Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2022

For years, California has been a very bad state for the hemp industry. And now it looks like California is finally open for hemp registrations. On July 5, 2022, CDPH’s Food and Drug Branch (FDB) sent an industry stakeholder listserv email about the newly minted hemp registration program. Processed pet food manufacturers.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 8, 2021

Rod Discusses Legal Challenges Facing Hemp and CBD with The CBD Guide. The lawful questions surrounding the incorporation of CBD into foods, beverages, and supplements, and the legal boundaries regarding health claims on Hemp products. What the near future looks like for hemp and some of the upcoming projects of Kight Law Office.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? ” Congress did not intend to open Pandora’s Box to any form of legal intoxicating hemp product. That in my view, is wrong. It did not.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the same time, they imposed pretty unclear and inconsistent requirements on hemp advertising (in this post, when I refer to “cannabis” I mean only “marijuana” consistent with many states’ definitions of the term). though, it only allowed limited hemp advertising for things like topical hemp products.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We were pretty clear with what we were hoping for coming out of the CCB’s third meeting and Chairwoman Tremaine Wright’s statement that adult-use licenses will not be issued for 18 months: clarification on the licensure timeline (i.e. New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its third meeting yesterday, November 3, 2021. Two other notes.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill ), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. A primer on the 2018 Farm Bill and THCA For starters, Hemp may only have 0.3% The issue is that hemp also generally delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA).

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 21, 2023

So many states in the US have done the “two steps forward, one step back” dance (just search “South Dakota” on this blog for an example), and the process in other countries can be quite similar. PREPARE Act : if the federal government should decide to legalize cannabis, what would the process for that look like? What do you do?

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Otherside Farms

DECEMBER 4, 2020

People new to the cannabis world can get in legal trouble mixing up hemp vs cannabis. This guide explains the difference between cannabis and hemp. The Big Hemp vs Cannabis Debate. The Big Hemp vs Cannabis Debate. The confusion about hemp vs cannabis stems from slang terms meeting legal terms. THC content.

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Marijuana Seeds NL

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Since CBD is a cannabinoid that’s produced by cannabis and hemp plants its legalities are stuck in a gray area for many parts of the world. So if you’re a citizen in this part of the world - what do you need to know about the current state of CBD legality and legislation? The Top Answers Here appeared first on MSNL Blog.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

All it did was remove hemp from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and give the USDA authority to regulate the cultivation of hemp. In fact, as discussed below, the Farm Bill is pretty clear that the FDA can regulate consumable hemp products, which it has chosen not to do. What about raw, smokable hemp?

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 29, 2022

New York’s proposed cannabinoid hemp regulations are a big deal for the State’s 700 or so hemp farmers, and the greater cannabis industry. This post will explain how we got here, what the regulations provide, and what happens next. How New York arrived at the proposed cannabinoid hemp regulations.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I recently wrote a post for one of our firm’s sister blogs on the top 5 issues buyers face when buying businesses in regulated industries. Here’s what I wrote in that post linked above: When it comes to regulated businesses, asset sales may not be an option. .” Why are asset sales so important in cannabis M&A?

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2022

Recently, our sister China Law Blog declared that China Law on the Internet Is All Wrong. What is worse, the analytical tools that may serve someone well when trying to evaluate information about, say, politics or sports may be insufficient to avoid pitfalls. But this does not make it any less dangerous to those who rely on it.

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Sensi Seeds

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Hemp, new wacky tobaccy by way of CBD. Because CBD , the famed cannabinoid , is often produced from hemp plants, the latter have become the object of scrutiny from the establishment. What is up with CBD and industrial hemp? What is up with CBD and industrial hemp? So what is happening right now in Europe?

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On December 2, Congress introduced the CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act (the Act ), a bipartisan bill that would establish federal standards for food and beverage products containing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). If you follow this blog, you know we share Rep. Hemp Roundtable. In a press release , U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2019

are clear: Oregon marijuana farmers who recently produced a 2x surplus of marijuana can switch to growing hemp for export markets, as long as Oregon hemp farmers can grow hemp strains that fit the definition of hemp under the newly released USDA interim final rules ; other U.S. are being scrutinized more closely.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

He said: “licensed acres in hemp are at pre-farm bill levels.” Before the 2018 Farm Bill, only a few states ran limited “research” pilot programs for hemp. But, take a look: The USDA 2022 National Hemp Report , at page 1, indicates that all industrial hemp “in the open” totaled 28,314 acres. So what happened?

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If you follow this blog, you may recall that in the spring of 2020, New York enacted A08977 , which instructed DOH to develop the Program. Some of these requirements include: Manufacturing cannabinoid hemp products pursuant to current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”).

