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What’s in a name? Marijuana, Cannabis, and Hemp

Americans for Safe Access

Adapted from The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience (Routledge, 2019) by Michelle Newhart and William Dolphin. are marijuana, cannabis, and hemp. For at least the last half-century, marijuana has been the most prevalent term, but cannabis is gaining currency.

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Potential Issues With Testing Hemp Under The 2018 Farm Bill

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

On October 31, 2019, USDA published its interim hemp regulations and opened them up to a 60-day public commenting period. 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.

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What Happened to Hemp?

Canna Law Blog

He said: “licensed acres in hemp are at pre-farm bill levels.” Before the 2018 Farm Bill, only a few states ran limited “research” pilot programs for hemp. But, take a look: The USDA 2022 National Hemp Report , at page 1, indicates that all industrial hemp “in the open” totaled 28,314 acres. Could that be true?

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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.

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.”

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Oregon’s Interstate Commerce Bill for Marijuana Seeds and Intoxicating Hemp Products

Canna Law Blog

Most interestingly, the reconstituted SB 353 would allow OLCC licensees to export intoxicating products that fall under the federal definition of hemp, along with marijuana seeds. This would include a fair bit of what is called “usable marijuana” under OLCC administrative rules, as well as certain edibles and concentrates (ex.:

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Marijuana and Hemp Tourism & Hospitality Industry is Rapidly Growing Despite Legal Challenges

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana and hemp derivatives in tourism and hospitality is a rapidly growing industry, despite the current legal challenges. Cannabis Tourism Is a Large Part of Industry Hemp derivatives have been legal in every state since the 2018 […]

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