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BREAKING NEWS: FDA and USDA Start Making Sense on Hemp CBD

Canna Law Blog

USDA Ditches DEA Registration. Drotleff also covered a very promising statement from USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach, who told the NASDA that the USDA has reached an agreement with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to remove the requirement that only DEA-registered labs test hemp for THC. Conclusion.

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Vicente Sederberg LLP Attorney Shane Pennington Elected to International Cannabis Bar Association Board of Directors

Cannabis Law Report

Pennington, who focuses on federal appeals and regulatory issues, is co-counsel on several high-profile cases against the DEA regarding cannabis research, hemp, and psychedelics. Circuit), a pending petition for review of DEA’s August 2020 Interim Final Rule purportedly implementing the 2018 Farm Bill’s amendments to the CSA.

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DEA Attempts To Regulate CBD Processing

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

Last week on Thursday August 20, 2020, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) published an interim final rule surrounding hemp and hemp derivatives. In effectuating this regulatory change, the DEA has either deliberately ignored the language above, or has simply failed to recognize a linguistic nuance.

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: North Carolina

Canna Law Blog

In short, the letter basically opts out of the USDA’s hemp cultivation program meaning that North Carolina will continue to operate under the 2014 Farm Bill until its hemp provisions expire on October 31, 2020 or “until a viable pathway forward is available to satisfy federal and state requirements.” producers and consumers.'”

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Hemp and CBD: Submit Your Comments on USDA Interim Hemp Rules By December 30

Canna Law Blog

Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few. Moving forward into 2020 many crops would have to be destroyed that have otherwise been able to be used for extraction for the last several years.

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How Will the USDA Hemp Rules Affect California?

Canna Law Blog

In practice, that means that many of the existing California laws and regulations that are less restrictive than the USDA interim rules will need to be changed when California’s hemp production plan is submitted to the USDA (most likely sometime in early 2020).

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Psychedelic Revolution Version 2.0: Save Lives & Dismantle War on Fungus

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In 2020, Oregon became the first state to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin as new research affirms its benefits for treating depression. The problem is, under federal law, psilocybin remains a prohibited Schedule 1 Drug, defined by the DEA as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.”