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The Joint Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Cannabis, hemp, marijuana — the plant with the Latin name cannabis sativa and its derivatives have so many names that confusion almost seems bound to arise. Hemp, however, is the most wonderful plant in the world.” The amount of THC makes all the difference Cannabis and hemp are both essentially the same plant.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Here in Oregon, a full 500,000 residents have been evacuated as I write this blog post on the evening of September 9. As to hemp grows, which are heavily concentrated in some of the afflicted areas, things may be even worse. Wildfires are ravaging Oregon, Washington and California. They are truly terrible. It’s awful even here.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

When the 2018 Farm Bill was inked, one of the biggest perceived wins was a provision prohibiting states from interfering with interstate transport or shipment of hemp. Many hemp transporters today face just as much risk when transporting hemp as they did before the 2018 Farm Bill was signed—and in some cases, even more risk.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

We have spilled a lot of ink on this blog related to the 2018 Farm Bill , which legalized hemp at the federal level. This blog post is going to cover financial institutions and hemp at about 10,000 feet. To frame this issue, it’s important to summarize what the Farm Bill actually is and does. It’s huge news.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 1, 2019

We have been closely following California’s commercial hemp cultivation licensing law since it was proposed last year as Senate Bill 1409 (see here , here , and here ). There are a number of counties in California that restrict or prohibit hemp cultivation. The seed breeder application is relatively similar.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The concentrates/extracts category sits at 24.7%; edibles/tinctures are 13.7%; inhalable products with “non-cannabis additives” are 7%; “other” is 5.2%; and industrial hemp products bring up the rear at 0.7%. By my math, the state is on pace for roughly $953 million this year. That tally would be a 4.1% Same deal today.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2022

Pure Hemp Collective Inc. – We have received an unusually high number of inquiries from clients and commentators concerning the patent infringement action filed by United Cannabis Corporation (UCANN) against Pure Hemp Collective Inc. Pure Hemp Collective Inc. Pure Hemp Collective Inc. United Cannabis Corp. By David S.

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Otherside Farms

MAY 12, 2022

Although more studies are necessary to realize exactly what the impact is, it is just better to avoid CBD during pregnancy. One thing many do not know is that there is not much CBD present in hemp. This means a lot of hemp is necessary to create a truly concentrated product. Republished by Blog Post Promoter.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

From what we’ve seen, DCC will often drop in with little to no advanced notice and demand that a licensee cure a series of regulatory violations in an exceedingly short time. I won’t get into all the details of what the new law does, since we wrote about it in detail here. DCC updated its cannabis regulations… again.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

If the Feds regulate CBD as a food ingredient, it could seriously change the game (in a good way) for hemp CBD companies. On December 2, Congress introduced the Act, which is a bipartisan bill that would establish federal standards for food and beverage products containing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). Hemp Roundtable.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 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’ll take a look at New York.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 19, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. What would have been our big story of the week is that the Alabama state Senate has approved medical marijuana in the state. If you were betting on hemp legalization in Idaho , you are about to be disappointed.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered. It’s also not defined in the 2020 National Credit Union Administration Guidance on banking hemp-related business (“HRB”s) (which we helped create) or the 2020 FinCEN Guidance on that related topic. That’s banking.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

On April 2, 2019, the federal Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a press release on hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”). See Question #3 for more information about drugs.).

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

For this reason, contacts I’ve spoken with in the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and elsewhere are reticent to forecast what may happen with cannabis laws. It will be interesting to watch what happens with cannabis tax increase proposals in the future, especially if state coffers run light again. SB 353 – OLCC homework.

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Sensi Seeds

JANUARY 2, 2019

January 2018 was a hemp-based month, featuring the launch of our CBD oil capsules and the inauguration of the Hemp Design Villa in Oude Pekela. In February our blog was honoured and graced with a guest post from non other than Michka , one of our heroines and a true icon of the cannabis scene. March was no exception.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

On Friday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) released an Interim Final Rule (the “ Rule ”) that, as we discussed , threatens the hemp industry by treating partially processed hemp extract not intended for consumption (also known as “intermediary hemp”) as a Schedule I controlled substance.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Today’s public service announcement is that Congress wants to hear from you on a regulatory fix for cannabidiol (CBD) and other hemp-derived cannabinoid products. In 2018, the Farm Bill removed hemp (and hemp-derived CBD) from the Controlled Substances Act. Meanwhile, almost no one is growing hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

What I generally say is that in most cases, there will be no federal or state law that specifically deals with that cannabinoid. In a post on August 3, 2023, hemp lawyer Rod Kight analyzed new cannabinoid H4 CBD – one I’d never stumbled into before. People constantly ask me how X cannabinoid will be regulated.

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