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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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.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Food 61

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Hemp Today reports. Czech President Miloš Zeman is expected to sign a bill that would set the limit for THC in industrial hemp at 1.0% and significantly loosen up rules regarding THC in finished hemp products. THC limit for hemp plants “on the field,” finished hemp products with less than 1.0% Big step forward’.

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THC Law Hemp Tincture 119

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Governor Newsom signed AB-195 into law, which came with sweeping changes specific to the cannabis sector — including changes to cannabis tax & relief, compliance, and oversight. Additionally, the state released its first-ever applications for manufacturing commodities from industrial hemp. Human Food Manufacturer.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 1, 2020

State air quality odor regulations could apply to hemp production and processing operations, involving hemp drying. For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently ordered a hemp drying and storage facility to cease operations due to pungent odors creating a nuisance in the surrounding area.

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Packaging Cultivation Extraction Agriculture 80

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

This list is by no means exhaustive, but we have seen a lot of stakeholders struggle with compliance with each of them. #1 5 Distributor Packaging/Labeling Restrictions. BCC rule 5303 allows retailers to package, label, and re-package/re-label cannabis and pre-rolls, but not manufactured products. 6 Hemp Bans.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

We also saw significant legislative and regulatory changes, further contraction of the hemp industry and a myriad of interesting odds and ends. Today, about half of all sales are flower, followed by: 25% in concentrate/extract; 13% edible/tincture; 5% inhalable; then “miscellaneous” categories. Let’s get to it.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 31, 2019

State air quality odor regulations could apply to hemp production and processing operations, involving hemp drying. For example, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently ordered a hemp drying and storage facility to cease operations due to pungent odors creating a nuisance in the surrounding area.

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Packaging Cultivation Extraction Agriculture 60

Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Provision of accounting services; advertising services; legal or compliance services; IT, software, and communications services; packaging, transportation, or other logistics services.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2019

Without further ado: No more Farm Bill hemp-CBD ingredients or additives. It’s no secret that the California Department of Health Food and Drug Branch (“FDB”) has an issue with hemp-CBD. Now though, manufacturers need to ensure that, if a product container is separable from the outer-most packaging (e.g.,

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 7, 2022

Marijuana items and industrial hemp-derived vapor items harvested or manufactured on or after July 1, 2022, must be tested for mycotoxin contamination pursuant to OAR 333-007-0425 if the product is intended for use by a consumer or will be transferred to a processor to make a cannabinoid product (except for inhalable cannabinoid products).

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. The FDA has affirmed three GRAS notices for hemp seed-derived ingredients for use in human food. Delta-8 THC and other Artificially Derived Cannabinoids.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

They even have a PhD-level Director of Science and Compliance on staff, Dr. Jennifer Knaack, to make sure everything’s on the up-and-up—and answer any questions customers have about how CBD works. There’s a reason Koi’s CBD tinctures feel so much better: They harness the power of the whole hemp plant. Courtesy of Koi CBD.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 27, 2021

Allan Gandelman, president of the hemp producing company Head and Heal and president of the New York Cannabis Growers and Processors Association, said he currently employs 40 people in Cortland near Ithaca, but he expects to add 50 to 100 workers as he expands into adult-use. Starting pay is $14.50

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We got 51 hemp-derived Delta-8 THC products tested by an independent lab, and found high levels of Delta-9 THC in most of them. in the Watermelon Pot Rocks from Hemp Living – right through to a massive 23.17% in the Blueberry Muffin disposable vape pen from Dope. And a senior chemist at PharmLabs said: “It’s the hemp black market.

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THC CBD Legalization Vaping 96

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Signatories will commit to a framework of legal compliance and quality controls, primarily based on a recent decision by the European Commission to classify all extracts of hemp and derived products containing cannabinoids (including CBD) as Novel Foods.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2019

The recent trend towards decriminalization of cannabis in other countries suggests they may be right, but in the meantime, a proliferation of products containing extracts from cannabis plants are appearing in UK stores. This Client Alert sets out the current rules regarding the regulation of cannabis products and medicinal cannabis in the UK.

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Environment Food Seed-To-Sale Medicine 45

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

International and other revenue includes revenue from our international medical business and hemp-derived CBD business. hemp (including CBD) products and the scope of any regulations by the U.S. hemp (including CBD) products; expectations regarding the laws and regulations and any amendments thereto relating to the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

In addition, the licensees must execute a management agreement with a third-party operator to manage and operate the remaining facilities that the department will continue to permit in compliance with state law. PSCs are categories on an RSF to classify business based on known areas of anti-money laundering compliance issues.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 24, 2021

In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, I speak with Tony Repanich, President and Chief Operating Officer of Shield Compliance , a comprehensive compliance management platform for banking cannabis-related businesses. Because there’s a lot of compliance issues in place here. Welcome, Tony.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The Beyond Compliant name comes from the language of Prop 64, which requires cannabis farmers to be “on the pathway to compliance” in abiding by the state’s new environmental regulations governing marijuana cultivation.” Another way cannabis companies are hoping to become more sustainable is through packaging changes.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Substances derived from the cannabis plant include marijuana, hemp, and cannabinoids. The AAFP advocates for robust regulation regarding labeling and child-proof packaging of all marijuana and cannabinoid products. There are many forms of, and products derived from, the Cannabis sativa plant, including hemp, CBD, and marijuana.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On Monday, September 27, Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency will hold a public hearing on draft administrative rules updating all of the State’s current cannabis-related rules other than for hemp. Such product would need to be tracked in METRC and destroyed; it could not be re-sold or re-packaged. R 420.304 Sampling; testing.

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Meadow

DECEMBER 24, 2017

And then another question of okay, so you’re a retailer, you’ve got flour in your inventory, what are you going to do with it if it’s not packaged? And so as most retailers do currently, they package it themselves, they’re going to be able to do that with what’s in their inventory currently. We’ll talk more.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 6, 2020

It is true for hemp companies. It is true for extraction companies. It is true for packaging companies. For more reading, check out: Cannabis Startups 101: Securities Compliance. This is true for marijuana companies. It is true for distribution companies. Oregon Cannabis Securities: Raising Money Right.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 9, 2021

Additionally, many of the samples contained residual traces of solvents (the chemicals used in the process to separate delta-8 THC from hemp) at levels not safe for human inhalation. There’s no way to know whether the delta-8 potency advertised on the package is actually contained in the product. Leafly investigates: delta-8 THC.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. After Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota vetoed a bill to regulate industrial hemp production last month, the legislature is set to study the topic during the interim session.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2020

In order to operate a dispensary in compliance with California law, Taxpayer was organized and run as a not-for-profit. If all went well, the marijuana would go to a processing room where it underwent further preparation before being weighed, packaged, and labeled. It was not a separate trade or business. xlviii] IRC Sec.

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Business Marijuana Seed-To-Sale Patients 66

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

District Court for the Southern District of Indiana struck down Indiana’s ban on “smokable hemp” deeming it unconstitutional (shout out to Kristen Nichols , editor of Hemp Industry Daily, for covering this case and for linking to the court’s Order at the top of her story ). On September 13, 2019, the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 2, 2020

to my knowledge, there are no state-governed collection programs built into medical cannabis policy, compliance, legal or tax frameworks, or end user means of disposal. Recycle kits include everything you need to package your batteries for proper shipment.” In the U.S., ” What about sustainability in the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Selinger cites software, point-of-sale systems, and packaging as areas that are thriving in the state. Plants with a level of THC content low enough that they are considered non-intoxicating—with the specific definitions varying depending on the jurisdiction—are classified as industrial hemp. how the segments are defined (e.g.,

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