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U.S. Court of Appeals Weighs in on Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC Classification Cannabis Practice Update

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Key Notes: The Ninth Circuit found that Delta-8 THC products are federally legal under the plain meaning of the definition of “hemp” set by the 2018 Farm Bill, making it the first Circuit to find such products lawful. Because AK Futures attested that its products were hemp-derived and contained less than 0.3 Date: May 25, 2022.

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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Alaska

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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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The Tip of the Spear Piercing the Regulated Cannabis Industry: How Intoxicating Hemp Cannabinoids and the Illicit Market Pose Significant Challenges to the Emerging Industry

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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.

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

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Regulation 2015/2283 , which is the latest food regulation adopted by the European Parliament and the European Union (“EU”), defines “novel food” as “food that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before 15 May 1997, irrespective of the dates of accession of the Member States to the Union.”.

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Lex Blog Report: Italy Moves toward Legalising Cannabis… for Everyone

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Italy and other Member States allow the growing of hemp ( Cannabis sativa L.) stemming from seeds listed on the EU’s Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species. percent THC as long as the production was in compliance with all legal requirements. EU subsidies are available for crops that do not exceed 0.2

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Spain’s Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) Follows EIHA’s Lead

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The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) has struck a blow against hemp food producers in their ongoing efforts to clear a path for hemp extracts in food across Europe. That way of thinking makes extracts, derived from the hemp plant’s leaves and flowers, a “novel” food under EU rules.

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Spanish court approves sale of CBD flowers

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The amount of weed intervened does not exceed the thresholds established by the Supreme Court for self-consumption (50, 100 or 130 grams, depending on each sentence). the direction that the following court decisions could take on these types of apprehensions in Spanish and European specialty stores. ” Source: [link].

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