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Massachusetts Compliance & Training Program For Cannabis Companies (Nation’s First) Deemed A Success

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1 deadline to train managers and employees under a new compliance and safety program that is the first of its kind in the nation. The state’s Responsible Vendor Training Program is designed to support licensee compliance and enhance the safety of customers and employees. Seed-to-sale tracking compliance.

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Executive Spotlight: Mike Beaudry

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As president, he rapidly scaled UNFI from a regional company with $700 million in sales to a national company with $5 billion+ in the books. Mike began researching the California legal cannabis industry in 2014 and relocated from Rhode Island to California in January 2016 to focus 100% of his efforts on cannabis. Company: HERBL.

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Massachusetts: cannabis bill sails through committee

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Lawmakers passed up their opportunities to act before voters approved decriminalization in 2008, medical marijuana in 2012 and adult legalization in 2016, but then delayed and rewrote significant portions of the 2016 ballot law legalizing marijuana. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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Article – Hogan Lovells: Regulation of cannabis in Italy: Use in food and cosmetics

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While a law enacted in 2016 promotes the cultivation of hemp as a mean to preserve biodiversity, and to reduce the environmental impact in the agriculture, hemp-derived products for human consumption are still subject to restrictions. The invention of plastic materials that replaced hemp for several uses did the rest.

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California Campaigns to Support the Legal Marijuana Market

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Voters supported Proposition 64 in 2016 for a lot of reasons. NBC News explains: “Though some retailers complain about lax enforcement against rogue shops, high retail taxes and the continued ban of marijuana sales in many cities, sellers generally praised the campaign.”. Get#WeedWise Campaign. .

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Massachusetts Hemp Producers Left in Limbo as They Await Relief from Cannabis Market

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Because hemp-derived CBD is only legal for sale as a topical in the state, it’d bring about a lifeline for Massachusetts’ struggling hemp industry. Massachusetts legalized hemp in 2016—the same year it legalized adult-use cannabis—but hemp production in the state didn’t start until 2018, according to telegram.com.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

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Cannabis lawyers are heading to Brussels next week to challenge a recent decision by the European Union to reclassify food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and prohibit their sale. This applies to both the extracts themselves and any products to which they are added as an ingredient (such as hemp seed oil).”. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.

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