Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In its petition, the NPA is asking the FDA to do one of three things : Determine that CBD is not excluded from the definition of dietary supplement under Section 21 U.S.C. § Exercise enforcement discretion review the safety data of a CBD dietary supplement consistent with the premarket safety review of a new dietary ingredient notification.

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CBD sales declined in 2021 for several possible reasons, including legal confusion, a lack of a clear path for FDA regulation, market saturation, and published reports of inaccurate label claims for some CBD products. FDA Intransigence On a federal level, CBD is not considered a legal dietary supplement ingredient. 2021;56:530-543.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Consequently, because CBD has been approved as a drug ingredient, FDA’s current legal position is that CBD cannot be legally contained in a dietary supplement or food product. Consistent with the definition of “hemp” under the Agricultural Marketing Act, this exception would only apply to extracts from the plant Cannabis sativa L.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

Listen & Subscribe: Very few medical cannabis advocates are against the full legalization of the plant for all adults. But sometimes one unintended consequence of adult-use legalization is that the market no longer caters to medical patients. The Cannabis Enigma is a co-production of The Cannigma and Americans for Safe Access.

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. PA resident? Additional Actions to Take.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s disappointing that FDA waited nearly four years to get this statement out: the agency pledged to explore how CBD products could legally come to market over four years ago. How should a new framework for CBD products balance consumer safety with consumer access?

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Still, for all its promise, would-be clinic owners, practitioners, and consumers may be confused about the legality of such clinics. What are the exact legalities behind ketamine? Failure to follow these very specific legal directives can lead to immediate criminal liability under federal law.

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Veriheal

JULY 23, 2020

When we talk about cannabis legalization providing an opportunity for criminal justice reform that includes social equity – paying the cops with cannabis profits is definitely not what most had in mind. Does Legal Cannabis Create More Work For Police? Studies on the topic, however, deliver conflicting results.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Hemp-derived Delta-8 THC is having a big moment in 2021 in terms of popularity and, most recently, in terms of concerns over legality, safety, and accuracy. This hot new cannabinoid has been branded as “legal marijuana” as the main intoxicating compound in cannabis but one most commonly derived from hemp for commercial use.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

Delta-8 in Michigan is getting a legal makeover. Under the package of bills passed by lawmakers and approved by Whitmer, Delta-8 THC products will only be legally available from cannabis retailers licensed by the state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) beginning on October 11, 2021. Democratic Gov. Democratic Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 8, 2021

A Swinburne study into the effects on medical cannabis on driving ability has received $358,980 in funding from the federal government’s Road Safety Innovation Fund. As medicinal cannabis becomes increasingly available, solutions to identify and reduce cannabis impaired driving are urgently needed to promote traffic safety.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Though it wasn’t quite THE year we may have hoped for in cannabis news (hello, federal legalization?!), AB 45: California hemp legalization. As we’ve previously discussed ( here and here ), this bill legalized CBD in food, beverages, cosmetics, dietary supplements and pet food in California. it’s what we got. Trade Samples.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 31, 2021

As a guinea pig for adult-use cannabis legalization, Colorado is often a target for prohibitionists trying to magnify what they consider shortcomings of the first state-legal market. After Colorado voters passed a ballot measure to fully legalize cannabis in the 2012 general election, possession and cultivation became legal on Dec.

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2021

Texas has started to see a shift of support towards cannabis legalization. In Dallas, Texas police chief Eddie Garcia has made a proposal to the Dallas City Council Public Safety Committee requesting that Dallas police officers no longer arrest or cite most individuals who have 2 oz of cannabis or less in their possession.

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The Joint Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

There has been around $75 million in marijuana and marijuana products sold in Illinois in January and February, the first two months of legal sales. In January, the first month of legal sales, there was $39,247,840.83 There is definitely sustained demand here,” said Gomez. worth of sales. This is not just a novelty thing.

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CannaMD

JANUARY 6, 2021

When it comes to marijuana legalization, one of the opposition’s main concerns is whether legal access to cannabis will increase the number of drivers who operate a vehicle in an impaired state. This is a valid concern. Their results may assuage some of these concerns. FACTORS INFLUENCING RESULTS. INADEQUATE TESTING.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Irwin Naturals Emergence (“Irwin Emergence”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Irwin, and the shareholders of Midwest Ketafusion, LLC have entered into a definitive agreement (“Agreement”) dated February 7, 2022, pursuant to which Irwin Emergence will acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of Ketafusion. Read more.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Still, for all its promise, would-be clinic owners, practitioners, and consumers may be confused about the legality of such clinics. What are the exact legalities behind ketamine? Failure to follow these very specific legal directives can lead to immediate criminal liability under federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The companies are advertising it as a legal way to get high, touting medical benefits and generally making big promises about what they can deliver, but an investigation from the US Cannabis Council has found illegal levels of delta-9 THC in products for sale around the country. Testing for Safety: Are Impurities a Problem?

