Canna Law Blog

MAY 20, 2019

Back on March 1, I ran through a legislative forecast and report for Oregon cannabis in 2019. In that post, I touched on six main issues: hemp, marijuana production limits, interstate sales, social consumption, local grow tax and off-work use. Hemp is now the number one cash crop in Oregon at $1 billion a year.

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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. Today we turn to North Carolina. producers and consumers.'”

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Back in October 2019, Deputy Kayra Harding introduced a bill (Proyecto de Ley No. 323 ) to promote the development of the hemp industry in Panama. The bill would establish a licensing regime for hemp cultivation and processing. Hemp is defined as cannabis whose THC content does not exceed 1.5%

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Back in October 2019, Deputy Kayra Harding introduced a bill (Proyecto de Ley No. 323 ) to promote the development of the hemp industry in Panama. The bill would establish a licensing regime for hemp cultivation and processing. Hemp is defined as cannabis whose THC content does not exceed 1.5%

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

The Oregon legislature has been grappling with cannabis for five consecutive years. At this point, over a month into the 2019 session, a preponderance of legislators appear vaguely inclined to “let it ride” and drop the big ideas when it comes to cannabis. There’s almost nothing filed on hemp right now.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

On October 12, 2019, Governor Newsom announced that he had signed SB-153 , a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. As I’ve written before , the bill is a major change for California hemp laws for the following reasons: The bill adds a new definition of “industrial hemp”.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The battle to raise the limit of THC allowed in hemp from.3% The 2018 Farm Bill defined hemp as “[t]he plant species Cannabis sativa L. In January 2019, we wrote about the lack of any rational basis for setting the demarcation for marijuana v. Pingree (ME-01) introduced the Hemp Advancement Act of 2022. 3% to 1%.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 21, 2020

Indiana has long been at the forefront of hemp product regulations. Two years ago in 2018, Indiana passed a comprehensive law that regulated “low-THC hemp extracts.” Very few states were making the distinction for CBD derived from hemp (Hemp CBD) and fewer still were imposing manufacturing, testing, and labeling requirements.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 27, 2019

The United States Department of Agriculture announced on Monday that it is aiming to release its “Interim Final Rule” for the establishment of a domestic hemp production program in August of 2019. According to the notice, “This action will initiate a new part 990 establishing rules and regulations for the domestic production of hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2020

We’ve been writing about various European countries’ approaches to regulating hemp (or auf Deutsch , Hanf ) and hemp-derived cannabidiol (which I’ll refer to as “CBD”). In fact, our team of hemp lawyers just led a pretty awesome webinar on the international cannabis market, which you can watch for free here.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When Oregon adopted that standard in 2019, it seemed to fly under the radar, though we did our best to publicize it here on the blog. This isn’t because the state lacks interest in interstate commerce solutions for the cannabis industry. Oregon was the first state to sign a marijuana export bill back in 2019.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Postal Service (“USPS”) taking issue with companies placing cannabis ads in the mail. This means that mailing actual cannabis/THC products exceeding 0.3%, or related paraphernalia, was, and remains, a big “non-mailable” no-no. Back in 2015, we wrote about the U.S. Code Section §1716E(b).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

On September 11, 2019, the California Assembly approved SB-153 , a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. Here are some of SB-153’s important provisions: The bill adds a new definition of “industrial hemp”. Currently, only commercial growers must register.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

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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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Welcome to the eighth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. decrease from $994 million in 2022, which itself was the first calendar year cannabis sales contracted in Oregon. I explained in an earlier post that OLCC and the cannabis industry were “ at a nadir with two-bit scandals ” this spring.

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JULY 7, 2020

Last week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new guidance (the “FinCEN Guidance”) for financial institutions working with hemp-related businesses. The FinCEN Guidance clarifies and expands upon the 2019 statement. ” No surprises there. .” ” No surprises there.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

On January 17, 2019, California Assembly Member Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry kept her promise and introduced a piece of hemp legislation, AB 228. This bill is aimed at paving the way for adding industrial hemp derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) to foods, beverages, and cosmetics.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Both the FDA and NIH are looking into cannabis products. We blogged about this decision here. Meanwhile, federal rules for hemp may be coming. North Dakota has not one but two citizen initiatives that would allow recreational cannabis. Finally, cannabis is on the menu at the Lowell Cafe in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

As I wrote in a prior blog post , Utah’s cannabis market has special characteristics that you are unlikely to find in other states. Marry those qualities together and the parameters and developments of the Utah medical cannabis and hemp marketplaces make perfect sense. Medical Cannabis.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

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. Each Sunday, we summarize a new state in alphabetical order. 459 and S.P.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

California’s legislature introduced a potentially game-changing hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) bill in January 2019: Assembly Bill 228 (“AB-228”). Raw hemp products would need to undergo certain lab testing and get certificates of analysis prior to sale.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

On March 13, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Specialty Crops Program held the first planned listening webinar to solicit public comment on the implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill as it pertains to hemp. The post USDA Hemp Webinar Summary appeared first on Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 14, 2019

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. Hemp Cultivation.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2019

May 2019 Cannabis Legislative Updates Including New THC Limits For Industrial Hemp. The most controversial change in the new rules involves the calculation of the maximum limit of THC allowed in industrial hemp. USDA Provides Legal Guidance for Transportation and Shipment of Hemp Products Across State Lines.

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APRIL 6, 2019

Unfortunately still the position for most banks and hemp. Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing industrial hemp, we predicted that banking services for hemp businesses would be slow going. That has proven to be the case. For this reason, a bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators, Sen.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That is no less true in cannabis and several insurers—at least on West Coast—provide insurance for marijuana businesses as well as hemp. The barriers to purchasing insurance related to hemp, of course, decreased substantially following the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill. Insurance is a key part of any business (or home).

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Tommy Corbyn son of UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has gone into receivership with debts of £100K with his hemp company National Hemp Service “NHS” Accusations are flying about but at the moment simple mismanagement appears to be the issue. Tommy Corbyn – National Hemp Service – Last Tweet August 2019.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Since the 2018 Farm Bill loosened limitations on hemp production, you have heard a lot about hemp’s enormous economic potential. MarketsandMarkets projects that the industrial hemp market will increase from $4.6 billion in 2019 to $26.6 All crops have distinct obstacles in their growth, and hemp is no exception.

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MARCH 29, 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. Today we turn to South Carolina.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

For this reason, contacts I’ve spoken with in the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and elsewhere are reticent to forecast what may happen with cannabis laws. For its part, the reinvigorated Oregon Cannabis Association (OCA) has voiced a general request of “ do no harm.” HB 2019 – Marijuana tax transfer.

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JUNE 16, 2019

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. 2014 Farm Bill Industrial Hemp Program. Emphasis added).

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

We previously explored the applicability of trade secret protection to cannabis-related inventions. Here, we provide an overview of patent trends in the cannabis industry and how cannabusinesses can use patents to protect their technological, agricultural, genetic, or other innovations. The Power of a Patent.

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

This Harris Bricken article is a timely warning of the future of hemp now that the Chinese are in the market. Chinese Hemp Researchers Visit Oregon: That’s Good and Bad for International Hemp Businesses. By Jonathan Bench on December 15, 2019. Here’s the Harris Bricken Article.

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MARCH 22, 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. barcodes on products) to track hemp and hemp products throughout the state.

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JUNE 30, 2019

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. One of the areas in which the law is murky is the sale of hemp products.

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MAY 3, 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. This was confirmed in January by a member of the territory’s Hemp Board.

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