Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? Not to some courts, who think that the 2018 Farm Bill is so patently clear that it really doesn’t even matter what Congress intended. Boyd Street Distro (we wrote about that case here ). And what state are we talking about?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Following last year’s passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued a regulatory update in August of 2019 to federally insured credit unions. As to the effects of the 2018 Farm Bill, the NCUA highlighted three points. By Tonya M. Esposito & Renee B. Appel on September 10, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Laws protecting patients and their providers vary from state to state and, in some cases, may vary from county to county. Many individuals choose to break outdated state laws that do not account for medical use or their access. LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS. ” PRIVACY RIGHTS.

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SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It took a whole lot of rolling (joints) and scrolling (old news feeds) to complete a thorough review of the most important, inspiring and infuriating stories about cannabis from the past year—and no doubt I still missed a few along the way. The Top 10 Cannabis Stories of 2018. RELATED STORY. RELATED STORY.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

Current Office: Senator from Minnesota 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: B Co-Sponsored Legislation: STATES Act (2017-2018). Summary: During her tenure in Congress, Senator Klobuchar did not sponsor her own marijuana law reform legislation and did not seem to make changing marijuana laws a priority. .”

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Veriheal

MARCH 12, 2024

And while cannabinoids like delta-9-THC have undergone thorough research, there’s more to learn about compounds like THC-JD. In this article, we’ll reveal the available knowledge about this compound. As such, there is still a lot to discover about THC-JD. According to federal law, hemp products with a maximum of 0.3%

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

“Farm Bill compliant CBD” The 2018 Farm Bill is one of the least understood laws on the books, in my view. All of this is to say, there is no such thing as a “Farm Bill compliant” CBD product, because it’s not something that the law addresses. What about raw, smokable hemp?

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill ), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. A primer on the 2018 Farm Bill and THCA For starters, Hemp may only have 0.3% delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? Not to some courts, who think that the 2018 Farm Bill is so patently clear that it really doesn’t even matter what Congress intended. Boyd Street Distro (we wrote about that case here ). And what state are we talking about?

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Project CBD

MARCH 8, 2019

Although the federal legality of these products has been a matter of debate, the 2018 Farm Bill signed into law last year officially took hemp and CBD from hemp off of the federal controlled substances list. In response, veterinarians and others concerned for patient safety promoted a change in state law.

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WeedAdvisor

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

While these illegal distributors are easy enough to find with a simple Internet search, a major player in cannabis culture does not seem to care about which side of the law it falls under. Weak or non-existent attempts by law enforcement to curb illegal dispensaries mean that it is our responsibility as consumers to do the right thing.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Now though, it sounds like FDA is serious about CBD regulations in the context of both food and supplements. 2018 Farm Bill. In 2018, the federal government legalized hemp and all of its derivatives, including CBD, with the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (better known as the “ 2018 Farm Bill ”).

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Beyond Pesticides , October 8, 2019) As medicinal and recreational marijuana continue to be legalized in a growing number of states, concerns about the safety of the burgeoning industry—how the substance is grown, harvested, processed, distributed, sold, and used—have emerged. Here’s their blog post of 8 October.

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Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

But today’s “hemp” market has moved way beyond CBD, as noted by several commentators who expressed concerns about the unregulated proliferation of high-dose THC consumables and novel synthetic intoxicants thanks to loopholes in the 2018 Farm Bill, which is up for revision and renewal in the coming months.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Today I want to talk about some of the biggest potential risks that I think cannabis businesses and investors will face in 2024. The unrelenting illegal market will get worse I’ve been writing about the illegal market problem forever. Just look at what I’ve written about for California.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

When the 2018 Farm Bill was inked, one of the biggest perceived wins was a provision prohibiting states from interfering with interstate transport or shipment of hemp. Many hemp transporters today face just as much risk when transporting hemp as they did before the 2018 Farm Bill was signed—and in some cases, even more risk.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to Law360, AK Futures – which sells the popular “Cake”-branded delta-8 THC vaporizers – won its latest court fight when a federal judge again ruled that hemp-based products are protected under federal copyright laws because hemp was legalized in 2018. What about state laws banning delta-8? Delta-9 THC.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2018, Utah officially joined forces with nearly three dozen other states around the country by legalizing medicinal marijuana. However, despite cannabis’s protected status, some localities in the state have refused to recognize the rights of medical marijuana patients. Escamilla said.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

