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Thailand’s Cannabis Crisis: Could Asia’s Pioneering Cannabis Experiment Go Up in Smoke Amid Political Meltdown?

Canna Law Blog

What began as an innovative public health and agricultural policy now faces potential reversal rather than regulation. Without quality controls, age restrictions, and proper oversight, Thai society bears the costs while prohibition forces collect the political benefits.

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Australia Cannabis Q&A

Canna Law Blog

Key Australian federal government regulators include the Office of Drug Control (ODC), the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the Department of Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry (DAFF), and the Australian Border Force (ABF). Valid consent for data collection and use. Strict confidentiality in sharing patient information.

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Illinois Industrial Hemp Act amendments receive second notice

Illinois News Joint

Two weeks ago, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced that proposed amendments involving provisions to the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act had been moved to a Second Notice. For example, academic research institutions “shall notify the Department at least seven business days prior to collection of samples.”

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

The updated policy, effective June 1, has far-reaching consequences for small businesses operating in compliance with state law (and for some, in compliance with federal law) – especially those selling hemp-derived foods, supplements, and cosmetics (collectively, Consumable Hemp Products).

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Illinois gives Second Notice for Industrial Hemp Act amendments

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced today that proposed amendments involving provisions to the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act were moved to a Second Notice this week. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) proposed the provisions on Dec.

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Can Bees Naturally Produce Honey from the Cannabis Plant?

Veriheal

Bees suck up nectar, not pollen, although bees can collect cannabis pollen. Studies have observed bees, including honey bees, visiting male hemp plants to collect pollen, especially during periods when other floral resources are scarce. Bees collect nectar from flowers, store it in their honey stomachs, and break it down with enzymes.

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Avoid Hemp Litigation with a Real Agricultural Production Contract

Canna Law Blog

In light of the breaking news that California has opened up for commercial hemp cultivation and that the Oregon growing season had just begun, this post concerns the more granular topic of agricultural production contracts – i.e. the contracts at the start of the supply chain between farmers and consumers.