California Cannabis: Preparing for Phase 3 Licensing in L.A. on September 3rd

The final countdown is on for Round 1, Phase 3 retail licensing in Los Angeles. On September 3rd at 10 a.m., the L.A. Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) will open the flood gates to would-be Round 1 applicants. And in its own announcements on the subject, the DCR states that it has verified over 800…

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Ontario Government Continues To Bungle Cannabis Legalization

Ontario’s provincial government has been a consistent failure in legalizing cannabis. Here are some more issues.

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Canopy Growth Receives Key Cannabis Extraction Licence

With its KeyLeaf extraction license, Canopy Growth is about to become Canada’s leader in cannabis extraction capacity

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Legal Marijuana Dramatically Reduces U.S. Opioid Deaths: Two New Studies

Legalizing medicinal cannabis reduces opioid deaths. Legalizing adult use cannabis DRAMATICALLY reduces opioid deaths.

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USDA: National THC test for hemp ‘as challenging as you think it is’
Federal agriculture authorities are struggling to craft a nationwide THC testing standard so that state and local regulators can tell hemp from marijuana, complicating the release of standardized production rules, according to an official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. William Richmond William Richmond, head of the Specialty Crops... Read more
An Update on California’s Proposed Hemp and CBD Laws

California’s legislature introduced a potentially game-changing hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) bill in January 2019: Assembly Bill 228 (“AB-228”). For those of you who aren’t familiar with AB-228, see my posts here, here, here, and here. AB-228 would change California’s anti-Hemp CBD policies, and the highlights of some of the more significant changes from the recent version are: Licensed cannabis companies…

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North America’s Next Canna-Boom Puts Extract Companies Center Stage!

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Canada officially joined the states of California, Massachusetts, Maine, Alaska, Colorado, Washington,…

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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Georgia

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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