Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to court documents, from 2017 through November 2019, Joseph Ruis, 56, was the leader of a Southern California-based wholesale spice manufacturing and distribution operation, along with co-defendants and sisters Kimberly Drumm, 52, and Bonnie Turner, 50, of Olive Branch, Mississippi. Postal Inspection Service; and Robert P.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2019

Unlike marijuana which contains large quantities of the cannabinoid THC that is responsible for making you feel high, CBD will not make you high. Although the DEA refuses to remove marijuana from the schedule 1 list, the Farm Bill is considered to be the most important victory in the history of U.S. CBD is completely non-psychoactive.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

who uses, shares (whether you do or don’t Bogart that joint ), or sells marijuana in any form, whether psychoactive THC or only non-psychoactive CBD. immigration laws make no distinction between psychoactive THC, medicinal CBD, or hemp, as this excerpt from the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual , 9 FAM 302.4-2(B)(1)

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

3] Further, notwithstanding the determination of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which is required to defer to the Department of Health and Human Services’ assessment that cannabis has no acceptable medical utility, 37 states and four territories have enacted laws allowing for the medical use of cannabis products. [4]

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The Herb Collective

JUNE 25, 2018

Patients who tried Charlotte's Web, a specific strain of medical marijuana that is low in THC and high in CBD , saw a decrease in seizure activity by at least 50%. "Every year, about 98% of all of the grass removed by the DEA's "Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program" is really hemp." Source: FactSlides) 13.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 1, 2021

Fried remembers the debate, featuring a then- High Times editor and a DEA agent, marking the first substantive cannabis conversation during her time at school. . All the while, regulatory proposals, namely THC caps , continue to pose challenges. . In Florida, the effort to enact THC caps is well underway.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

who uses, shares (whether you do or don’t Bogart that joint ), or sells marijuana in any form, whether psychoactive THC or only non-psychoactive CBD. immigration laws make no distinction between psychoactive THC, medicinal CBD, or hemp, as this excerpt from the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual , 9 FAM 302.4-2(B)(1)

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 4, 2021

Believe it or not, you actually need a license to do meaningful research on marijuana due to the fact that the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has limited its access. The DEA feels that marijuana, being a schedule I drug, could be misused like other drugs within that category and could be dangerous. Cancer pain.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) no longer has any claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products, so as long as the THC level is at or below 0.3%. While the DEA is now officially out of the hemp regulation business, the U.S. The FDA’s position on CBD is unsettled and unsupported by law.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

6 However, marijuana vaping did significantly increase between 2017 and 2018, mirroring trends in youth tobacco use. 7 While the lifetime use remains relatively stable for this cohort, from 2015-2017, past year and past month use increased 2.7% THC, while the marijuana variety contains 5-20% THC.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

On Friday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) released an Interim Final Rule (the “ Rule ”) that, as we discussed , threatens the hemp industry by treating partially processed hemp extract not intended for consumption (also known as “intermediary hemp”) as a Schedule I controlled substance. Emphasis added).

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

This USDA study , figure 2, page 4, shows states reporting nearly 30,000 total hemp acres “licensed or approved” for cultivation in 2017. The study with 2017 data contains a disclaimer that “not all States reported data on the same basis.” Also, the 2017 data includes acreage for “approved” and not exclusively “cultivated”, hemp.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This stems from the fact that despite the ongoing legalization of both recreational and medical marijuana at the state level, cannabis is still classified as a Schedule I substance by the DEA, along with substances such as heroin, cocaine, opioids and methamphetamine. You can reach us at (855) 420-9170.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2019

However, there are indications from studies done with cannabidiol-rich cannabis extracts in Israel that indicate that less side effects (46%) are achieved with a natural cannabis plant extract containing a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. 1) Another is that the Israelis and others used whole plant extract with a small amount of THC in a 20:1 ratio.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Patients suffering from cancer, epilepsy, chronic seizures, or muscle spasms could use low-THC cannabis products recommended by a licensed doctor. The governor also signed Senate Bill 1700 to protect the privacy of doctors recommending low-THC marijuana and their patients. Regular cannabis does not have to meet the same requirements.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 28, 2021

The new law allows manufacturers to produce oils, extracts, textiles or food containing non-psychoactive cannabis—the country’s relative equivalent to hemp—as long as products have a biomass containing less than one percent of THC. International Companies Get Involved with Colombia Cannabis Reform.

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WeedAdvisor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

But we’re also painfully aware of the recent vaping crisis which, until now, focused on shady THC vapes, while nicotine e-liquids were caught in the crossfire. Like with THC vape oils, regulation is the only solution for avoiding practices that range from deceptive to deadly. This proves just how dangerous an unregulated market can be.

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The Joint Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Unlike its more famous cousin THC, cannabidiol doesn’t get users high. Singh pleaded guilty in 2017 to federal charges he sold a smokable “potpourri” that he knew contained synthetic marijuana. A 2017 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found 70% of CBD products were mislabeled.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Marijuana contains higher amounts of psychoactive THC and can be used for recreational or medicinal purposes, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. or less THC, meaning it doesn’t cause the same psychoactive effects. A 2017 study published in ACS Omega by Jiries Meehan-Atrash, Wentai Luo and Robert M.

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The Herb Collective

MARCH 30, 2018

THC, another compound found in marijuana is what actually causes the high effect. Unfortunately, CBD is still labeled as high potential for abuse by the DEA. In 2017, President Trump declared the opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency citing it as the leading cause of lethal drug overdose in the same year.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

Seq (1970) and Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA”) clutches, 2019 hemp production and sales exploded. plant chemical delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”). up 116% over Q3 2017); and $13.6 containing less than 0.3% Agricultural Act of 2014, 7 U.S. Code §5940. containing no more than 0.3%

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