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Study: Marijuana Provided For FDA-Approved Clinical Research Genetically Similar to Hemp

NORML

Since 1968, the University of Mississippi farm, which is governed by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, has held the only available federal license to legally cultivate cannabis for FDA-approved research. A majority of commercially available drug-type cannabis was genetically very distinct from NIDA samples.

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: North Carolina

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. Today we turn to North Carolina. producers and consumers.'”

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: New Mexico

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. Today we head to New Mexico.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/11/19

NORML

The measure would impose a civil penalty of $200 for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, as well as for the cultivation of up to two marijuana plants. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. ND resident? ND resident?

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Belize: Industrial Hemp and Cannabis Control Commission to be Established

Cannabis Law Report

Minister Musa told reporters that they have already set up a commission – it joins up with the Hemp Committee and is now called the “Industrial Hemp and Cannabis Control Commission.” And there is no cultivation or anything like that in the country. Channel 5 Belize reports. Musa breaks down what the legislation seeks to do.

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

Canna Law Blog

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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Cannabis laws in South Carolina

The Cannigma

Back when the US was still a collection of colonies under British rule, South Carolina had a booming industrial hemp industry. Hemp fibers can be made into salt-resistant rope, making it an important crop for the Royal Navy. The bill did not include smokable cannabis or home cultivation and kept cannabis possession a misdemeanor.

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