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The DEA Does Not Want You To Worry About Its New Hemp Rule. Don’t Take the Bait!

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Last week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a bad interim hemp rule. North Carolina attorney Rod Kight raised these concerns as well and he and I both spoke to Kyle Jaeger of Marijuana Moment about why we think are concerned about the DEA’s interim hemp rule. Weekly in a phone interview.

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Thoughts on THCA, Interstate Sales…. and Oregon

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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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Oregon’s Interstate Commerce Bill for Marijuana Seeds and Intoxicating Hemp Products

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Most interestingly, the reconstituted SB 353 would allow OLCC licensees to export intoxicating products that fall under the federal definition of hemp, along with marijuana seeds. This would include a fair bit of what is called “usable marijuana” under OLCC administrative rules, as well as certain edibles and concentrates (ex.:

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

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If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” delta-9 THC.

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Washington Works to Remove Obstacles to 2019 Hemp Crop

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Lawmakers in Olympia are determined that 2019 will be better — Hector Castro, Director of Communications for the Washington State Department of Agriculture recently stated, “It makes sense to assist farmers to get seeds in the ground this season.”. A legislative fix is necessary for hemp-derived CBD sales and for out-of-state hemp export.

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” delta-9 THC.

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

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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. Under the CAOA, marijuana and THCs derived from marijuana, would be removed from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Cannabis above 0.3%

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