Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 13, 2022

Hemp Industries Association and RE Botanicals Inc. are barred from bringing a challenge in federal district court against Drug Enforcement Administration regulations concerning the possession and manufacture of hemp byproducts, the D.C. Circuit affirmed. Circuit ruled June 10.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Our position on D8 from hemp was recently confirmed by the DEA in two public announcements- a webinar and a letter. Continue reading “Is D8 From Hemp a Controlled Substance? DEA Says “No” ” … The post Is D8 From Hemp a Controlled Substance? DEA Says “No”. DEA Says “No”.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A January letter from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) revealed its official stance that marijuana seeds with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration lower than 0.3% on a dry weight basis are considered hemp and are not controlled under the Controlled Substances Act. Guidance on marijuana seeds. delta-9 THC concentration.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Last week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a bad interim hemp rule. My colleague Nathalie Bougenies wrote about how this interim rule could have devastating impacts on the burgeoning hemp-derived delta-8 THC industry. The DEA can talk the talk when it comes to the opioid crisis but it does not walk the walk.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

DEA Letter Appears to Suggest Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC Is Legal. Here’s the letter in full. ALBOP-synthetic-delta8-THC-21-7520-signed. Ganjapreneur say.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The hemp has hit the fan…… California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control had refused to give the DEA those documents, arguing in court filings that the … Read More. The post Document: Court Orders California to Give Cannabis Records to DEA first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Longtime hemp activist Steve Levine has passed away. Levine was former president of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and a board member of Vote Hemp. In 2011, Levine was arrested along with five others after they planted hemp seeds on the lawn at the DEA headquarters in Arlington, VA.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Hemp Industry Daily Reports. Hemp producers will have more breathing room under newly released rules on the federally mandated THC… Read More. The post USA: USDA gives hemp farmers breathing room on THC, testing, but retains DEA requirement first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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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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WeedAdvisor

JULY 4, 2019

Despite mounting evidence into cannabis’ therapeutic benefits, the DEA continues to close its eyes and plug its ears, constantly claiming that there is not enough research to support its medicinal value, according to Marijuana Moment. It could be argued that the DEA is hesitant for the sake of public safety. A Vicious Circle.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2020

August 24, 2020 The DEA has not issued a warning or otherwise signaled a change in enforcement policy by issuing the interim final rule. The post Duane Morris Article: DEA Issues Interim Final Rule Concerning Marijuana and Hemp first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. On … Read More.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Last week, a LinkedIn post by cannabis economist Beau Whitney caught my eye, because Beau said something pretty amazing. 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. Farm Bill hemp has followed a dizzying arc.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2023

On May 4, 2023, during its annual Supply Chain Conference, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that it is “in the process of modifying [its regulations]” on cannabis constituents based on recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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The Cannigma

JUNE 14, 2021

For more than 50 years, if you wanted to do cannabis research in the United States, federal law said you had to get the cannabis from the University of Mississippi. The BRC is among the dozens of organizations that have received preliminary approval from the DEA to cultivate cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Until a few weeks ago, everyone in the hemp world thought the next big development would come from the federal Food and Drug Administration (after all, the FDA recently submitted proposed guidance to the White House, which has yet to be released). The DEA Just Passed a BAD Interim Rule Impacting Hemp CBD and Other Cannabinoids.

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NORML

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Scientists reported: “Our results clearly demonstrate that NIDA cannabis samples are substantially genetically different from most commercially available drug-type strains and share a genetic affinity with hemp samples in several of the analyses.". appeared first on NORML.

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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. regulates the production of hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2021

Rod Kight and Shane Pennington discuss the DEA lawsuit about hemp extracts. As many readers of this blog know, the… Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The report reveals … ndustry members worry the limitation could delay THC testing and create bottlenecks, especially in remote areas far from a DEA-registered lab. “It This is a departure for the DEA, which does not require labs to be accredited to handle narcotics. The rules propose that the U.S.

