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Conversation With John Friess, Founder and CEO of Metolius Hemp Company in Bend, Oregon

Cannabis Law Report

In May 2021, Cannabis Law Report talked with John Friess, Founder and CEO of the Metolius Hemp Company in Bend, Oregon about their company roots, how consumers have evolved, and his words of wisdom for others in the industry. . John Friess, Founder and CEO of Metolius Hemp. CLR: Why CBD? Why a new brand? the execution? your process?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Senate Bill 1003 / House Bill 2273 to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AZ resident?

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Argentina’s Congress Aprroves Law To Create Reg Framework “for public and private investments in the production of pharma-grade cannabis products.”

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The legislation does not legalize recreational cannabis , rather, creates the ARICCAME (Regulatory Agency for Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis), the agency that will regulate the production of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. There were also cultural arguments against cannabis.

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Investment Monitor Article: High expectations surround Thailand’s new cannabis legislation

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“The decriminalisation and delisting are more for household growers: people who aren’t looking to use the plant for transactional purposes but rather for personal consumption,” says Thanisorn Boonsoong, CEO of Eastern Spectrum Group, one of the leading companies in Thailand that cultivates cannabis for medical and wellness purposes.

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Medical Cannabis Pot-ential

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Already, one of South Africa’s major beverage groups has started to advertise and market a hemp oil-infused beer. The main drawback with the growing requirements is that some of these are aimed at traditional allopathic medicines. Import medicine containing cannabis. Export medicine containing cannabis.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/22

NORML

House Financial Services Committee has scheduled to convene a markup on The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 on Tuesday, March 26th. Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination.

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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. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D) intends to put the cannabis banking legislation on the floor by the end of September.

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