Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Before opening a cannabis practice area, it is important to understand the differences between the products that are derived from the cannabis plant family — marijuana and hemp. In the United States, the level of THC defines the difference between agricultural grade hemp and marijuana, Velazquez said.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The California Legislature has passed a bill that will allow California consumers to purchase food, beverage, dietary supplements, and cosmetics manufactured with hemp-derived cannabinoids such as cannabidiol (CBD). Assembly Bill 45 (AB45), which is expected to be signed into law before Oct. Christian P. Take it up with Congress. .

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. In the early months of 2019, and after the recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, an increasing number of state and municipal agencies continue to pay close attention to hemp-derived CBD products, in some cases leaving products under siege by regulators.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2019

This article is reposted with permission from Danny Zlatnik , a California lawyer experienced with both cannabis law and intellectual property. This post concerns the first problem with respect to hemp strains (or, more formally, varietals and cultivars ). But does that mean Hemp Company “owns” anything?

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 6, 2022

A seemingly offbeat idea to finally approve federal marijuana legalization is getting cannabis-reform advocates talking: What about adding high-THC cannabis to low-THC hemp in the next Farm Bill? It’s an idea from a powerful gatekeeper: the chair of the House Agriculture Committee, Democratic Rep. Read full article.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Article by Kara Thorvaldsen and Michelle Gallagher. The most recent federal law to address potential legal uses of cannabis/CBDderived goods is the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, colloquially known as the 2018 Farm Bill. Are the Goods Derived from “Hemp” and Otherwise Federally Lawful?

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

Here, we provide an overview of patent trends in the cannabis industry and how cannabusinesses can use patents to protect their technological, agricultural, genetic, or other innovations. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. However, there is no express legality requirement for patent eligibility. 18-cv-1922 (D.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Status in the Senate is uncertain, as the chair of the Banking Committee has indicated an intent to poll those in Idaho, a state that has failed to legalize any form of cannabis, regarding the issue. Today’s cannabis industry encompasses the growth, processing, distribution, and other ancillary services related to both hemp and marijuana.

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SMPL

JANUARY 20, 2020

Wellcana Group has big expansion plans for its LSU-licensed medical marijuana operations in Louisiana and is separately courting farmers to grow hemp to support the company’s launch soon into CBD products. “We’re also going to put together an industrial hemp processing center there, too,” Davis said.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2020

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will not grant such protection for marks that cover goods and/or services that are a violation of federal law, regardless of whether the activities associated with the goods or services is legal under state law. See 37 C.F.R.

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SMPL

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

A Harvey man told authorities the four packages he received through the mail at an Elmwood business contained hemp and that he had the paperwork to document their legality. Le claimed the packaged plant material inside the parcels was hemp, a less potent and recently legalized cannabis cousin of marijuana. View the full article here.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 5, 2021

The 14,000-member community is seeking to establish itself as a “seed to sale” site, with marijuana agriculture included on the tribe’s Canadian border-spanning land. Though it calls itself the first tribe in New York state to authorize adult use of marijuana, the St. View original article. The post New York’s St.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It has been two years since California began licensing yet operators still struggle with compliance and are all still de facto, breaking one law or another. Meanwhile, the state was experiencing a severe bottleneck in its own licensing process. July 2019 – Hemp Cultivation Registration. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. Below is a list of state law updates to look forward to this year. 16 In the Weeds article) from the U.S. Colorado Department of Agriculture Adds Four Products to Pesticide List.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Co-founder and President Jacob Policzer explains that its label, TCC Standards of Sustainability, supports and recognizes cultivators whose agriculture practices are “beyond organic certification.”. And while processors, cultivators and dispensaries are disposing of waste correctly per state laws, much of that waste just ends up in landfills.”

