NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 268 and House Bill 528, to allow those convicted of simple marijuana possession to petition the court to restrict access to their records. Legislation is pending, House Bill 847, that seeks to criminalize the possession and transportation of hemp flower in the state. GA resident? LA resident?

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PrestoDoctor

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The history of Black hemp farmers in America is a story that has been largely ignored. Many people are unaware of the important role that these pioneering farmers played in the development of the hemp industry. Black farmers played a critical role in the development of the hemp industry, but their stories have gone untold.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Cultivation Costs for Homegrowers. Indoor cannabis cultivation allows an average of four harvests each year instead of one. However, indoor cultivation is generally more expensive. Those three million home growers are expected to cultivate approximately 11 million pounds of dried cannabis in 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #carbon –The Hemp Blockchain, Inc., Prior to The Hemp Blockchain, he was a strategic consultant to and investor in a number of growth industries, including solar, human capital management, high-security access, and learning management. About The Hemp Blockchain, Inc.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Saturday marked the 4th Annual SIUC Cannabis Science Center Hemp Symposium and an opportunity for me to take a firsthand look at some of the cutting edge research done right here in southern Illinois. The post My experience at the 4th Annual Hemp Symposium appeared first on Illinois News Joint.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. DE resident? HI resident? HI resident? IL resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Senate Bill 1003 / House Bill 2273 to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AZ resident?

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2019

On February 27, 2019 both the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) provided new insights and guidance related to their proposed regulatory processes for hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. The USDA has started to gather information to begin the process of rulemaking.

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NORML

MAY 29, 2019

Even after this bill passes there will still be work to do to give adults in Illinois access to cannabis without having to purchase it from a limited amount of stores and cultivators,” said Dan Linn, Executive Director of Illinois NORML. . “This is just one step of many in ending cannabis prohibition.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

House Bill 324 seeks to expand and facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabidiol (CBD) products. Update : The House Regulated Industries Low Thc Oil Access Subcommittee held another hearing on HB 324 on 2/27/2019, then the bill was approved by the full committee on 3/1/2019. GA resident? IN resident? MD resident?

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2023

La Shawn Ford to introduce a new bill for regulating hemp and delta-8 products. Last week, Ford introduced House Bill 4161 , the Consumable Hemp Licensing bill, which focuses mainly on permits, licensing, testing, taxes, and a new special fund known as the Hemp Social Equity Fund. 24-26 and Nov.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Cannabis and hemp have been classified as category 5 narcotics under the Narcotics Act since 1979. indica, and hemp as Cannabis sativa L. The key regulator of cannabis- and hemp-related products is the Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA), a government agency operating under supervision of the Ministry of Public Health.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 5, 2022

Meanwhile, cannabis storefronts selling hemp-derived THC in other states are having to halt online orders in order to keep up with the volume of sales coming in. These THC products must be derived from hemp rather than cannabis. Just imagine if people had legal access to THC everywhere in America and beyond. The stipulation?

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

Importation, cultivation, production, and other activities conducted for medicinal and scientific purposes are lawful under federal Australian law when the necessary licenses and permits have been obtained. Industrial hemp (low-THC cannabis) is regulated under separate licensing frameworks in most Australian jurisdictions.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The tides have been rapidly changing for hemp companies to gain access to banking, which has not traditionally been available to hemp companies due to the fact that hemp was (sort of) federally illegal until about a year ago. As of the last few months, that has been changing.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Janet Mills (D) of Maine signed legislation into law to allow the production and retail sale of hemp-derived CBD products. Governors Doug Burgum (R) of North Dakota and Henry McMaster (R) of South Carolina signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. California. CA resident? CA resident? Legislation is pending, H.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Several bills have been introduced in the state legislature, ranging from legal hemp production to adult-use marijuana legalization, and the fight for freedom has never been more widely supported than now. — Bipartisan bill HB 481 would legalize the personal adult-use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of marijuana.

