Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Lack of access to banking services and capital, high barriers to entry into legal cannabis markets, and exorbitant tax rates at all levels of government are clearly hampering the ability of licensed cannabis businesses to compete with the unregulated market.

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DEA Marijuana Programs Data 52

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Division; Daniel A.

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Cannabinoids Packaging DEA Law 98

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Andy Barr (R-KY) all opined on the progress of the SAFE Banking Act legislation that they’ve been industriously working on; Reps. Among the provisions in her Hemp Advancement Act: THC potency and testing: The bill would raise the THC limit in both hemp crops and hemp extract during the production process.

Hemp 52

Hemp Banking Legislation Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Miller identifies the Rule’s highlights: It signals to banks and credit card companies that the hemp and CBD industry are legal and open for business. THC threshold for negligence is arbitrary and inconsistent with federal law. Its repeated shoutouts to the DEA raises concern of inappropriate enforcement actions.

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Hemp DEA Banking Programs 45

The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

who uses, shares (whether you do or don’t Bogart that joint ), or sells marijuana in any form, whether psychoactive THC or only non-psychoactive CBD. immigration laws make no distinction between psychoactive THC, medicinal CBD, or hemp, as this excerpt from the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual , 9 FAM 302.4-2(B)(1) 4390 and S.

DEA 51

DEA Banking Agriculture Law 51

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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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Policy Cannabis Law Treatment 100

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

Seq (1970) and Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA”) clutches, 2019 hemp production and sales exploded. plant chemical delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”). A wildly popular nutritional supplement and food additive, oil based hemp derived products like CBD racked up $1.1 containing less than 0.3%

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Food DEA Hemp CBD 10

Sensi Seeds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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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CBD Seed-To-Sale Food Research and Development 71

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

who uses, shares (whether you do or don’t Bogart that joint ), or sells marijuana in any form, whether psychoactive THC or only non-psychoactive CBD. immigration laws make no distinction between psychoactive THC, medicinal CBD, or hemp, as this excerpt from the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Manual , 9 FAM 302.4-2(B)(1)

DEA 40

DEA Banking Agriculture Supply Chain 40

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2019

Starting today, US manufacturers and merchants can apply through LegitScript to certify CBD products and websites that are in compliance with USDA, FDA, FTC, and DEA regulations, as well as state-specific laws.

Compliance 40

Compliance Compliance Programs CBD 40

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) no longer has any claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products, so as long as the THC level is at or below 0.3%. While the DEA is now officially out of the hemp regulation business, the U.S. The FDA’s position on CBD is unsettled and unsupported by law.

Hemp 49

Hemp CBD Law Seed-To-Sale 49

SpeedWeed

JUNE 15, 2021

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. Off-label, Sativex works well on chronic pain as well as other conditions higher THC meds are given for (from Crohn’s Disease to PTSD).

Pharmaceutical 40

Pharmaceutical Chronic Pain Epilepsy Patients 40

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S. But also needed are standard operating procedures at the national level, along with accompanying tax and banking frameworks. . Download : Cannabis Misinformation: What Does the DEA say about Marijuana?

Marijuana 45

Marijuana Patients Research and Development Programs 45

Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2025

THC and hemp when referring to cannabis at, or below, 0.3% As I discussed in The Hidden Potential Winners of Marijuana Rescheduling: DEA-Registered Bulk Manufacturers , U.S. And even within that narrow scope, access is tightly limited: only eight DEA-registered bulk manufacturers are allowed to participate. In contrast, the U.S.

DEA 110

DEA Marijuana Supply Chain Policy 110

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

Also a THC-based tax (much as New York is implementing) kicks in after five years. Regulatory authority would move from the DEA to the FDA, but also the ATF and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). There are no provisions on banking, but making cannabis legal should remove money laundering issues. SAFE Banking.

Banking 111

Banking Vaping Education DEA 111

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

First, the Senate bill keeps the THC threshold at 0.3 Second, the Senate bill keeps the 2018 Farm Bill’s total THC standard, including THCA. Therefore, this is not like with the SAFE Banking Act , where we have a proposed law specific to cannabis that may or may not ever pass. The House bill does this too.

Hemp 106

Hemp Seed-To-Sale DEA Sativa 106

Veriheal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

CRO Financial Services: The SAFE Banking Act. The SAFE Banking Act was introduced in 2019 and has passed the House seven times, but it still needs to make it to the Senate floor. Throughout the years, the SAFE Banking Act has been revised and is now referred to as the SAFE Banking Plus Act.

Access 111

Access Banking Policy Legislation 111

SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

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. . The introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis would have implications far beyond banking.

Banking 52

Banking Programs Decriminalization Legislation 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

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. . The introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis would have implications far beyond banking.

Business 52

Business Banking Programs Decriminalization 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

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. . The introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis would have implications far beyond banking.

Banking 52

Banking Programs Decriminalization Legislation 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 14, 2021

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. . The introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis would have implications far beyond banking.

Packaging 40

Packaging Banking CBD Programs 40

SpeedWeed

JULY 17, 2021

Legal weed businesses would be able to open bank accounts, access loans, or list on the US stock market. After 5 years, the feds would also kick in an extra per-weight tax on THC in each legal weed product.

Legalization 52

Legalization Collective Hash Legislation 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Israeli researchers use repurposed plant virus to grow “enhanced” cannabis with increased levels of THC and CBG: [link]. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in a letter that marijuana seed that has a delta-9-THC concentration of not more than 0.3% tinyurl.com/2p9hjpa9.

Seed-To-Sale 52

Seed-To-Sale Hemp Retail Treatment 52

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

From where I am sitting, however, it seems highly unlikely that the same grey-haired Congress that hasn’t yet managed to pull it together on a simple banking bill is all of a sudden going to rise up and legalize the leaf nationwide as its Christmas gift to the nation. or less THC, meaning it doesn’t cause the same psychoactive effects.

Vaping 55

Vaping Hemp Education Patients 55

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Specifically, it emphasizes that the addition of CBD to any human or animal food, dietary supplement, or certain cosmetics is prohibited under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) , and links to FDA guidance that includes products with THC in this prohibition as well. THC limit, why should the source matter?]

Policy 55

Policy Hemp Business Marijuana 55

Canna Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Part two in this series will cover the SAFE Banking Act, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, and the Hemp Advancement Act. The Marijuana Banking Bill is Off to a Good Start. The SAFE Banking Act – Progress on All Fronts. ICYMI: House Passes the SAFE Banking Act!

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Legislation Banking Environment Cannabis 98

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

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. Battle heating up over Florida ballot initiative to legalize cannabis for adult use.

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Vaping Banking Research and Development DEA 40