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

In April, the council held a work session examining the public safety and health aspects of legal cannabis. A month later, it held another work session on changes to the county’s land-use and planning code that would make way for legal cannabis and specify where pot businesses can be located.

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Project CBD

APRIL 11, 2023

The tags are the definition of ‘single use’ – they can only be used on one plant and never re-used during subsequent growing seasons. ” Several states have launched investigations into Curaleaf’s business practices that were highlighted in our article, including product safety and labor violations.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

When it comes to cannabis and the struggle for legalization, improving access, and changing hearts and minds, advocates often find themselves up against decades-old myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes that have been delivered from authoritative sources for so long that for many people they supplant the truth. Good luck with that.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2021. The most recent legislation to debut on behalf of hemp, the CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2021, was introduced this month by a bipartisan group of U.S. Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act. representatives, including Reps. Hemp champion Sen. THC to 1% THC.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Either way, it’s important you stay up to date with Florida’s rapidly evolving legal landscape: Can you use medical marijuana at work? What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? To fully understand this definition, you also need to know two other legal definitions: Medical marijuana treatment center.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

It makes non-substantive changes to some of Iowa’s hemp-related definitions and even provides a new definition for “consumable hemp products” that includes inhalable, ingestible, and topical products. State Alert: Iowa. At first glance, HSB 646 appears innocuous. State Alert: Maryland. Just last week, HB 1506 was introduced.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

All tetrahydrocannabinols – not just delta-9 THC, but delta-8 THC and other synthetics – with the stroke of Governor Youngkin’s pen will be legal in Virginia as long as it is labeled ‘hemp,’” added Dr. Adams, a nurse practitioner with substantial expertise in cannabis medicine. During the April veto session, Gov.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Psilocybin research license, which will allow the testing potency, conducting clinical investigations, researching efficacy and safety, and agricultural research. Oregon, Texas, and several cities have taken similar steps to increase access to psilocybin treatment. Expansive List of Qualifying Medical Conditions. Stay tuned!

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

NCUA’s Rodney Hood said at the PBC Conference that he’s “concerned that the legal and regulatory infrastructure surrounding the cannabis industry is not evolving quickly enough,” and congressional inaction is largely to blame. He also said that he feels legalization at the federal level is an inevitability. Read full article.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2019

But the law says a school or school district cannot deny a child access to the classroom because they use medical cannabis. Definitions. While there are some changes to definitions regarding medical cannabis, most of them line up with what’s in current rules. But, now those definitions are cemented in law. Also passed.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Back in March, former Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commission, Scott Gottlieb, explained it would take several years for the agency to come up with rules that would legalize the use of hemp-derived cannabidiol (Hemp-CBD) in food products, unless Congress stepped in. House of Representatives.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2149, to amend the definition of “cannabis” under the 2010 voter-approved medical marijuana law. Update : HB 2149 was approved by the Public Safety Committee on 2/20.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 24, 2021

Weed lovers can save hundreds of dollars per year on legal herb by avoiding excessive “local cannabis business taxes” in California. We looked for the best tax bargains on legal bud. Los Angeles takes a $100 bag of legal, untaxed weed and makes it $138.52 Local taxes make $100 in legal cannabis $138.52 Los Angeles.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 27, 2021

The rise in calls can be attributed to a number of factors, from the market’s lack of standards to delta-8’s accessibility to minors. “We often find that some of [the products] are very pure delta-8, but still contain traces of delta-9 that are technically above the legal 0.3% THC limit,” he says.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

A new national advocacy organization has launched in Los Angeles to advocate and educate lawmakers on the path towards federal cannabis legalization. The Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce (GACC) will focus on legislation including, cultivation, manufacture, distribution, public safety, and taxation of medical and adult-use cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But consumers who buy products in this unregulated CBD market have no access to data showing the actual CBD and THC content of these products and have no way to determine whether these products are free of adulterants. . on a dry weight basis), from the definition of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2022

As full spectrum definitions and labeling practices differ across the industry, retailers will be required to interpret certificates of analysis for finished products to determine which products have any amount of THC, which requires technical expertise and creates an undue burden.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

As a recap, the SAFE Banking Act would shield banking institutions that serve cannabis-related businesses from federal penalties in states where the cultivation, production, manufacturing, sale, transportation, dispensing, and distribution of cannabis is legal. As a result, many marijuana businesses have remained cash-only.

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