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Louisiana Expands State Medical Marijuana Program

MassRoots

New laws expanding the medical marijuana program in Louisiana went into effect on August 1. The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation.

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Hawaii’s New Hemp Regulations Could Deter Cultivators

Veriheal

Hawaii has put forth new regulations surrounding the cultivation of hemp, a class of cannabis plants that contain 0.3% Things began to change in 2014 with the introduction of the Farm Bill , which legalized hemp research programs. In July 2016 Hawaii Gov. or less THC. Although the U.S. The Future of Hemp in Hawaii.

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Arkansas: Licensed Medical Cannabis Sales Begin

NORML

Voters initially approved medical cannabis access by passing a statewide initiative in November 2016. Products must be derived from plants harvested by one of five state-licensed cultivators. To date, only one cultivator is operational. Two additional cultivators are expecting to harvest their initial crops this summer.

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California cannabis tax program helps communities recover from the war on drugs

Cannabis Law Report

CN) — A program outlined in Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016 in California, is to give back to those harmed by the War on Drugs. The CalCRG program uses a cannabis excise and cultivation tax to give out $35.5 Courthouse News. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN)

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Tennessee Broadens its Medical Cannabis Program

Veriheal

Wait, Tennessee has a medical cannabis program? The Evolution of Tennessee’s Medical Cannabis Program. This law required that state university-affiliated clinics or hospitals to supervise the study of cannabis oil and authorized Tennessee Tech to cultivate cannabis. This is news to me. I’m a native of Tennessee.

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California Hemp Cultivation: It’s Complicated

Canna Law Blog

Those posts, however, were more geared towards the manufacture and sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) products than the actual cultivation of hemp, which is becoming an increasingly important topic in the hemp industry in the wake of the federal Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (or “2018 Farm Bill”). 64”) was passed.

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Part 2: Adult-use legalization effects on medical prices

Illinois News Joint

in March 2016 and, before adult-use legalization, topped out at $83.14 Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act on June 25, 2019, and cultivators ramped up production for adult-use sales. in August 2019, the highest since fall of 2016. Price per gram for extracts dropped to its lowest watermark at $52.82