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Don’t let the Grinch stop marijuana reform

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Last Wednesday, he essentially demanded that in exchange for allowing the cannabis industry to access to basic banking services, that the federal government should impose a 2% THC cap on marijuana products and prohibit the retail sale of marijuana-infused edibles or e-liquid vapor extracts.

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What Do Banks Require for CBD Websites?

Cannabis Law Report

While these products are no longer illegal (notably a different definition than “legal”), most banks have been hesitant to jump in, citing the lack of framework from the compound’s new agencies of oversight: the USDA and the FDA. As a result, banks often require a website that sells CBD to meet several criteria to satisfy their guidelines.

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The CLIMB Act: Is Federal Cannabis Business Reform Coming?

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banking and insurance). Provision of equipment parts, substances, or testing services “needed to produce marijuana, hemp or extracts therefrom and to comply with the law, rules and regulations for testing” Sale, leasing, or renting of real estate. The proposed legislation, H.R. What Business Services Would the CLIMB Act Protect?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

The bill clarifies that products made from the resin of the cannabis plant are legal for medical purposes under state law, including extracts, concentrates, oils, tinctures, and edible products, amongst others. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of access in healthcare facilities. California. CA resident? Connecticut.

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The Week in Weed: February 11, 2022

The Blunt Truth

This makes the sixth time the House has passed a provision allowing cannabis businesses to access the federal banking system. It would allow THC levels above 1% during extraction. The House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act late last week, with the SAFE Act as an amendment. currently. and finally.

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Cannabis Wire Investigates Lobbying Power Of “Greenwich Biosciences” The US Arm of GW Pharmaceuticals

Cannabis Law Report

The US subsidiary of GW Pharmaceuticals, behind the only FDA-approved cannabis extract-based medicine, is lobbying in all 50 states. The Incredibly Large Lobbying Footprint of Greenwich Biosciences. Here’s Cannabis Wire’s introduction to their investigation. By Nikitha Sattiraju.

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US Hemp Roundtable: Press Coverage Provides Sneak Peak Into U.S. Hemp Roundtable Virtual Fly-In

Cannabis Law Report

Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Andy Barr (R-KY) all opined on the progress of the SAFE Banking Act legislation that they’ve been industriously working on; Reps. Among the provisions in her Hemp Advancement Act: THC potency and testing: The bill would raise the THC limit in both hemp crops and hemp extract during the production process.

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