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BREAKING NEWS: FDA and USDA Start Making Sense on Hemp CBD

Canna Law Blog

USDA Ditches DEA Registration. Drotleff also covered a very promising statement from USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach, who told the NASDA that the USDA has reached an agreement with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to remove the requirement that only DEA-registered labs test hemp for THC. Conclusion.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

Indeed, the DEA reports that it is “aggressively striving to halt the spread of cannabis cultivation in the United States,” including through its Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP), which began funding eradication programs in 1979 and has approximately 126 state and local law enforcement agency participants.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup October 22

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Bank of America Closes Account of DEA-Approved Cannabis Researcher. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in May to be a federally authorized cultivator of research-grade cannabis. Despite the legalization of cannabis possession in 2014 by D.C. Bank of America—the second-largest bank in the U.S.—has if enacted.

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How Will the USDA Hemp Rules Affect California?

Canna Law Blog

In mid-October, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved a bill ( SB-153 ) that dramatically changed California’s hemp cultivation laws. percent limit, and in effect limits what kinds of hemp breeds that cultivators can use or which harvests can move down the stream of commerce.

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Hemp CBD Across State Lines: North Carolina

Canna Law Blog

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. Currently, NCDA is operating under the 2014 Farm Bill, not the 2018 Farm Bill.

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New Hemp Testing Guidelines Make Meeting 0.3% THC Limit Difficult

Medicinal Genomics

While several lawmakers and industry stakeholders celebrated the announcement , not everyone on the cultivation side is so positive. The language in the 2014 Farm Bill classified hemp as cannabis with less than 0.3% The USDA said they will provide a list of DEA-registered labs on their website, but nothing has been posted yet.

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U.S. Cannabis Legalization Update: Who’s Still Waiting and Who May Legalize

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It prohibits cannabis possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation, whether for recreation or medical purposes. Indiana Indiana prohibits the possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes. In 2014, CBD with under 0.9% Possession of up to 1.5