The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. Without further ado, here’s a look at the stories that grabbed our attention in 2019. New Jersey failed to pass legislation legalizing recreational marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2019

By Peter Becker on March 8, 2019. While other states have moved more aggressively to encourage commercial hemp, Washington’s total hemp crop in 2018 was less than 150 acres, all grown by the Confederated Colville tribes northwest of Spokane. PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

It was also a notable, if not promising month for hemp. Hemp Benchmarks , a division of New Leaf Data Services and leading provider of financial, business, and industry data for the North American hemp markets, recently issued its report for July, which touches on some of the most high-profile talking points of the hemp market to date.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

So much has been going on in Texas’ court fights with municipalities over mask mandates, that it might have been easy to miss a significant legal turn about smokeable hemp in the state. Texans can buy smokable hemp flower and hemp-derived CBD vaping oils legally — so long as they’re made somewhere else.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Delta-8 and smokable flower are the two products keeping hemp framers alive. Delta-8 is a cannabis product that can be derived from hemp, but still give the consumer a light psychotropic experience. Hemp Benchmarks reported that after rising 4%in May, the average per-kilogram price for delta-8 THC distillate fell 1% in June to $1,215.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In September, three states authorized the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD, one state Board of Pharmacy rescinded its negative guidance on CBD, and two states published proposed hemp rules. However, five states announced limitations on hemp food or beverage products and two states expanded hemp product labeling requirements.

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Hemp farmers disagree. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller shared some thoughts about the practices of hemp farmers licensed by his office with Austin American-Statesman this week, stating that it’s “highly probable” some cultivators are also growing cannabis. . London Free Press writes. Read more at [link].

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 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’ll take a look at New York.

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Canna Law Blog

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

FEBRUARY 9, 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 Dakota. California. Connecticut.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The latest hemp laws state-by-state: August 2019. By: Hemp Industry Team. The hemp industry took a step forward as one state expanded its hemp program and one non-hemp program state created a hemp task force. Below is a review of the latest hemp legal changes listed state-by-state. CALIFORNIA.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 6, 2019

By Becki Lee on May 6, 2019. We now have an update: On May 2, 2019, the USPTO distributed an Examination Guide updating their practices after passage of the 2018 Farm Bill on December 20, 2018. POSTED IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Regular readers will recall that in March we blogged about cannabis-related trademarks.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Every day NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. Marijuana] is still going to have to achieve acceptance city by city, county by county. Read more from Reason

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In Congress this week Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The USDA, the same people who denied making the film ‘ Hemp For Victory ‘, has just approved Indiana’s hemp plan to cultivate and process hemp. The goal is to transition Indiana’s pilot program into the commercial hemp industry. Texas, Indiana, and Louisiana all ban smokable hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 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 Oklahoma.

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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% on a dry weight basis.

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

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Those in the marijuana industry in California will face a higher tax bil l in January. What’s the latest in the world of hemp transport? Glad you asked.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 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 Ohio. Way to go, Buckeyes! paint and fuel).

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 18, 2019

By: Hemp Industry Team. In the past two months, New York and Wisconsin passed legislation growing their hemp programs, a Maine agency issued restrictive guidelines, and Texas and West Virginia advanced hemp rules through the regulatory process. Below is a review of the latest hemp legal changes listed state-by-state.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Hemp was in the news quite a bit this week. First, the federal government is seizing hemp imports at the border despite legalization. And South Dakota still has problems with hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2019

By: Hemp Industry Team. One state established a hemp growth program, one governor vetoed legislation expanding his state’s hemp program, and agencies in five states announced hemp policies or regulations. Below is a review of the latest hemp legal changes listed state-by-state. NEW HAMPSHIRE.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

US Hemp Roundtable report. Birenbaum is a former top cannabis regulator who led medical regulatory efforts in Rhode Island from 2016 to 2019 and was then hired to oversee New York’s medical marijuana and hemp programs. Hemp Roundtable General Counsel, Jonathan Miller. “We On Monday, the U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 25, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Kamala Harris (D-CA) have introduced a bill calling for the decriminalizing of marijuana. Speaking of hemp, the states have been active this week as well. And a hemp boom is on in Virginia.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2019

On February 27, 2019 both the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) provided new insights and guidance related to their proposed regulatory processes for hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. but I will tell you this is not a straightforward process.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Meanwhile, the governor asked the Pardons Board to speed up applications for those with low-level marijuana offenses. And in our latest installment of “Where Do the Candidates Stand on Marijuana?”

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 4, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. A bipartisan group of Senators has introduced a bill that would promote marijuana and CBD research. In Louisiana , residents may now use industrial hemp, with some restrictions. In the House, Rep.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 22, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’ll start with New Jersey, which you will doubtless recall failed to legalize marijuana earlier this year. They are now expanding hemp production. Washington, however, is headed in a different direction.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Federal class action securities lawsuits against publicly traded hemp and marijuana businesses doubled from 2018 to 2019, a trend that’s typical in an emerging industry, … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Join GLLG shareholder Andrew DeWeese and Allay Consulting principal Kim Stuck for this webinar as they discuss this important certification, and why up-and-coming hemp and cannabis companies may want to investigate getting GMP certified. Andrew founded the Oregon Cannabis Law Group in 2014 and merged with Green Light Law Group in 2019.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 5, 2022

A Laramie County woman is suing the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and one of its officers after being accused of growing marijuana on her hemp farm, court filings show. THC is the psychoactive chemical that gives marijuana its high. Supreme Court: Lying officer’s name stays in hemp-case record.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2021

High-Priority State Hemp and CBD Bills. Hemp Roundtable currently employs lobbyists on the ground to advocate for your interests. AB 45 and SB 235 would allow CBD in food and dietary supplement products and make clear that a product is not adulterated due to the inclusion of hemp. State Alert: California. State Alert: Colorado.

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