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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The bill includes several provisions for additional research to investigate the impact of legalization on public health, driving safety, and similar areas. Draft Bill Details.

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Memo to Congress: Fix the Farm Bill

Project CBD

percent THC limit applies to the plant biomass and the final product, resulting in THC levels in consumer products labeled as “hemp” that substantially exceed THC limits set in state-regulated cannabis markets. 9 We cannot assume that these novel compounds are safe based on the safety profile of natural cannabinoids. .”

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CBD Oracle Lab Study Shows Some Delta-8 Products Are 7700% Over the Legal Delta-9 THC Limit

Cannabis Law Report

We wanted to investigate, so after collecting samples from online stores and brick-and-mortar smoke shops, we commissioned FESA Labs to perform independent testing on 51 delta-8 products. Testing for Safety: Are Impurities a Problem? Testing for Safety: Are Impurities a Problem? Table of Contents. Executive Summary.

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CPA Journal Article: “Providing Services to the Marijuana Industry”

Cannabis Law Report

This conflict between federal and state law has raised concerns among CPAs providing services to the marijuana industry. States Legalizing Marijuana. Barr also noted that Congress needs to make a decision as to whether federal law should be changed or followed. 15, 2019, [link] ).

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Chuck Schumer Just Released the Details of His Long Awaited Federal Weed Legalization Bill

SpeedWeed

Individual states would still be allowed to keep prohibiting cannabis if they choose, but the feds would be blocked from interfering with states that have chosen to legalize. Federal law enforcement would no longer be able to bust people for weed-related crimes, unless they were in violation of state law.

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Federal Legalization – Then What?

Cannabis Law Report

[Note: while we don’t believe that anyone in Congress has proposed it yet, the Federal government could legalize cannabis for medical use [and perhaps for recreational use] and preempt many of the state laws. The Cannabis Trade Federation has published a whitepaper on the STATES Act that you can read here.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

Congress could pass a law that would legitimate marijuana activities, but only to the extent an individual or commercial enterprise acts within the letter of state law. The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana. Emphasis added).

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