Canna Law Blog

MAY 23, 2019

While Oregon legalized hemp production in 2015, the Beaver State has seen a huge influx of hemp grower and handler registrations since the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill , which legalized hemp under federal law. Many of our hemp clients have been asking how these rules would impact their businesses.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

introduced legislation on May 21 to ensure hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) like other ingredients used in dietary supplements, foods, and beverages. US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) link] extracts.

Food

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

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. Education and outreach to interested parties and hemp program participants.

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CannaTech

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The Cannabinoid Buyer’s Needs of Tomorrow. But is this growth serving the needs of cannabinoid buyers? This directly impacts the end cannabinoid buyer. Rigorous processor requirements are limiting the number of qualified producer and processing vendors capable to meet the compliance rigor demanded.

Cannabinoids

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The hemp industry is up in arms over the USDA’s interim rules establishing a domestic hemp program. 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. 3% Total THC. 3% Total THC.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2019

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. HB 491 lays out the details of Louisiana’s hemp cultivation plan.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2021

Portland, OR — At a special commission meeting on July 19, 2021, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) approved temporary rules allowing the agency to work with the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to begin field testing of hemp fields across Oregon; these tests are to determine if the grows are legitimate or illegal.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

17, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Raising the standard for cannabis and hemp testing, ACS Laboratory , the largest hemp and cannabis testing facility in the eastern U.S., is pleased to announce the National Hemp Testing Panel – the most comprehensive national hemp testing panel in the industry. BOCA RATON, Fla.,

Compliance

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Such products will generate sales of £690 million ($856 million, 811 million euros) in 2021, according to the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI). Britain has experienced a “quiet cannabis revolution” that has transformed it into “the world’s second largest consumer cannabinoids market”, ACI said.

Cannabinoids

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2019

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. Each Sunday, we summarize a new state in alphabetical order. 459 and S.P.

Hemp

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2019

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. On May 31, 2019, DNR issued proposed industrial hemp rules.

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Medicinal Genomics

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Last week the USDA issued its much-anticipated interim final rule for hemp manufacturing. In a conference call, the USDA further clarified that hemp samples should only include flower and could be as little as the top 2” of the upper-most flower. . Furthermore, the uppermost flower is typically the most cannabinoid-rich.

THC

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2021

. (“BioHarvest” or the “Company”) (CSE: BHSC) announces it has appointed top-ranked law firms, DLA Piper and GOWLING WLG , to assist the Company in fulfilling all required compliance mandates and regulatory approvals to produce and commercialize Cannabis and hemp products in the US and Canada , respectively.

Hemp

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. Distinction between Cannabis and Hemp Under the CAOA. THC would be regulated differently than low-THC hemp as “cannabis.” Cannabis above 0.3%

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

On October 31, 2019, USDA published its interim hemp regulations and opened them up to a 60-day public commenting period. While the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp federally, USDA’s regulations highlight potential issues for hemp producers with regard to new testing requirements in state or tribal plans.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 27, 2023

Hemp Today reports the following Food safety officials in the Czech Republic say they will ban the marketing of products that contain CBD and other cannabinoids from hemp, citing EU regulations and a lack of research on the compounds’ health effects.

Cannabinoids

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2021

(SC Labs) today announced that the company has received ISO (International Organization for Standardization) accreditation for a comprehensive hemp/CBD testing panel that combines the regulatory requirements of all states that publish hemp testing rules. This does not apply to inhalable hemp sample types.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

The Government of Zimbabwe gazetted Statutory Instrument 218/20 Agricultural Marketing Authority (Industrial Hemp) Regulations, in September 2020. These regulations were enacted for the purpose of regulating the production, procurement, distribution, possession, sale, provision and transportation of industrial hemp.

Hemp

The Blunt Truth

MAY 31, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that delta-8 THC falls squarely within the definition of “hemp” under the 2018 Farm Act, and is therefore lawful, despite its psychoactive properties. Likewise, the DEA’s definition of “marijuana extract” only includes cannabinoids with greater than.3% commerce.

THC

Canna Law Blog

JULY 24, 2019

Today, I’m going to talk about SB-153, which could have a massive impact on California’s hemp cultivation industry. code relative to hemp use this definition. A California Hemp Production Plan. Department of Agriculture a hemp production plan. Below are some of the highlights of the bill.

Cultivation

MJ Business Attorneys

JUNE 29, 2018

In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v. DEA, the DEA expressed in their brief that they do not wish to control cannabinoids, but rather only those cannabinoids derived from the flowers and resins of a cannabis plant above.3% Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a drug containing Cannabidiol (CBD).

