Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released its interim final rule for the production of hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. DEA REGISTRATION. The USDA testing rules further require that the testing labs be registered with the Drug and Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). On Tuesday, the U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 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. Today we turn to North Carolina. producers and consumers.'”

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 5, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. In Vermont , legislation to establish a marijuana marketplace passed on a second reading in the House.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 7, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. And there’s an issue with marijuana research. Finally, we look at New Zealand’s move to legalize marijuana. Which brings us back to the Bay State, the source of so much marijuana news. State news.

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Puff Puff Post

APRIL 29, 2019

But now, just a few months after Congress placed the marijuana look-alike squarely in safe legal territory, the hemp industry has been unsettled by an unexpected development. Marijuana, illegal under federal law , has enough THC to get users high. Department of Agriculture, which could take months. Hemp has almost none — 0.3

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CannaMD

AUGUST 8, 2020

THC is responsible for marijuana’s psychoactive effects. CBD’s also known for its calming, pain-relieving effects – although, it’s important to point out that THC-rich products are more often recommended for severe pain (to learn more, see: Marijuana & Cancer Pain ). Hemp VS. Marijuana. One more difference?

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 6, 2021

Marijuana Moment. THC cap for lawful hemp products and directed USDA to work with HHS and the DEA on a study of whether that threshold is scientifically backed. The report notes the USDA must work with the DEA to provide direction. Marijuana Moment. agriculture grant awards. Hemp gets $160K in Pa.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Last month, Daniel Shortt and I put on a webinar on the US Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) new interim hemp rules. Can you get a recreational marijuana license and hemp license and just cover yourself that way if your crop test “HOT”? The short answer is no.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

That’s according to data from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). But he said some growers are also worried about the transition out of the state’s pilot program to federal regulation and the implications if their crop has too much THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. Source: [link].

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue urging the Secretary to extend the public commend period by 60 days. Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

is considered marijuana and must be destroyed by a person authorized to handle marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act — such as a DEA-registered reverse distributor or a federal, state or local law enforcement officer. Department of Agriculture said it cannot yet properly regulate seeds. Even the U.S.

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Veriheal

APRIL 30, 2021

The Legal Marijuana Now party got approval as an official political party and has been given the OK to begin activities. . Legal Marijuana Now’s platform aims to legalize home cultivation, expunge convictions, end employee drug testing, abolish the DEA and use hemp agriculture to address environmental issues. .

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 1, 2021

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried has always been pro-cannabis, and that isn’t going to change as she gains momentum in politics. . Fried remembers the debate, featuring a then- High Times editor and a DEA agent, marking the first substantive cannabis conversation during her time at school. .

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon change its tune on hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) thanks to a bill recently filed by chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) and cosponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), James Comer (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME).

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The new Attorney General said he would not go after cannabis companies ; the NFL announced it would not air a medical marijuana ad during the Super Bowl; and furloughed federal workers were able to get free cannabis. New Jersey failed to pass legislation legalizing recreational marijuana. In March, no news was big news.

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 10, 2021

Marijuana and Hemp have been around for about 8,000 years when it was first discovered in Turkey. However, after World War II, in 1970, the United States classified marijuana and hemp as Schedule I drug, which meant that it became a lot more restricted for use and for growing. Why was Marijuana Ever Made Illegal in the United States?

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2021

With hemp already federally legal, a primary policy issue is how marijuana and hemp—two varieties of the cannabis plant—would be distinguished under a federal regulatory regime. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FDA. Under the CAOA, marijuana and THCs derived from marijuana, would be removed from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Nevada voters approved medical marijuana for people by ballot initiative in 2000. Department of Agriculture) website and look at the laboratories that the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has approved as being appropriate for analysis of hemp crops,” Dr. Boothe said. 1, 2017, following a 2016 ballot measure. Boothe said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2021

To a large extent legalization of adult-use cannabis, including New York’s passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act of 2021 (MRTA), has eclipsed other developments in the cannabis sector over the past year. The 2018 Farm Bill carved “hemp” and its derivates from the definition of marijuana in the CSA.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 26, 2021

Even though it is not as potent as Delta-9, Delta-8 is included on the DEA’s list of controlled substances under “tetrahydrocannabinols” and thus, it is a controlled Schedule 1 drug. That being said, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, dubbed the “Farm Bill”, expressly carved out “tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp.”

