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Expert Gives Delta-8 THC Thumbs Down

Project CBD

He has guided clients on license applications, facility design and build out, equipment installation and optimization, and plant oil extraction for cannabis and hemp processing facilities. ” Explain what an isomer is and why the lack of information regarding novel THC isomers is problematic. .” Dr. Mark A.

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Organigram Files Judicial Review of Health Canada’s Extract-Edible Decision 

Cannabis Life Network

Organigram has launched a judicial review of Health Canada‘s extract-edible decision. On March 31st, 2023, the licensed producer filed a notice of application with the Federal Court of Canada for Judicial Review.

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RIP Cannabis Pioneer Raphael Mechoulam November 1930 – March 2023

United Patients Group

He was born in 1930 and died in 2023, at age 92. In 1964, Dr. Mechoulam isolated THC from hashish for the first time ever; this process led him down his path towards discovering more about how cannabinoids interact with our bodies’ receptors–a discovery which would eventually become known as “the endocannabinoid system.”

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Oregon Cannabis: State of the State (2023)

Canna Law Blog

Sales fell (again) along with licensee numbers (for the first time) According to OLCC data , retail sales between January 1, 2023 and November 30, 2023 clocked in at $874 million. For the most recent three months of 2023, we’ve hovered at a respectable $745/lb. By my math, the state is on pace for roughly $953 million this year.

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Oregon Cannabis: Challenging Testing Requirements Take Effect March 1, 2023

Canna Law Blog

These requirements cover heavy metals and microbiological contaminants, and they take effect on March 1, 2023. And the labs are under scrutiny at this point: we’ve covered the recent OLCC labs inquisition , centered around inflated THC numbers. The scuttlebutt is that many failed tests are inevitable if the labs do their jobs.

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Beta-Caryophyllene: Terpene Powerhouse

Project CBD

What’s more, in the presence of THC (also a CB1 agonist), terpenes appear to modulate cannabinoid activity in varied and interesting ways. Interestingly, multiple large epidemiological studies 5 — including one published in May 2023 in the journal PLoS One 6 — have linked cannabis use with reduced risk of fatty liver disease.

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Czech president expected to sign 1% THC Rule Into Law

Cannabis Law Report

Czech President Miloš Zeman is expected to sign a bill that would set the limit for THC in industrial hemp at 1.0% and significantly loosen up rules regarding THC in finished hemp products. THC limit for hemp plants “on the field,” finished hemp products with less than 1.0% EU limit is expected to become effective in 2023.

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