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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

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? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” delta-9 THC. delta-9 THC.

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

Cannabis Law Report

The CAOA transfers regulation of cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the FDA, the TTB and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) within the Department of Justice—giving the agencies similar regulatory and enforcement authority as they have with alcohol and tobacco. Cannabis above 0.3%

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

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? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” delta-9 THC. delta-9 THC.

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US Hemp Roundtable: Statement On The Status of Hemp Derived CBD Under Federal Law

Cannabis Law Report

federal law protects the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD. . Accordingly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) no longer has any claim to interfere with the interstate commerce of hemp products, so as long as the THC level is at or below 0.3%. While the DEA is now officially out of the hemp regulation business, the U.S.

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Memo to Congress: Fix the Farm Bill

Project CBD

Current Market Dynamics Loopholes in the 2018 Farm Bill The 2018 Farm Bill defines “hemp” as “the plant Cannabis sativa L. What follows are comments recently submitted by Tiffany Devitt , a longtime Project CBD contributor, in response to the Congressional RFI on a potential regulatory pathway for hemp-derived CBD.

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Nevada veterinarians can now treat patients with certain cannabis products

Cannabis Law Report

The cannabis sativa plant contains more than 90 unique compounds, or cannabinoids, including CBD and THC, as well as almost 500 other terpenoids and phenylpropanoids. Earlier this year, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 101, making Nevada the first state to legalize the use of cannabinoids as a veterinary treatment. A simple question.

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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

The companies are advertising it as a legal way to get high, touting medical benefits and generally making big promises about what they can deliver, but an investigation from the US Cannabis Council has found illegal levels of delta-9 THC in products for sale around the country. But it can’t really be as bad as it sounds, can it?

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