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Arizona: Supreme Court Rules That Concentrates Are Legal Under State’s Medical Cannabis Access Law

NORML

Manufacturing and possessing concentrated forms of cannabis are legally protected activities under the state’s medical cannabis access law, according to a unanimous decision issued today by the Arizona Supreme Court. The decision reverses a 2018 ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals.

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Vermont: House Members Approve Measure Regulating Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

NORML

The measure provides regulations for licensed producers and retailers, establishes tax rates on retail sales of cannabis products, and sets potency caps on specific products, such as concentrates. In 2018, lawmakers approved legislation legalizing the personal possession and private cultivation of marijuana by those ages 21 and older.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

Its not nice to fool Mother Nature Sloppy language in the 2018 US Farm Bill inadvertently opened this Pandoras box of unregulated psychoactive designer compounds by legalizing cannabinoids other than Delta-9 THC that were derived from hemp as defined by federal law that is, cannabis with under 0.3 percent THC. federal THC limit.

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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. and any part of such plan, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”

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Oregon’s New Industrial Hemp Rules and the 2018 Farm Bill

Canna Law Blog

Indeed, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more famously known as the “ 2018 Farm Bill, ” became law last month. Specifically, the 2018 Farm Bill legalized industrial hemp by removing the crop from the Controlled Substance Act—this means no more risk of enforcement action by the U.S. 5940) [the 2014 Farm Bill] is repealed.”

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Clarifying NY State Decriminalization and Marijuana Possession Related Penalties

NORML

Penal Law 220 relates to “controlled substances” offenses which include possession of “concentrated cannabis” which is defined as being more than 2 1/2% by volume of the total volume of cannabis seized. PL 220 then imposes escalating grades of punishment depending on the weight of concentrated cannabis.

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MJ Biz Report – Canadian producers destroyed over 500 tons of cannabis since 2018

Cannabis Law Report

Canadian producers have destroyed millions of packaged cannabis products and hundreds of tons of unpackaged marijuana since adult use was legalized in late 2018, according to data acquired by MJBizDaily. products such as edibles and concentrates. Interesting story and well worth reading. They write. 1,500,396 packages of extracts.