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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy. June 1, 2025, the Current Policy This update reintroduces and expands on the 2020 restrictions, explicitly targeting Consumable Hemp Products. Otherwise, be specific.)

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The Hidden Potential Winners of Marijuana Rescheduling: DEA-Registered Bulk Manufacturers

Canna Law Blog

But there’s a group of players who’ve been surprisingly quiet, despite potentially having the most to gain: DEA-registered bulk marijuana manufacturers. However, under current US law, DEA Registrants are missing out on a massive opportunity. This booming global market is one that DEA Registrants are unable to access.

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NORML Says DEA’s Newly Proposed Bulk Cultivation Rules Are “Unduly Onerous, Expensive, and Impractical”

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The DEA now estimates that, under the new rules, it may approve between three and 15 total applicants. ” He added, “Further, the DEA has an incredibly poor track record in this arena – having for years now promised to expedite and streamline this process, but failing to deliver.

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The Week in Weed: August 28, 2020

The Blunt Truth

The DEA has a new hemp rule. dea hemp rule. The rule makes illegal the production of “wet hemp,” a necessary part of the hemp extraction process that results in a temporary increase in THC. He did not address the DEA’s new rule and its effect on the industry’s survival. And traffic lights go green.

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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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The Week in Weed: March 6, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. The Department of Agriculture delayed a requirement that the DEA conduct all THC testing on hemp crops. STATE NEWS. To cap or not to cap, that was the question facing the state of Florida this week.

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USDA NON-ENFORCEMENT OF DEA-LAB AND DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

Cannabis Law Report

After a significant outcry by the hemp community, the USDA is backing down from its requirement that all hemp be tested at DEA-registered labs for the 2020 season. However, hemp producers should be aware that the USDA expects to begin enforcing the requirement to use DEA-registered labs for the 2021 growing season.

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