters to especially bad actors (as recently as last month, and going back to 2015).

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Higher dose cannabis edibles could actually protect kids

SpeedWeed

Illegal edibles have misleading packaging that can be confusing to kids and parents. They are easy to spot with their bright colors and easy-to-open packaging. As a legacy entrepreneur who started in 2015, Fritz says she has seen a lot of unregulated edibles brands on the market. Victoria Police). Victoria Police).

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Zkittlez marijuana brand tastes a lawsuit from Skittles candy maker

SpeedWeed

Mars Wrigley Confectionary—part of Mars, Incorporated—is the largest gum maker in the world and did $33 billion in annual sales in 2015. According to the Chicago-based Wrigley lawsuit, illicit edible makers using counterfeit Skittles and Starburst packaging in Illinois triggered the action. Illegal seshes drew corporate ire.

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Did the 2018 Farm Bill Open the Door to Importing Hemp?

Canna Law Blog

In November 2015, Innovative Nutraceuticals, LLC placed an order for hemp from Spain to L&M Natural Hemp. On December 6, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) seized the hemp shipment at the Los Angeles International Airport. It is determined based on the presence of a certain compound, THC.

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Cannabis Testing + Branding = Business Building

Cannabis Law Report

As an example, look at the bubble of CBD in the last year to see consumers swooning over science that is yet to be regulated and false or misleading packaging that profligates on shelves across the US. QUESTION: Which we can see in the dangers of the current Vape crisis…. .

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A Founder Looks at 50: Willie Nelson — America’s Favorite Marijuana Smoker

NORML

03 percent THC) may in fact provide a financial lifeline to a lot of remaining family farmers. And as it should be if one believes in karma, in 2015 Willie Nelson began marketing his own brand of marijuana, called Willie’s Reserve , in the states that have legalized the adult use of marijuana.

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