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Why the DEA Hemp Rule Challenge Really Matters

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. As per its executive summary, the rule “merely conforms DEA’s regulations to…

Hemp Industries Association Urges Regulation, Not Prohibition, of Delta-8 THC

June 30, 2021
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Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal
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by Nathalie Bourgenies, Attorney at Harris Bricken For the past year, my colleagues and I have written extensively on the murky legality of Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). We have covered everything from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s position on “synthetically derived…

Synthetic vs. Natural Hemp: A Legal and Labeling Minefield

November 11, 2020
Henry Baskerville
Compliance and Regulations, Hemp Policy & Legal, Lab Testing, Policy & Legal, Processing, Standards and Certification
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The DEA’s recent interim final rule--which appears to be in contravention of the letter and spirit of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the Farm Bill)--continues to cause concern and turmoil in the industry. The proposed rule addresses CBD…

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and…