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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

Explains Devitt: If Im going to extract or source Delta-9 THC from hemp rather than [high-resin] cannabis, Im going to need around 50 times more biomass, which means 50 times more acreage, 50 times more labor, 50 times more water, et cetera, et cetera, [to make a small amount of THC distillate.] Hemp not really hemp Speaking in a Feb.

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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Why are companies making and bottling terpene extracts without cannabis? The cannabis industry is getting quite sophisticated with terpenes and extract artists are using them to craft specific blends when making cannabis concentrates. This allows the extract artist to then add them back in specific quantities.

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Trade secrets and forbidden solvents in today’s cannabis extracts

Cannabis Life Network

Botanical extraction is used in various industries from cosmetics to cleaning products, and of course in food. We recently detailed six of the most common methods of extraction used in the cannabis industry, and a total of nine permitted solvents. Yet, Health Canada has approved nearly forty solvents for cannabis processors.

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CBD Regulatory Debacle

Project CBD

CBD regulatory debacle ensues as UK bureaucrats try to shoehorn a plant extract into a framework meant for synthetic food ingredients.

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10 Tips for Buying CBD Oil

Project CBD

In June 2018, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) gave its blessing to “Epidiolex,” a purfied CBD pharmaceutical, for treating severe pediatric epilepsy. Six months later, Congress passed the Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp for many uses, including the production of biomass for CBD oil extraction.

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Washington Q&A: Hemp Processor Registration and Hemp Extract Certification

Cannabis Law Report

On April 16, 2021, Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5372 (SB 5372), “An Act relating to hemp processor registration and a hemp extract certification into law.” What is hemp extract certification? The FDA has long maintained that hemp extract (setting aside hemp seed products) is not an approved food ingredient.

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FDA Sends Warning Letters to Multiple Companies for Illegally Marketing CBD Products

NORML

Representatives of the US Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters on Monday to multiple companies for marketing CBD-specific products in ways that violate federal law. The agency issued warning letters to 15 commercial entities. Seven additional companies received similar letters earlier this year.

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