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The Joint Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

After the Agriculture Act of 2018 was reauthorized, hemp, a species of the cannabis plant, has been legalized on the federal level. With this, hemp byproducts also began to flood the market. This hemp oil extract comes in many forms. Is CBD Legal in the United States? Hemp Plant State Laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2022

For so long as cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, cannabis businesses operating in full compliance with state law will not enjoy the full scope of protections as brands that are operating in legalized industries. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), Pub. Pryor Cashman LLP. 115-334 , 132 Stat.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 7, 2021

We also speak with Bill Owens and Todd Mock from Samson Extracts , a hemp extraction company located in Southeast Alabama. Announcer: This is the Cannacurio podcast by Cannabiz Media, your source for cannabis and hemp license updates directly from the data vault. We purchase all of our hemp from a related farm and then process it here.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2019

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue issues warning for hemp farmers. The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Bruce Summers said last week that the agency will aim to complete the hemp production regulations by fall 2019, in time for states to submit plans for the 2020 spring hemp planting season.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 5, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 2018 Farm Bill ) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. States are (mostly) consistent when it comes to hemp production.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act did not affect or modify the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) or the Food and Drug Adminstration’s (“FDA”) ability to promulgate regulations and guidelines that relate to hemp under. Some states have aligned themselves with the FDA’s position.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. “ in this recent news article. Before I discuss how Director Hunt and CBP are dead wrong on this issue, it is important to acknowledge that CBD oil derived from marijuana is illegal under both federal and Texas state law. Texas law regarding hemp and CBD has a long and mixed history.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We got 51 hemp-derived Delta-8 THC products tested by an independent lab, and found high levels of Delta-9 THC in most of them. in the Watermelon Pot Rocks from Hemp Living – right through to a massive 23.17% in the Blueberry Muffin disposable vape pen from Dope. And a senior chemist at PharmLabs said: “It’s the hemp black market.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 22, 2020

Hemp Trademark Litigation Update: National Grange Sues Oregon-Based Hemp Grange. So, best case scenario for a state-legal cannabis business is the following: It possesses state trademark registrations in each state in which it legally operates, which provide protection for cannabis goods only within the borders of that state; and.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 24, 2021

This is the Cannacurio Podcast by Cannabiz Media, your source for cannabis and hemp license news directly from the data vault. . Then you compound that with the fact you’ve gotten federal law different from state law. It starts all the way with agriculture, product manufacturing, distribution. .

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 20, 2022

9-THC (the substance codified as “marihuana” by the federal Controlled Substances Act), have raised questions regarding these products’ legality under federal and state law. Delta-8 THC and Delta-10 THC, meanwhile, have slightly different molecular structures but can still be derived from “hemp” as defined by the 2018 Farm Bill.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

In the past few months, the sales of Delta-8 THC products have exploded, representing the fastest growing segment of hemp-derived products. Other states fail to differentiate THC derived from hemp and marijuana. And a handful of states expressly include Delta-8 THC on their list of controlled substances. Delta-8 THC.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Laws protecting patients and their providers vary from state to state and, in some cases, may vary from county to county. Many individuals choose to break outdated state laws that do not account for medical use or their access. tend to focus on industries such as technology and health care.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 16, 2021

Many smaller farmers have been cultivating hemp in the state since the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, Ralston said, and while they may have the infrastructure needed to grow cannabis and produce the low-THC oil, many did not have the required cash on hand to apply for a license. “If View original article.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In June, Leafly published an article on delta-8 THC products purchased at a smoke shop in Oxnard, CA. Three days after the article came out, Delta 8 Oils released a statement : “To Whom It May Concern: Please Stop Stealing Our Brand and Our Logo.” . State trademarks are available, but federal trademarks aren’t.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Plants with a level of THC content low enough that they are considered non-intoxicating—with the specific definitions varying depending on the jurisdiction—are classified as industrial hemp. Hemp’s fibers, seeds, and flowers can be used to make paper, textiles, construction materials, rope, hemp seeds and hemp seed oils, and much more.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

They are served by 142 dispensaries across the state, the majority operated by about a half-dozen medical marijuana treatment centers that grow their own crop, process it and sell it – a business model known as vertical integration.” Illinois and Washington, like California, prohibit vertical integration.”

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