A pilot program that began following the Industrial Hemp Bill in 2015 and led to industrial hemp being removed from the state Controlled Substances Act in 2018 was set to expire July 1 if no further action was taken. I am not sure about the reception it will receive in the house yet. We will know more in the coming weeks.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 17, 2021

Since that time, while California employers have enjoyed some comfort in the ability to enforce their workplace substance abuse policies, lawmakers have been making efforts to amend state law to provide more protections to marijuana users. The Blunt Truth will provide updates about this pending bill as they become available.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

Industrial Hemp: Don’t Forget About State Law! Five Key Documents Necessary to Understand Industrial Hemp Law. We’ll then turn to the 2018 Farm Bill, which does not immediately repeal the 2014 Farm Bill. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issues regulations under the 2018 Farm Bill. complicated.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Now that we have looked at the states where opening a medical or recreational marijuana dispensary is legal, below are a few other details to consider when thinking about opening a marijuana dispensary or store. 1] Second, each state has its own unique system for licensing and regulating marijuana and marijuana establishments.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Earlier this week, I wrote about how hemp businesses should not yet rely on the 2018 Farm Bill to protect them from their products being seized. Back in September 2018, I wrote about how varying state laws made it challenging to ship hemp products, including hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”) across the country.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Williams filed suit against Eaze in May 2018, alleging the company had violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending her unsolicited text messages advertising cannabis sales. ABOUT EAZE. Judge throws out class action lawsuit against cannabis delivery giant Eaze. Eaze published the following press release.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2020

A similar showing is required to state a claim for unfair competition under the Lanham Act and state law unfair competition. The interesting argument here surrounds element 1 – whether VFC even has a protectable interest in its alleged common law trademarks. Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, October 2018 § 1301.01(b)(v).

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 5, 2021

California’s attorney general argued in a recent court filing that none of the state’s cannabis businesses operating on provisional licenses are entitled to due process under state law. It is not reasonable to expect that a provisional license confers any permanent entitlement,” Becerra wrote. John Schroyer.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

That said, in the years since cannabis has become legal in various states, the federal government has taken an increasingly less active role in enforcement in those states. Sure, the feds could start ramping up enforcement even against state-lawful operators, but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen any time soon.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When a state law conflicts with federal law, federal law wins due to the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. With that in mind let’s take a look at the match-up between Indiana’s smokable hemp ban and the 2018 Farm Bill. Why is this decision good? Preemption! plant with 0.3% whether growing or not[.]”

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 26, 2020

Toward the end of 2018, we signed a pair of well known, national retail clients. In-house lawyers for these clients called us in anticipation of hemp legalization under the 2018 Farm Bill. The lawyers were concerned about the legality of these products under both federal and state laws.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JANUARY 8, 2019

How do we get really smart about doing the things we can do now?”. Both he and Rushford acknowledged that state laws prohibit minors from entering retail marijuana stores. Another area where Washington differs from other states permitting cannabis sales is in the testing of flower for pesticides.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The 29 DIAs respond to the Commission’s equity mandates under state law ( M.G.L. The 29 DIAs respond to the Commission’s equity mandates under state law ( M.G.L. Review the January 9, 2018 public meeting presentation and minutes from that discussion using these links.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

Our California hemp lawyers regularly get asked about the laws and regulations about growing hemp in California, manufacturing hemp products, and shipping those products around the country. I’ve written about the various hemp laws in California and how confusing they are previously (see here and here ).

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2020

In an emailed statement to MarketWatch, a Weedmaps spokesperson stated: “Given our role as the largest technology company in the cannabis sector, from time to time, Weedmaps receives requests for information from government agencies. We cooperate with these requests as we do with all lawful inquiries.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

Before I discuss how Director Hunt and CBP are dead wrong on this issue, it is important to acknowledge that CBD oil derived from marijuana is illegal under both federal and Texas state law. It states: “ The term marihuana does not include— (i)hemp, as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946[.]”.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

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. Apparently, that’s how the state wants to continue to operate.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I was talking to another lawyer about last week’s vote by Oregonians to legalize psilocybin therapy here in the state. Public Law 115-176 (“Right to Try”) is a federal law enacted in 2018 that creates a uniform system for terminal patients seeking access to investigational treatments. It’s quite restrictive.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Anyone who knows anything about California cannabis knows that the regulators simply do not take enforcement seriously. Probably the biggest complaint our California cannabis team hears is just how bad of a job the state has done in terms of letting the illegal market fester. California hints at enforcement?

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