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Potential Issues With Testing Hemp Under The 2018 Farm Bill

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

While the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp federally, USDA’s regulations highlight potential issues for hemp producers with regard to new testing requirements in state or tribal plans. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, industrial hemp was defined as “the plant Cannabis sativa L. 3% of total THC tested under the 2018 Farm Bill.

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The 2018 Farm Bill Does Not Support the DEA Interim Rule

Canna Law Blog

The DEA Just Passed a BAD Interim Rule Impacting Hemp CBD and Other Cannabinoids. But for the purposes of this post, I want to discuss why the interim rule (a regulation) is at odds with the text of the 2018 Farm Bill (an actual law), and why that’s important. 3% THC, and (2) all synthetic cannabinoids. Don’t Take the Bait!

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Watch Out! The DEA Just Passed a BAD Interim Rule Impacting Hemp CBD and Other Cannabinoids

Canna Law Blog

On August 20, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim rule on hemp, hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) and other hemp-derived cannabinoids. While it is true that the 2018 Farm Bill did legalize hemp, hemp derivatives, hemp extracts, and cannabinoids in hemp, it did not explicitly cover hemp processing.

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Memo to Congress: Fix the Farm Bill

Project CBD

Earlier this year, the Food & Drug Administration disclosed that it would not regulate non-pharmaceutical CBD products, thereby putting the onus on Congress to devise an appropriate regulatory framework for cannabidiol and other hemp-derived cannabinoids. percent on a dry weight basis.”

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Breakthrough cannabis genomics study identifies genes for cannabinoid production, pathogen resistance, and more

Medicinal Genomics

In 2018, Medicinal Genomics began a project to create the most complete cannabis reference genome. This resulted in the most contiguous Cannabis sativa assemblies to date. CNV maps like the ones shown below may play an important role in breeding cannabis and hemp varieties for cannabinoids, terpenes, and pathogen resistance.

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Cannabis Sativa Vs. Cannabis Indica

Medical Cannabis Seedbank

When we do research into cannabis, we find that the topic of Sativa vs. Indica to either be misunderstood or the information we find to be very vague. The main cannabis species we are aware of are: Sativa. Besides these 3, Cannabis Sativa can be divided into 2 subspecies: Cannabis Sativa. Cannabis Sativa L.

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Industry Snapshot: Cannabis Plant Patents

Cannabis Law Report

There are three species in the Cannabis genera: Cannabis sativa (C. sativa) , Cannabis indica (C. The key classes of phytochemicals in a cannabis plant are cannabinoids and terpenes. [iii]. vi] Some cannabinoids are formed from the metabolism of other (non-acidic) compounds. 2016) | Ecuadorian Sativa.

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