Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule October 30, 2020 AggregatedNews Federal, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments by Nathalie Bougenies, Attorney@ Harris Bricken The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued… Read More→
Chaos and cannabis October 15, 2020 AggregatedNews New Mexico 0 Comments A massive hemp empire is accused of growing illegal marijuana and sowing violence on the Navajo Nation SHIPROCK, N.M. — In the fertile northeast corner of the Navajo Nation, fields that only months ago were traditional open-air corn farms are… Read More→
Cannabis Conundrum: Demonstrating “Accepted Medical Use” in a Restricted Research Environment October 7, 2020 Delia Deschaine Federal 0 Comments By Delia Ann Deschaine and Megan Robertson U.S. cannabis businesses operate in an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment. Many, if not most, of those complexities stem from marijuana’s classification in Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. That… Read More→
The Emerging Hemp Industry – Government Regulation Can Help Businesses Grow October 7, 2020 Robert Roche Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments by Robert Roche Hemp cultivation and processing could be a boon for the struggling farmers and small businesses. Economists estimate consumer demand for the (non-psychoactive) hemp-derived CBD market could reach $22 billion by 2022. While COVID-19 has triggered record high… Read More→
Cannabis and Appellate Law Practices Collaborate to Prepare Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court in Challenge to Marijuana’s Schedule I Status September 23, 2020 Ian Stewart Policy & Legal 0 Comments by: Melissa A. Murphy-Petros, Ian A. Stewart, Neil M. Willner The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the largest cannabis trade association in the United States, and The Arcview Group (Arcview), the cannabis industry's oldest and largest investor network, stepped forth as… Read More→
Colorado-Based Hemp Organization Sues DEA September 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments A Colorado-based hemp trade organization is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration over a new laboratory-testing policy that members of the hemp industry fear could hurt future CBD production. The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and RE Botanicals, a hemp-product manufacturer out of… Read More→
Here We Go! Feds Sue California for Cannabis Business Records August 4, 2020 Hilary Bricken California, Federal 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Co-Founder, Harris Bricken State legal cannabis businesses are used to the specter of the federal government in the rear view mirrors of their lives and businesses. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that cannabis… Read More→
DEA proposes process to expand marijuana research in the United States March 23, 2020 Press Release Policy & Legal, Science and Technology 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Washington: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice announced action to further expand opportunities for scientific and medical research on marijuana in the United States. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking provides details on the proposed process… Read More→
Reading the Tea Leaves: Looking at the History of Hemp and CBD to Predict the Future March 10, 2020 Justin Walsh Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Justin Walsh[1] It’s an exciting time to be in hemp and CBD! I have attended and spoken at several conferences over the last year. I have been in places as diverse as Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and Orlando. The products… Read More→
BREAKING NEWS: FDA and USDA Start Making Sense on Hemp CBD February 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Daniel Shortt, Attorney @ Harris Bricken According to Hemp Industry Daily reporter Laura Drotleff, it was an eventful week for hemp regulation at the National Association of State Department of Agriculture (NASDA) meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Drotleff reported on two… Read More→
Over 500K pot vapes seized in 2 years as busts rise in US December 3, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120… Read More→
Colorado’s MedPharm Clears Significant DEA Hurdle for Federal Cannabis Research License August 28, 2019 Press Release Press Releases 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE August 27, 2019 09:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MedPharm Research, the leader in cannabis research and formulation development, was notified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that it had been selected to move forward as one of the… Read More→
DOJ moves to add more marijuana growers for research August 27, 2019 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to expand the number of marijuana growers for federally authorized cannabis research. The long-awaited move comes after researchers filed court papers asking a judge to compel the Drug Enforcement Administration to… Read More→
Another year passes without approval of new suppliers of marijuana for research July 29, 2019 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments Forgive us if you read our stories on this topic from 2017 and 2018, but here it comes again: Another year has passed since the Drug Enforcement Administration said it was open to approving more suppliers of marijuana for scientific research, and… Read More→
New York marijuana: What to know about black-market forces threatening recreational pot March 5, 2019 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Law enforcement agencies have detailed a variety of ways the marijuana black market circumvents rules and laws that will hurt New York's efforts to control the legalized distribution of the drug. New York’s recreational marijuana battle sits on the front… Read More→