Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

2019 was another big year for cannabis, and another busy year for the Canna Law Blog. These are the Canna Law Blog’s Biggest Hits of 2019, in alphabetical order: BREAKING NEWS: FDA Issues More Guidance on CBD Products. Charlotte’s Web Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Improperly Marketing CBD Products.

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Law Oil Hemp CBD 72

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2020

To date, the FDA hasn’t really done much about Hemp CBD products it claims are unlawful. To date, the FDA hasn’t really done much about Hemp CBD products it claims are unlawful. 2019 was, to put it lightly, an intense year for the hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) industries in the United States.

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Hemp CBD Packaging Agriculture 105

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2019

Our California hemp lawyers have been getting pummeled with questions about the legality of industrial hemp derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) ever since the 2018 Farm Bill was signed in January (and especially since our recent hemp and Hemp CBD webinar ). Some states have taken an aggressive approach to enforcement, while others haven’t.

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Food CBD Hemp Extraction 102

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Cannabidiol can be derived from either cannabis (in which case it is generally legal and may be sold through the licensed cannabis chain), or hemp (in which case the law is completely unclear in many cases). The FAQ says nothing about many other products, such as cosmetics, smokeable hemp, or Hemp CBD vapes. plant with more than.3%

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Hemp CBD Food Sativa 112

CannaTech

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In our blog today we welcome Alvit LCS Pharma CEO Yona Levy with valuable insight on how to build a successful cannabis company. When you add on a publicly scrutinized industry like cannabis, with its ever-changing laws and regulations, and its enormous growth potential, the complexities compound exponentially. Keep Focused.

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Banking Research and Development Events Cannabis 98

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2020

Plaintiffs file complaints and make allegations about defendants, and defendants answer those complaints and admit or deny the allegations. Plaintiffs file complaints and make allegations about defendants, and defendants answer those complaints and admit or deny the allegations. The list goes on. That may come out in discovery.

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Cannabis Law 93

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2019

In Kentucky, Hemp CBD products are lawful, but certain hemp products are clearly prohibited including the following: Hemp cigarettes; Hemp cigars; Chew, dip, or other smokeless material consisting of hemp leaf material or hemp floral material; and. A smaller but growing number of states also regulate the sale of products derived from hemp.

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Hemp CBD Agriculture Cultivation 93

Canna Law Blog

MAY 10, 2019

Let’s break down exactly what this law does and doesn’t do. First, the law doesn’t “legalize” psilocybin to the same extent that cannabis has been “legalized” in many states. Second, the law obviously changes nothing about the Controlled Substances Act or state law.

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Decriminalization CBD Food Law 90

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

The budget estimates that about $332.8 It will certainly make life simpler for applicants with multiple licenses who would no longer need to worry about complying with multiple sets of often-different regulations. This new department would have an enforcement branch and would align the current, different sets of regulations.

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Collective Retail Cultivation Agriculture 86

Otherside Farms

OCTOBER 18, 2019

There are laws and there are some canna related aspects still being discussed in the House of Representatives. Eventually, it is a strategy that will help several businesses including canna-business gain popularity. Can you as a canna-user keep your cannabis IG account running? But social media is a giant. Let’s find out.

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Media Education Policy Cannabis 12

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Illinois’ new adult-use cannabis law, for example, made waves for its broad social equity program. California’s existing hemp cultivation law—the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (or “CIHFA”, which I’ve written about here )—is half a decade old and essentially is limited to regulating very limited aspects of cultivation.

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Programs Hemp Cultivation Agriculture 73

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2019

585 provides that: [n]otwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, food, food additives or food products that contain hemp, including cannabidiol derived from hemp, are not considered to be adulterated or misbranded under this subchapter based solely on the inclusion of hemp or cannabidiol derived from hemp.” 459 and S.P.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Food 77

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Last summer, I wrote about Senate Bill 1459 , a piece of California legislation that created a new scheme of provisional licenses for cannabis operators. This provisional licensing scheme was essentially intended to replace the temporary licensing scheme that only ran through January 1, 2019 per state law.

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Cannabis Agriculture Compliance Compliance 68

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2019

For those of you who aren’t familiar with AB-228, see my posts here , here , here , and here. Raw hemp products would need to undergo certain lab testing and get certificates of analysis prior to sale. The committee analysis indicates whether a bill’s fiscal impacts meet the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.

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Hemp Law CBD Agriculture 83

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In May 2019, Governor Jeff Colyer signed into law Senate Substitute for House Bill (“HB”) 2167 , which authorizes the commercial sale of hemp and hemp products containing less than 0.3% The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp cultivation at the federal level.

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Hemp CBD Research and Development Agriculture 73

Canna Care Docs

APRIL 8, 2022

Canna Care Docs is here to help! What follows is everything you need to know about getting a medical marijuana card in MA. For patients under 18 years old, Canna Care Docs can provide medical cannabis certification with a signed recommendation from their primary care provider. Not sure if you’re eligible?

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Conditions Patients Recreational Cannabis 52

Sensi Seeds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In the Stock Exchange news, there are numerous daily announcements about the latest status of cannabis shares, and more and more large companies have announced they will be entering this new market. Now that more and more countries allow the medicinal use of cannabis , a real Green Rush is occurring. Germany as Cash Cow.

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Medicine Patients Cannabis Legislation 75

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2019

I’ve written quite a bit on the legality of hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CDB”) products in California over the past few months (see my posts on Hemp CBD in general and my specific posts about Hemp CBD in foods and hemp cultivation ). One of the areas I haven’t explored in great detail is topical products, i.e., cosmetics.

