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Frost Brown Todd: Take Heed: FDA & CDC Release Health Alerts About Delta-8 THC

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The FDA and CDC each issued warning notices to the public regarding delta-8 THC products on September 14, 2021, many of which are marketed as hemp products (and include some non-obvious references to other novel cannabinoids that may have similar effects and marketing). Delta-8 THC has psychoactive and intoxicating effects.

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Leader of Wholesale Drug Distribution Network Pleads Guilty to Distributing Synthetic Cannabinoids and Laundering Millions in Proceeds

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The spice was sold in packages bearing the label “Not For Human Consumption” in an attempt to avoid regulatory or law enforcement scrutiny. Ruis directed Turner, who had no criminal record, to open bank accounts and register businesses in her name to avoid detection by law enforcement or by financial institutions.

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Dentons Weekly Cannabis Update

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They write… In this week’s edition: Plans to vote on cannabis banking legislation announced in both chambers of Congress, with predictions that House will pass the SAFE Act by the end of October. DEA increases the cannabis research quota. 8)—were ranked among the top ten cities with the highest consumption of cannabis per year.

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American Action Forum: Federal Taxation Of Cannabis : Primer

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3] Further, notwithstanding the determination of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which is required to defer to the Department of Health and Human Services’ assessment that cannabis has no acceptable medical utility, 37 states and four territories have enacted laws allowing for the medical use of cannabis products. [4]

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CBD Chaos in Spain

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All of these companies, the seeds banks, cultivators, manufacturers, grow shops, distributors, and online vendors operate in a grey market that permits them to sell their products as long as they follow some rules. They cannot sell any cannabis product with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content higher than 0.2%

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GW Pharmaceuticals Wins the Queens Prize for Innovation

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Rather than going head-to-head with other well-funded competitors in some US state auction while facing down the DEA or buying out a patient collective or two in Canada, the process was a bit simpler. However, for most of its existence, the company produced products not for domestic consumption, but rather for export.

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Following Los Angeles’ $1.2 Billion Illegal Cannabis Bust, Monterey County Cracks Down on Enforcement Operations

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The attorney general would be required to finalize removing “marihuana and tetrahydrocannabinols [THC]” from the schedule of controlled substances no later than 180 days after the enactment of the act. . States would still be able to prohibit cannabis growing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and consumption within their borders.

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