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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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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

In 2016, the DEA similarly announced the adoption of new rules to expand to supply of research-grade cannabis, but failed to take any further action. Further, the University only provides scientists with the option to access herbal cigarette formulations of the plant, not concentrates, edibles, or extracts.

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NORML Says DEA’s Newly Proposed Bulk Cultivation Rules Are “Unduly Onerous, Expensive, and Impractical”

NORML

In 2016, the DEA publicly announced that it would, for the first time, begin accepting applications from private entities wishing to grow research-grade cannabis. percent THC), or who wish to extract cannabinoids from plants that meet the federal definition of hemp, are not subject to the DEA’s licensing requirements.

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Cannabis Patent Litigation Update: Is Extraction and Preparation Prior Art?

Canna Law Blog

9,730,911 – “cannabis extracts and methods of preparing and using same,” which generally covers liquid cannabinol formulations using tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and various terpenes (the “911 Patent”). Patent and Trademark Office has more than quadrupled since 2016. Pure Hemp”). The subject patent is U.S.P.

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How does medical marijuana help patients with Epilepsy?

FloridaMarijuana.net

National Geographic Magazine examined the role of CBD rich cannabis extracts in the use of seizure maintenance in children. A 2016 study confirmed that there is clinical evidence of the diminishment of the frequency of seizures when medical marijuana is introduced.

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Part 2: Adult-use legalization effects on medical prices

Illinois News Joint

In Part II, we do the same for the price per gram for Extracts in Illinois. Out of all the cannabis products in Illinois, medical cannabis Extracts have had the most volatile variances for price per gram. According to statistics from the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), extract price per gram started with a boom at $82.85

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Featured Brand: Glorious Extracts

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

In 2019, Glorious Extracts became a licensed cannabis facility in Arizona. In fact, Glorious Extracts has been serving the Valley area since 2012, when it first began providing high-quality resin, rosin, and other cannabis products to the local community. That’s why we’re so excited to offer Glorious Extracts live resin and rosin.