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Topical CBD Hemp Food 67

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

On January 16, 2019, each of the three California cannabis agencies dropped a final set of regulations. In one area in particular, the BCC’s regulations may have some unintended and far-reaching effects: immigration. SSNs are available for residents and citizens of the United States.

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Retail Cannabis Business Legalization 67

Canna Care Docs

MARCH 16, 2017

The news is currently flowing about a recent statement made by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. I’m talking, of course, about this little chestnut: “Marijuana is only slightly less awful than heroin.” ” I’m not writing this blog to get into right vs left politics. And the sale is regulated.

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Medicine Cannabis Cannabinoids Marijuana 58

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Getting a cannabis license in Los Angeles has been notoriously difficult—and may be about to get worse as news dropped last week that a Los Angeles City Council member is recommending that the most recent phase of licensing applications essentially be suspended. It’s not clear yet how many phase 2 licenses have been issued.

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Retail Cannabis Dispensary Access 58

Sensi Seeds

JANUARY 11, 2019

This stoner podcast comes from the team over at Leafly and features a roster of industry heads talking about their favorite strains and ways to consume cannabis. This stoner podcast comes from the team over at Leafly and features a roster of industry heads talking about their favorite strains and ways to consume cannabis.

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Wellness and Beauty Hash Strains Topical 99

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

On May 13, 2019, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 599 , aka the Iowa Hemp Act (the “Act”). The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp cultivation at the federal level. Each Sunday, we summarize a new state in alphabetical order.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Agriculture 65

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 , the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”)—the agency that licenses distributors, retailers, testing labs, and event organizers—dropped its final regulations. While the final regulations are by no means perfect, they are at least here (alongside the CDPH permanent regulations, which we covered on Monday).

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Packaging Retail Compliance Compliance 74

CannaTech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In today’s blog, CannTech guest writer Jessica Steinberg explores the African cannabis landscape. Yet a continental analysis does not reveal much about regional and local dynamics. Making a generalization as broad as this one about climate is like saying McDonald’s makes the best fries.

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Research and Development Cultivation Cannabis History 51

Canna Law Blog

JULY 18, 2019

We’ve written a lot about cannabis M & A , entity selection choices , and financing on the Canna Law Blog and how these transaction and changes do not amount run of the mill transactions because of the invasive regulatory overlay in almost all states. 1. Change in Ownership.

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Business Data Cannabis Retail 65

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 25, 2019

When I first heard about people smoking hemp my response was one that I have since learned is fairly typical. I thought, “ What’s the point? ” My second thought followed close behind: “ Smoking hemp is a short-term gimmick. This was several years ago, when a client was telling me that hemp cigarettes were popular in Switzerland.

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Hemp Cannabinoids THC Agriculture 55

Canna Law Blog

JULY 8, 2024

The internet is a badlands of misinformation on cannabis law and policy. These tidy summaries cover cannabis law and policy topics, and related effects. RAND has taken the deepest of dives on just about everything cannabis, including challenging issues like state program architecture and tax policy. This dynamic is not new!

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Law Media Topical Policy 108

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A few years ago I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek blog post titled, “Cannabots – Are the Robots Coming For Your Weed,” which discussed the application of robotics to the cultivation of marijuana. with ChatGPT about being a cannabis lawyer, the ethical rules, and to draft a cannabis contract (ChatGPT declined to do so).

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Banking Business Legalization Cannabis 98

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2022

When it comes to canna law on the internet, half-truths might be a bigger problem than outright lies or mistakes. Recently, our sister China Law Blog declared that China Law on the Internet Is All Wrong. This got me thinking about the vast amount of information about canna law on the internet that is, well, wrong.

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Law Hemp Topical Food 95

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The NYSBA actually issued 3 separate determinations, each of which is incorporated into the New York Rules of Professional Rules of Conduct for attorneys: First, attorneys may now ethically provide legal services to assist clients in compliance with New York’s recreational marijuana law (the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act).

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Business Recreational State Laws Law 105

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Today I want to talk about what Hunter Biden’s indictment could mean for cannabis users. Controlled substances users can’t buy or own guns If you’re not up on the law here, here’s a summary from my most recent post on the matter, “ Federal law prohibits cannabis users from buying or owning guns.”

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Law Cannabis Recreational Decriminalization 126

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its third meeting yesterday, November 3, 2021. As will be the case with all CCB meetings, it was broadcast live and a transcript of the meeting will be published here. when rules and regulations will be released). That did not happen. The CCB also approved a number of additional staffing hires.

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Cannabinoids Hemp Packaging THC 98

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Last year, we wrote about Germany’s plan to to legalize adult-use (recreational) cannabis sales for persons over 21. Last year, we wrote about Germany’s plan to to legalize adult-use (recreational) cannabis sales for persons over 21. Global Law and Business Podcast – Kai-Friedrich Niermann (Germany and Cannabis).

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Recreational Legislation Topical Consumption 97

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Our cannabis business lawyers frequently receive emails from blog readers asking them where they can be found on social media. Today, we’ll respond to those emails and to let all of our readers know about the full extent of our social media presence. Follow him to keep up with cannabis and psychedelic law news. Facebook.

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Media Law Events Business 97

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In the past, numerous petitioners failed to overturn convictions under this law. In its modern form, [the law] thus strips a person of their fundamental right to possess a firearm the instant the person becomes an “unlawful user” of marijuana. Indeed, this is how the federal government interprets the law. That is now changing.

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Law Cannabis Recreational Decriminalization 98

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

On the Move the Stairs podcast, Harris Bricken attorney and Canna Law Blog contributor, Nathalie Bougenies , spoke about how CBD companies can thoughtfully address this issue now and where regulations may lead in the future. The consequences can be devastating. Sometimes, social media almost seems not worth it.

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