INDUSTRY NEWS
NOVEMBER 2022
CANNABIS
Cannabinoids
Alabama forbids CBD in food: https://tinyurl.com/3j36uuem
CBD as a treatment and protectant for Traumatic Brain Injury: https://tinyurl.com/n5k8mjyp
UK bans 100 CBD products including Charlotte’s Web: https://tinyurl.com/jy6hy6kf
Coors exits CBD drink joint venture with HEXO due to “no near-term pathway to federal legalization:” https://tinyurl.com/3sr48cv3
Newsweek on studies showing cows fed industrial hemp experienced behavioral changes, and, THC was transferred to milk: https://tinyurl.com/am9sf795
FDA sends warning letters to 5 companies for illegally selling food and beverages with CBD: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ebmcs; https://tinyurl.com/27x265yb
Attorney Jon Haven’s analysis of recent FDA letters: https://tinyurl.com/yc3hvbt9
Kentucky Governor signs executive order to regulate Delta 8: https://tinyurl.com/4kj3f4r2
Terpenes to treat autism symptoms unresponsive to CBD: https://tinyurl.com/586w4k5a
THCV: https://tinyurl.com/dwd469w2
Hemp’s potential role in combatting climate change: https://tinyurl.com/ycx224rt
USDA collecting data on hemp production for census to affect policy: https://tinyurl.com/453axcj7
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller elected to a third term: https://tinyurl.com/6cy458fr
Marijuana
Texas DPS in process of proposing new rules to govern an anticipated expanded program: https://tinyurl.com/k7rsbcc5
5 Texas cities vote to locally decriminalize marijuana possession: https://tinyurl.com/2p8a5un3
3 of the 5 Local governments push back and pause Texas city decriminalization vote: https://tinyurl.com/5n7w36ua; https://tinyurl.com/yjvatbp2
Ground Game Texas responds to local government resistance to marijuana decriminalization: https://tinyurl.com/27x45bz5
Texas DSHS holds hearing Dec. 1 to discuss guidelines for limitations on driving privileges for those under the Texas Compassionate Use Act and Texas Controlled Substances Act: https://tinyurl.com/2prtjkha (I submitted public comment)
Texas: article on current market: https://tinyurl.com/3mevarz7
Texas single mom being evicted from apartment for being legal medical marijuana patient: https://tinyurl.com/8wx2mu3t
Mississippi former governor opens marijuana testing lab: https://tinyurl.com/34p95wn5
Oklahoma murder suspect arrested for killing 4 people on marijuana farm: https://tinyurl.com/4yw6y9mv
North Carolina’s first legal medical marijuana harvest begins: https://tinyurl.com/4r7n5e47
Florida Federal Judge dismisses lawsuit by its Ag Commissioner seeking to allow medical marijuana patients to own guns: https://tinyurl.com/5n6r3d84
Party’s over for Colorado’s marijuana market; sales and wholesale prices at lowest since 2014: https://tinyurl.com/yvuj2y2v
Missouri already released draft marijuana regulations: https://tinyurl.com/w4pv4brj
Missouri could start adult retail in February 2023: https://tinyurl.com/2f87wsrw
New York Times on cannabis farmers: https://tinyurl.com/49whn77f
Politico on the rampant black market in California and New York: https://tinyurl.com/5etahjbx
Kentucky Governor signs executive order allowing medical marijuana possession by patients from other states: https://tinyurl.com/4kj3f4r2
Nevada regulators receive over 100 consumption lounge applications; expect to award in early 2023: https://tinyurl.com/rh8cf2z
Nevada holding lottery drawing for 20 consumption lounge licenses 11/30: https://tinyurl.com/29887kxy
3 out of 5 state marijuana legalization ballots were rejected, marking an end to approval every time marijuana is on the ballot: https://tinyurl.com/2889cv54
Time Mag on why marijuana legalization failed in midterms: https://tinyurl.com/4z93cpbe
Analysis of voting on marijuana ballot initiatives: https://tinyurl.com/mt65bp42
Marijuana Moment analysis of marijuana legalization’s poor performance: https://tinyurl.com/j5n2dzdx
Cookies brand to sell marijuana seeds for home grow: https://tinyurl.com/4ym5zy34
Marijuana research bill sent to President Biden: https://tinyurl.com/bdcnubzy
White House says President Biden will sign marijuana research bill: https://tinyurl.com/5hfpxfum
Attorney Shane Pennington on why the research bill is not all it’s cracked up to be: https://tinyurl.com/2ekz398n
Feds revise marijuana use questions on job applications: https://tinyurl.com/536dhzd7
Feds release updated marijuana banking data: https://tinyurl.com/559cbxzy
Congress discussing marijuana banking reform: https://tinyurl.com/5n8cjteb
Bankruptcy court holds for the first time that a debtor’s ownership interest in cannabis companies did not compel dismissal of the bankruptcy case: https://tinyurl.com/4jhwwuf8
Reports on quantity and other market stats of marijuana grown in U.S.: https://tinyurl.com/2s3n4ed9
See you at 4:20!! Cannabis benefits middle-aged brain according to Psychology Today: https://tinyurl.com/pwf5nam7
Latest polls showing 7 in 10 Americans back marijuana legalization: https://tinyurl.com/yck9baew; https://tinyurl.com/yck9baew
10% of Americans believe marijuana should be illegal: https://tinyurl.com/e324m2se
UK Scientists propose recommendations to allow real world study of cannabis treatments: https://tinyurl.com/2p95rzdz
Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield launch Holy Ears edibles: https://tinyurl.com/srbnt3m2
Vice on treating NFL player concussions with cannabis: https://tinyurl.com/526328hw
Krispie Kreme and others lobbying to keep marijuana illegal: https://tinyurl.com/32m95rwf
Legal intro to obtaining cannabis related intellectual property protections: https://tinyurl.com/yxky43s3
Politico on marijuana legalization status across Europe: https://tinyurl.com/yw86zbwa
PSYCHEDELICS
New psychedelics medical journal: https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/psymed/0/0
A walk through Oregon’s psychedelics regulation implementation: https://tinyurl.com/34bvxpwz
Map showing the 2/3 of Oregon that opted out of psychedelics legalization: https://tinyurl.com/ytk2pav8
Colorado measure decriminalizing mushrooms and paving way for regulation passes in Colorado: https://tinyurl.com/2drjcwue
Bill introduced in US Congress to reschedule psychedelics to Schedule II: https://tinyurl.com/28hu7ms9
MAPS completes second phase 8 MDMA trial for PTSD: https://tinyurl.com/kf42mbdm
“The top-line results are expected in the first quarter of 2023. This is the second of two Phase 3 pivotal trials and will be the basis for the New Drug Application (“NDA”) expected to be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in the third quarter of 2023. The FDA granted MDMA-AT Breakthrough Therapy Designation, a process designed to expedite development and review of drugs intended to treat serious conditions and that demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapies.”
Subscribe to the MAPS bulletin: https://tinyurl.com/yckmhdua
Right to Try litigation with DEA: https://tinyurl.com/m8rs3ekn
These are news stories for general information purposes only, and not legal advice. I do not vouch for the accuracy of the articles but I do try to ensure legitimate sourcing. Contact me if you want to see how any of the above affects you or your business plans.
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