The FDA and FTC Regulatory Overlap Means Twice as Much Compliance for CBD Companies
HempUncategorized September 23, 2019
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued warning letters to three unnamed companies that advertised their CBD-infused products as treatments or cure for serious medical conditions. These warning letters are nothing new. As we have explained before, making medical claims about CBD-infused products is the perfect way of falling under the scrutiny of federal…
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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Iowa
HempUncategorized September 22, 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. The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp…
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Oregon Hemp: Free Webinar October 3!
HempUncategorized September 20, 2019
It can be difficult forecasting your business’ future in the rapidly evolving hemp industry. From the signing of 2018’s Farm Bill legalizing industrial hemp at the federal level, to the rise of CBD as a purported wündercure, hemp has rapidly become the hottest commodity around. But between the big headlines, hemp industry players have grappled…
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Major Changes to California Hemp Cultivation Laws are on the Horizon
CaliforniaHempUncategorized September 20, 2019
On September 11, 2019, the California Assembly approved SB-153, a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. As of September 13, 2019, the bill moved to “enrolled” status, meaning that it’s cleared both houses of the California legislature and will move to the Governor’s office for his signature. It is widely…
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Cannabis Smoke: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
HempUncategorized September 19, 2019
The last few days we’ve seen a flurry of activity related to smokable cannabis products. It’s been tough to keep track of everything that’s gone on, so today I’m going to take a page out of legendary Italian director Sergio Leone‘s book and break down the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in all things…
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Litigation Update: Who Decides Whether You Can Ship Hemp Through Idaho?
HempUncategorized September 17, 2019
Regular readers know that we are in the midst of presenting a 50-state series analyzing how each state treats hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”). Recently we covered Idaho, which we neatly summarized as “probably the worst state in the country to get caught with hemp.” The article explains why this is so in detail. Among the…
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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Indiana
HempUncategorized September 15, 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. The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp…
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Will California Get a Hemp Social Equity Program?
CaliforniaHempUncategorized September 12, 2019
As states across the country develop regulated cannabis programs, more and more are incorporating social equity programs. Illinois’ new adult-use cannabis law, for example, made waves for its broad social equity program. Here in California, cannabis social equity is not a central part of the state-level regulations, but many of the larger cities throughout the state…
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