DEA

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2019

At the end of February 2019, as well as concurrent with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill in late December 2018, Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb made numerous public statements which offered hope to those waiting for the FDA to take affirmative leadership on hemp and cannabidiol (“CBD”) regulations.

Hemp

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), recently changed guidance on cannabinoids, declaring that all new food products infused with the plant or its derivatives should receive a pre-market approval under the European Union “novel food” regulation. This also applies to extracts of other plants containing cannabinoids.

Food

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 13, 2021

trillion gross state product – to makers of hemp-derived CBD products worldwide. POSTED IN ADVERTISING AND MARKETING , CANNABIS , COMPLIANCE , FDA , FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT , OTHER STATE REGULATORS , REGULATORY LITIGATION , STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL , TOBACCO. They have 3.2 trillion reasons to care. Read more at.

Seed-To-Sale

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Join the East Coast’s premier industrial hemp derived cannabinoid ingredients manufacturer. North Carolina is quickly becoming the center of Industrial Hemp cultivation and processing and Avient Biosciences is leading the way. Write, review and revise SOP’s, in compliance with the regulations.

Compliance

The Cannigma

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Medical marijuana is not technically legal, but cannabinoid-based medications are. The same year, the government reclassified cannabinoids to make them available for medical use. Slovenia has a long history of cultivating industrial hemp. Medical marijuana is not legalized, but cannabinoid-based medications are.

Cannabinoids

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 14, 2020

Australia’s Hemp Fields offers stable, high quality, craft-grown hemp products on a commercial scale. We are uniquely positioned in the global hemp industry as a pioneer in the Australian market. Founded in 2017, Hemp Fields has a single focus: growing premium Australian hemp in optimal conditions for optimal results.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Here’s their press release in full…… DeJoy, Knauf & Blood LLP Launches Cannabis and Hemp Advisory Practice. The new practice leverages the firm’s in-depth cannabis and hemp industry knowledge and expertise of the tax implications, regulatory environment, as well as critical operating and financial procedures.

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Here’s their press release about the launch of the practice… With federal and state enforcement activities ramping up, the new EHS practice will focus on helping marijuana and hemp companies maintain compliance with environmental regulations that carry serious penalties. A full list of services is available at [link].

Environment

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Unfortunately, this appetite combined with a lack of access to regulated marijuana has perpetuated both a robust and unregulated illicit marijuana market, and an unregulated hemp industry where intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids like Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, THC-O and HHC are freely sold directly to consumers.

Cannabinoids

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 15, 2019

British firm GW Pharmaceuticals is licking its wounds after US judges tossed out its attempt to patent multiple cannabinoids for epilepsy treatment following an eight-year battle. The patent, which has been embroiled in dispute since 2010, is for “the use of one or more cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy”.

Epilepsy

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) recently finalized new administrative rules on Delta-8 THC and other artificially derived cannabinoids as directed by HB 3000 (2021). These rules do not apply to industrial hemp licensees who legally operate outside of OLCC’s regulated cannabis market – the below rules apply only to OLCC licensees.

Cannabinoids

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 19, 2021

Report authors ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan-Smith and MPs George Freeman and Theresa Villiers highlight two problems with the existing hemp and cannabinoid licensing rules. Jamie Bartley, CEO, of Unyte Hemp and a member of the recently-formed UK Cannabis Industry Council welcomed the suggestions. Grow Our Own”.

Research and Development

Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It’s been two months since synthetic cannabinoids were outlawed in Oregon , where legal cannabis sales totaled almost $1.2 Included in the list of forbidden products are lab-grown cannabinoids. Because of this, synthetic cannabinoids in Oregon pose a risk to consumer health and safety. billion in 2021.

Cannabinoids

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With the passage of HB 3000 , a lot is about to change in Oregon’s hemp industry. One of the more immediate changes registered hemp growers may notice is additional enforcement action in areas of the state where illegal grows and “hot” hemp has become a large concern over the past year or so. Should this concern you?

Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

This export also validates the emergence of the global cannabinoid sector with reliance on quality, traceability and sustainability that Avicanna ’s Aureus products offer. To the knowledge of the Company, it carries out its operations in compliance with all applicable laws in the jurisdictions in which it operates.

Extraction

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2021

Additionally, no advertising or promotion of the cannabinoid is allowed on banners or booths. Existing law defines THC as (1) delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol; (2) delta-8-tetrahydrocannibinol; and (3) the optical isomers of such substances. Despite the interruption, the trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center was allowed to continue.

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