The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In February, we saw the first ever Congressional hearing on cannabis banking. On the federal level, however, the SAFE Banking Act was approved by the House Financial Services Committee (45-15). In the world of hemp, marijuana’s straight-arrow cousin, the Department of Agriculture released guidelines for importing hemp seeds.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Responding to the USDA’s Interim Final Rule on Hemp. This past Halloween, the USDA released its Interim Final Rule on the Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program. Hemp Roundtable is working with its organizational partners to develop recommendations with a unified industry voice. Some of it was quite scary.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 1, 2019

Let’s start with the eagerly awaited hemp rules. In other federal news, the DEA has, yet again, not approved new suppliers of marijuana for research. Meanwhile, the state of Arizona is experimenting with a new procedure to get around the lack of banking services for marijuana companies.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 15, 2021

A few highlights included representing the Hemp Industries Association in the 2018 HIA v. DEA case, Bob Hoban’s advising of more than 30 countries on cannabis policy and crafting of CBD legal strategies, and the expansion of global offices in more than 10 countries. The cannabis industry is poised for sweeping change.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2019

Hemp Roundtable, Frost Brown Todd, Lexington, KY. Hemp Roundtable, Amin Talati Upadhye, Washington, DC. . Upon the December 20, 2018 signing of the 2018 Farm Bill, the era of hemp prohibition is over. federal law protects the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD. . Jonathan Miller , General Counsel to the U.S.

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Sensi Seeds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Spain’s cannabis market is a diverse mix of Spanish and foreign-owned companies selling everything from seeds, fertilizer and grow lamps to hemp-infused beers and CBD tinctures, oils, and creams. According to the 2018 Hemp & CBD Industry Factbook , CBD sales in the states could exceed $1 billion by 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

A wildly popular nutritional supplement and food additive, oil based hemp derived products like CBD racked up $1.1 Seq (1970) and Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA”) clutches, 2019 hemp production and sales exploded. Industrial Hemp and CBD. containing less than 0.3% up 116% over Q3 2017); and $13.6

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

residing abroad hoping to get an E-2 or EB-5 investor visa who wants to invest in and start a business even only remotely involved in the weed trade (other than agricultural hemp [per new § 297A Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. such as bhang, ganga, charras, Indian hemp, dagga, hashish, and cannabis resin. 1621 et seq.,

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The FDA and CDC each issued warning notices to the public regarding delta-8 THC products on September 14, 2021, many of which are marketed as hemp products (and include some non-obvious references to other novel cannabinoids that may have similar effects and marketing). FDA Consumer Alert.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

residing abroad hoping to get an E-2 or EB-5 investor visa who wants to invest in and start a business even only remotely involved in the weed trade (other than agricultural hemp [per new § 297A Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 7 U.S.C. such as bhang, ganga, charras, Indian hemp, dagga, hashish, and cannabis resin. 1621 et seq.,

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 7, 2021

In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, my co-host, Amanda Guerrero, and I discuss license updates coming to the Cannabiz Media License Database, including Oregon cannabis licenses, Louisiana CBD licenses, and Pennsylvania, Ohio, Montana and South Carolina hemp licenses. At first, there was a lot of skepticism.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S. But also needed are standard operating procedures at the national level, along with accompanying tax and banking frameworks. . Green-Flower- What’s the Difference: Hemp CBD vs Cannabis CBD.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Neither the Senate bill nor the House bill would preempt state or Indian law regarding hemp or the regulation of hemp products. This means states and tribes will retain a lot of latitude in regulating hemp and hemp-derived products– which gets people fired up. See: What Happened to Hemp? (“ What Happened ”).

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

legalized hemp , despite the governor’s lack of enthusiasm. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected to including cannabis banking in federal relief programs. The DEA released an interim hemp rule that the industry hated. And the DEA’s hemp rule brought on litigation. Which brought us to May.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

Regulatory authority would move from the DEA to the FDA, but also the ATF and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Hemp- Hemp would still be an exception to the definition of “cannabis” for regulatory purposes, and regulations would be developed to allow inadvertently “hot” product to pass to a proper cannabis facility.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 17, 2020

This is being done in violation of international law and the quality is famously poor, in any case (it’s more like hemp). A: OK, after your get the IRB approval letter, you need permission from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)– Q: Hold on. How do I get DEA permission? Q: OK, I want to study psilocybin then.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law. A bill which would have set new rules for the hemp industry, was not passed. Since it faced opposition from hemp farmers and others in the cannabis industry, that may be for the best. The legislature approved two marijuana measures. florida.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

That was expected to change for hemp and CBD businesses after the 2014 Farm Bill, and especially after hemp was legalized as a commodity under the 2018 Farm Bill (and removed from the Controlled Substances Act). GenCanna was a vertically integrated hemp producer and CBD manufacturer.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This includes bills on banking (see the SAFE Banking Act , which has passed the House no less than five times) and overall federal legalization (see the MORE Act as well as its sister Senate legislation, the Cannabis Administration Opportunity Act (“CAOA”)). The enforcement role moves from DEA to ATF.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The DEA and USDA hemp rules continue to draw criticism, both in court and in Congress. The cannabis industry is hoping for banking reform and less trouble with the Department of Justice. hemp rules. The course of true love never did run smooth, and neither does the course of hemp regulations. new jersey.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

The act would transfer agency functions with regard to cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) jurisdiction to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of the Treasury. .

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

The act would transfer agency functions with regard to cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) jurisdiction to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of the Treasury. .

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

The act would transfer agency functions with regard to cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) jurisdiction to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of the Treasury. .

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SpeedWeed

JULY 14, 2021

The act would transfer agency functions with regard to cannabis from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) jurisdiction to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of the Treasury. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 27, 2022

The biggest news of the day (well, in our industry) is the Smokable Hemp ruling by the Texas Supreme Court (attached). Importantly, the Court left the injunction in place preventing the enforcement of the smokable hemp ban on retail sales! Smokable Hemp case Supreme Court. Now that we have this decision, strategy is in order!

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

From where I am sitting, however, it seems highly unlikely that the same grey-haired Congress that hasn’t yet managed to pull it together on a simple banking bill is all of a sudden going to rise up and legalize the leaf nationwide as its Christmas gift to the nation. hemp and marijuana. Hemp, on the other hand, contains 0.3%

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Part two in this series will cover the SAFE Banking Act, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, and the Hemp Advancement Act. The Marijuana Banking Bill is Off to a Good Start. The SAFE Banking Act – Progress on All Fronts. ICYMI: House Passes the SAFE Banking Act!

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

They write… In this week’s edition: Plans to vote on cannabis banking legislation announced in both chambers of Congress, with predictions that House will pass the SAFE Act by the end of October. DEA increases the cannabis research quota. Idaho is the home state of Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

In December 2018, he did sign the Farm Bill with provisions for hemp legalization. Despite Trump’s support of hemp and suggested federalist approach to cannabis legalization, industry experts are still skeptical. Only marijuana-friendly people will be assigned to DEA, DOJ, and FDA to get involved in the legalization process.

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