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The past summer saw explosive growth of illegal marijuana operations in Southern Oregon, at times being disguised as legal hemp. In response to understaffed agencies from local water authorities to agricultural inspectors to law enforcement, Bentz recently requested support from U.S. Erik Neumann / JPR News.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. Should you be worried about legal marijuana’s adverse consequences under federal immigration law? work here, or apply for a green card.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2019

Lawmakers in Olympia are determined that 2019 will be better — Hector Castro, Director of Communications for the Washington State Department of Agriculture recently stated, “It makes sense to assist farmers to get seeds in the ground this season.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Ultimately, while the 2018 Farm Bill clarified that hemp is not a controlled substance – and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) has no authority over it – the legislation did not resolve lingering questions related to federal food and drug regulations which protect consumer safety, as overseen by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

DEA and Hemp-Derived CBD. The DEA, as most of you may know, finds and eliminates any illicit substances that may be present in a community – this implies hard drugs and such. . After the Farm Bill was passed, the DEA stated that CBD itself is not illegal, because it is dependent on the cannabis or hemp plant. Illicit vs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Considering our current armed service use restrictions and the lack of legal tax and employment considerations for marijuana use, like the nation, Florida is not quite “ there ” yet. . Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

“For myself, I don’t utilize or smoke marijuana, but I tried delta-8 and delta-10 products that we tested as an experiment, and for me, delta-10 had no psychoactive effects; it was more like a mood enhancer,” he says. However, delta-10 derived from hemp extract exists in a legal gray zone.”

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

billion in 2018 domestic sales and, after the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“Farm Bill”) removed them from the Controlled Substance Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 801, Et. Seq (1970) and Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA”) clutches, 2019 hemp production and sales exploded. Agricultural Act of 2014, 7 U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

The rationale behind this ruling has roots in the 2018 Farm Bill (also known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018)—or, more specifically, what was left out of the 2018 Farm Bill. What about the DEA? Distro, LLC that delta-8 THC is legal for purposes of trademark protection. 4 th 682, 686 (9th Cir. Delta-9 THC.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

We already know that the Oregon Department of Agriculture has been preparing their draft regulatory plan and would expect that it will be submitted for approval as soon as the USDA’s interim final rule is published in the federal register. Laboratory must be DEA-registered. Because 0.3% THC (concentrations of less than 0.5%

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 8, 2021

The difference between hemp and marijuana is a legal one, not a botanical one. delta-9 THC are legally considered marijuana. Marijuana is cannabis. With the adult use marijuana bill that just passed the Minnesota House, we see this as a good time to rebrand,” said board member Jason Tarasek. Cannabis sativa L.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. Should you be worried about legal marijuana’s adverse consequences under federal immigration law? work here, or apply for a green card.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

Finally, we will discuss intoxicating hemp issues that long-term operators in the hemp (and regulated marijuana) markets need to be considering. The court first delved into the statutory definitions of hemp and marijuana. plant, including any cannabinoid, extract, or derivative, is either federally-prohibited marijuana (0.3%

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The membership subsequently met with the USDA’s new Hemp Work Group, and White House officials that serve the President on agriculture and drug control policy. Many producers expressed concerns that the DEA’s interim final rule would criminalize the processing of hemp extracts. But Schrader and co-sponsor Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 7, 2021

However, after World War II, in 1970, the United States classified marijuana and hemp as Schedule I drug, which meant that it became a lot more restricted for use and for growing. However, in 2004, there was a lawsuit against the Hemp Industries Association and the DEA. This was part of their “Hemp for Victory Program.”

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 6, 2019

political establishment into supporting marijuana legalization. The DEA couldn’t figure out at first why a bunch of rednecks in Cottondale, Florida, had 24-carat gold Rolex watches and were driving Mercedes S500’s, Cobb told Fox News in a recent interview. Pablo Escobar. But we could convince them on state’s rights,” he said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

1, Montana permits retail marijuana sales for adults 21 and older. 1, Louisiana’s medical cannabis program allows patients to access smokable whole-plant flower marijuana. 1, Colorado medical marijuana patients will be permitted to purchase only up to 8 grams of marijuana concentrate per day (down from 40 grams), with some exceptions.

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