So Long for THCA Products June 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. One example of this is THCA products,… Read More→
CBD Companies Beware: FTC Threatens Civil Penalties for Unsubstantiated Claims April 19, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments by Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Marketing CBD products is a challenge. For years we’ve written about risks associated with making health-related claims in marketing. But there’s another avenue that the federal government doesn’t like: unsubstantiated claims. Last week, the Federal… Read More→
Virginia lawmakers to weigh Youngkin’s changes to hemp bill April 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Virginia 1 Comment RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed a rewrite of a bill that aimed to ban the recreational sales of intoxicating hemp-derived products, seeking to ensure the continued availability of certain therapeutic CBD formulations. Youngkin’s proposed changes… Read More→
Critics say Florida bills aimed to regulate hemp industry would instead kill it April 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A pair of bills in the Florida legislature would regulate the hemp industry, but many across the state say the current proposal would kill the industry altogether. Senate Bill 1676 and House Bill 1475 would ban marketing… Read More→
Maryland CBD, Delta-8 sellers say cannabis bill will kill their industry March 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Sellers of hemp-derived products such as Delta-8 and CBD say a few lines in a recreational cannabis bill making its way through the Maryland legislature will put them out of business. The bill would establish a regulatory framework for the… Read More→
Direct and Ancillary CBD Liability Under the FD&C Act February 15, 2023 Hilary Bricken Hemp Policy & Legal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Not much thought is given to ancillary CBD liability. Why is that? Probably because the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) hasn’t taken any serious enforcement action against any company or individual that aids… Read More→
How North Carolina cannabis stores are able to sell products that look and act like marijuana February 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, North Carolina 0 Comments RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the hemp industry in North Carolina continues to grow and evolve, new variations of products are popping up on shelves. When Louis Rubio first heard of one of those products a few months ago, he… Read More→
FDA is correct…we absolutely DO need a new Cannabinoid Regulatory Agency… February 1, 2023 Lezli Engelking Hemp Policy & Legal, Op-Ed 1 Comment As any American not living under a rock knows, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is struggling to meet their current responsibilities in any effective or meaningful way. Be it baby formula, recalls, or conflicts of interest, FDA’s value… Read More→
FDA Kicks CBD to Congress, Creating Uncertainty, Unease, and Opportunity January 31, 2023 Tom Hymes Hemp Policy & Legal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments UPDATED Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that instead of approving CBD as a food or dietary supplement, it was recommending that “a new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed,” and that it “is prepared to… Read More→
New ‘Semi-Synthetic’ THC Alternative HHC Could Encourage European Regulatory Crack Down On Hemp Flower January 30, 2023 Ben Stevens Europe, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments At the end of 2022 the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) held its first ‘technical expert meeting’ on hexahydrocannabinol, better known as HHC. This new substance, said to produce similar effects to THC, has swept through Europe in recent months,… Read More→
FDA Says “No” to CBD Foods and Dietary Supplements January 26, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the hemp CBD industry has been eagerly awaiting FDA CBD regulations. In that time, FDA convened a working group to study how the agency would… Read More→
FDA finalizes guidance on cannabis clinical research January 26, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized a 2020 draft guidance outlining how sponsors and investigators can conduct clinical trials for certain drugs containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds without running afoul of federal law. When Congress passed the Agriculture Improvement… Read More→
Are Experts’ Warnings About Delta-8 Really Being Heeded by States? (UPDATED) January 19, 2023 Tom Hymes Cannabis & Hemp Research, Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Spotlight 2 Comments A report released last week recommending the regulation of "hemp-derived non-delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol products" in Maryland would seem to be a good thing. Its issuance is already being characterized as a call-to-action for the legislature to act. The 134-page report by the… Read More→
The Problem with Big Marijuana is Not Hemp January 9, 2023 Cynthia Cabrera Hemp Policy & Legal, Op-Ed 2 Comments By Cynthia Cabrera It comes as no surprise that Steve Schain’s December 11 article, “Cannabis’ Plummeting Price-Per-Pound and the Rise of Delta-8 THC,” blames the marijuana industry’s woes on new cannabinoids like Delta-8, stating “hemp-derived THC (Delta-8 THC) is cutting… Read More→
Mayhem in Minnesota as Unlicensed, Hemp-Derived THC is Unleashed on the State November 3, 2022 Tom Hymes Hemp Policy & Legal, Minnesota, News & Insights 0 Comments Whatever they’re smoking up in Minnesota, it might be too strong even at its federally legal limit of just 0.3 percent THC. The legislature is at odds over an issue most people agree on, and now the state political parties… Read More→