The industrial hemp bill has passed the South Dakota House and is now headed to the Senate. The House passed HB 1008 in a 54-12 vote on Tuesday. The bill needs a two-thirds majority vote to pass because it includes an emergency clause that would put the bill into effect immediately upon being signed into […]
Hemp Policy & Legal
A Weed Grows in Davos
At the World Economic Forum, cannabis is a commodity like any other — but these interested parties aren’t looking to get high Here at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, one sign that your international venture has reached a level of prominence is the appearance of a “house” bearing your name — a storefront to […]
Flexibility for the states is key to hemp’s future says state ag officials
PRESS RELEASE Arlington, VA, January 29, 2020 Today, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) submitted final comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on the Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program interim final rule (Rule). The Agricultural Improvement of Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) provided […]
Missouri Commercial Hemp Farming Update
By Daniel E. Tranen and Neil M. Willner There is a great deal of interest in Missouri regarding the opportunities the state offers in the commercial hemp farming business. Hemp is a burgeoning new cash crop with scores of applications from fabric to “hempcrete” to drywall to biofuel. Of course, hemp also is the source […]
Hemp Eruption Favors Jersey First
Was it really this asinine? Up until last year, 3 federal agencies and 42 state governments were creating contradictory Hemp growing and processing rules often barring hemp-derived product sales and demonizing one particular item, Cannabidol (“CBD”). This exploded in the ensuing 12 months with $641 million in domestic hemp-derived product sales (78% of which was […]
Will the FDA’s Ban on E-Cigarettes Affect CBD Vaping Devices?
By Nathalie Bougenies, Attorney at Harris Bricken On January 2, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued non-binding guidance (“Guidance”) in which the agency explains how it intends to prioritize enforcement actions to tackle the growing increase in youth use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”)–more commonly and broadly referred to as “e-cigarettes”–as well as to […]
High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crippled if federal policymakers move ahead with draft regulations. Licenses for hemp cultivation topped a half-million acres (200,000 hectares) last year, more than 450% […]
New York’s New Hemp Extract Law and The CBD Marketplace
On December 19, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation introduced by state Senator Jen Metzger and Assembly member Donna Lupardo, regulating the production and marketing of hemp extract in New York State. Senate Bill 61841 and Assembly Bill 76802 together establish a state permitting process for growers, processors and sellers of hemp extract, […]
Is CBG legal? What is CBG?
By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken Looking back, 2019 was the year of cannabidiol (CBD) in the cannabis industry. CBD continued to make its way into countless consumer products, from sodas to sports bras. The CBD craze was a long time coming: we began covering that cannabinoid back in 2015, when industry began promoting […]
He spent a month in Texas jail accused of hauling 3,350 pounds of marijuana. But lab results say it was legal hemp.
In the ongoing chaos of hemp’s legalization that has sent marijuana prosecutions plummeting, Texas has encountered a 3,350-pound problem. Last month, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a driver who the agency claimed was hauling more than a ton of marijuana through the state near Amarillo. Aneudy Gonzalez was jailed for nearly a month on federal charges […]