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MJ Business Attorneys

JUNE 29, 2018

Moreover, the ball is in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) court. The FDA can make recommendations to the DEA about substances subjected to scheduling under the CSA, but the DEA is the entity with the power to reschedule CBD. In the recent case Hemp Industries Associations v.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

After a significant outcry by the hemp community, the USDA is backing down from its requirement that all hemp be tested at DEA-registered labs for the 2020 season. However, hemp producers should be aware that the USDA expects to begin enforcing the requirement to use DEA-registered labs for the 2021 growing season.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 22, 2021

After years of delays, legal challenges, and obfuscation, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) finally announced that it would begin evaluating applications for federally-licensed research cannabis cultivators. . In 2019, a federal judge forced the DEA to explain its inaction.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

Here’s the introduction to the piece and could make an interesting test case for determining the quality of research cannabis throughout the USA. The federal government has taken control of the cannabis farm at the university and oversees what grows there. Researcher Sues DEA Over Low-Grade Cannabis Provided for Testing.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill , which permits the distribution of hemp-derived products at the federal level, the popularity of delta-8, delta-9, and delta-10 products has surged. However, many of them are still psychoactive, albeit at lower levels than traditional cannabis sold in legal states.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

of Culhane Law Firm What is the DEA Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Hemp? The post DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INTERIM FINAL RULE ON HEMP Q&A first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. Bridge West CannaBlog Guest Contributor, Edward R. Culhane Esq., On August … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

Marijuana might be federally prohibited, but the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has effectively acknowledged that the plant’s seeds are generally uncontrolled and legal, regardless of how much THC might end up being produced in buds if those seeds were cultivated. percent THC. percent THC. percent THC. percent delta-9 THC.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

AUGUST 26, 2020

Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) published an interim final rule surrounding hemp and hemp derivatives. Although the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp and hemp derivatives under.3% 9 -THC, hemp processing has always fallen in a regulatory “grey-zone” because of the lack of regulations. percent ?

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 12, 2020

District Court to block the DEA from unlawfully criminalizing hemp production The lawsuit also highlights the DEA’s history of … Read More. The post Alert: Hemp Industry Members File New Federal Action Challenging DEA’s Regulatory Overreach first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Griffen’s article is just one of many parsing the language of the 2018 Farm Bill and a 2023 DEA letter on the topic. See also: “ THCA and the DEA: Rod Breaks Down the Latest News ” from Rod Kight, an another attorney prominent in the space. I would say: “Someone over at DEA wrote a letter last year indicating that it’s not.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 10, 2021

Well, the DEA just released its 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, and the report is full of stats on the United States’ most popular illegal addictions, new trends in intoxicants, and foreign trade — a.k.a. The US sourced 92 percent of its heroin from Mexico in 2019, according to product analyzed by a DEA tracing program.

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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

As we reported earlier , marijuana experts were frustrated over the poor quality of cannabis grown at the government’s only legal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi. Despite a 90-day deadline for review, the DEA ignored this cut-off and simply sat on the applications for three years. Dozens of Applications”. .

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 29, 2019

PORTLAND — Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBD, a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid. Hemp has almost none — 0.3 Marijuana, illegal under federal law , has enough THC to get users high.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2023

Interesting to see Kratom on West Virginia’s radar West Virginia will soon tighten its laws around the sale of kratom and hemp-derived cannabinoid products. What is kratom? The […]

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to a new study published in September, the cannabis grown by the federal government for research purposes doesn’t accurately reflect what consumers are buying in dispensaries across the United States. The findings have raised serious questions about the efficacy of federal cannabis research. or less THC. ” U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

Any laboratory testing hemp for THC concentration under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program must be registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to handle controlled substances. The directory below summarizes hemp testing laboratories who are registered with the DEA.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 21, 2021

Hemp Roundtable, alongside the Minority Cannabis Business Association, hosts Navigating Regulations in the Hemp Industry: A complimentary webinar for small and minority-owned hemp companies tomorrow, June 22, 2021, 2-3PM EDT. The USHR MEC’s mission is simple – to create an equitable and impactful hemp industry for all.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Hemp Industry Daily report. Department of Agriculture, told members at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) meeting in Arlington, Virginia, that the USDA and DEA have reached an agreement to remove the requirement for hemp farmers to have their crops tested in DEA-registered laboratories in 2020.

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