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law allowing medical cannabis to be accessed by patients on school grounds, and separate legislation allowing the production of industrial hemp in accordance with new federal hemp regulations. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of home cultivation.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. Legislation is pending, House Bill 673 / Senate Bill 1430, to expand medical cannabis access. Senate Bill 1353 seeks to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. DE resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

The Government of Zimbabwe gazetted Statutory Instrument 218/20 Agricultural Marketing Authority (Industrial Hemp) Regulations, in September 2020. These regulations were enacted for the purpose of regulating the production, procurement, distribution, possession, sale, provision and transportation of industrial hemp.

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Project CBD

JUNE 16, 2023

One in five cultivators have voluntarily surrendered their licenses this year. The probable closure of a significant percentage of California’s retailers will further destabilize the overall industry as cannabis farmers and manufacturers lose access to legal-market customers. The result: Cascading business failures across the industry.

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NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

Governor Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. California. CA resident? CA resident?

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2019

Regulated commercial hemp activity is not a federal crime, but hemp’s close proximity to marijuana makes it a generally high-risk endeavor for financial institutions who generally don’t have a high risk tolerance to begin with. For example, a credit union needs to know how to verify the member is part of the pilot program.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Despite access to sustainable packaging alternatives such as hemp, plastic packaging remains the preferred material for packaging cannabis products. Many believe that hemp-based packaging could be a solution to the plastic problem in the cannabis industry—so why isn’t it being used more widely?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

American Green’s premium CBD and Hemp products will be able to be purchased with vouchers located on the Groupon.com platform beginning next month (Sept 2021). Consumers throughout the country will now have direct access to all of our CBD and Hemp products on Groupon.com.”. Groupon has over 24 million customers nationwide.

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NORML

MARCH 3, 2020

New York State is set to legalize and regulate cannabis for adult-use, and improve our existing medical marijuana and hemp programs by April 1st with the 2020-2021 NYS Budget. Allows for home cultivation for personal use. NO CRTA = prohibits home cultivation for adult-use and classifies any amount of plants as at least a misdemeanor.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2019

As everyone knows by now the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp production by de-scheduling the crop under the Controlled Substance Act. We’ve written extensively about federal hemp rules and regulations as well as those in California , Oregon and Washington. We’ve also offered a free webinar on West Coast Hemp CBD. Because money.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) held a public meeting during which hemp stakeholders shared their opinion on the promulgation of rules to regulate the crop. Specifically, the federal agency is to review and approve “plans” submitted by states and Indian tribes that choose to hold primary regulatory authority over hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2019

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. 195.010 , and legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released its interim hemp rules. Stakeholders will have 60 days to submit comments on the interim hemp rules. The 2018 Farm Bill requires states and Indian Tribes to submit hemp cultivation plans to the USDA. Hemp producers may not harvest before samples are taken.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2019

Licensing for cultivation of cannabis and associated activities. It is a criminal offence in the Bailiwick to possess, cultivate, supply or import cannabis. An Order can be made under the Law to authorise the cultivation of cannabis and associated activities for the manufacture of industrial hemp and any other product.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) of Oklahoma signed legislation into law to permit the retail sale of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Governor Kim Reynolds (R) of Iowa signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. CA resident? CA resident? IL resident?

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Governors Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access at school. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities.

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The Cannigma

JULY 24, 2022

Back when the US was still a collection of colonies under British rule, South Carolina had a booming industrial hemp industry. Hemp fibers can be made into salt-resistant rope, making it an important crop for the Royal Navy. The bill did not include smokable cannabis or home cultivation and kept cannabis possession a misdemeanor.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

JANUARY 3, 2019

With the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill (also called the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018), hemp or cannabis sativa has essentially become legal on the federal level, but there are still significant rules and regulations associated with hemp cultivation, processing, and distribution.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 14, 2024

Although recently introduced bills regulating hemp have garnered most of the attention this week, two parallel Illinois House and Senate bills, SB3922 and HB5809 , also would offer a significant change to the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act , including, among other provisions, allowing curbside pickup of cannabis products for recreational customers.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 17, 2024

CBAI listed five key points, including increasing diversity, regulating intoxicating hemp, lowering taxes, regulatory changes, and expanding access. REGULATE INTOXICATING HEMP The proliferation of intoxicating hemp products is undermining Illinois carefully crafted legal cannabis market.

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