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Rod Discusses THCa Hemp, Intoxicating Cannabinoids, Regulatory Policy, and the Future of Hemp with Jonathan Miller (Audio Podcast)
I had a great discussion with about THCa hemp, intoxicating cannabinoids, hemp regulatory policy, and the Hemp Authority’s new adult-use hemp certification program on the Hemp Legally Speaking podcast with my longtime friend and colleague, Jonathan Miller. Click below...
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“MINI BITE” #5: What Are the Best States for Hemp Cannabinoids? (AUDIO PODCAST)
I recently spent 5 minutes responding to the question, “What Are the Best States for Hemp Cannabinoids?” on episode #5 of five “mini bites” for the Karma Koala podcast with Sean Hocking, publisher of the internationally renowned Cannabis Law Report. Click below to...
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“MINI BITE” #4: Should hemp businesses be afraid of federal legislation? (AUDIO PODCAST)
I recently spent 5 minutes responding to the question, “Should hemp businesses be afraid of federal legislation?” on episode #4 of five “mini bites” for the Karma Koala podcast with Sean Hocking, publisher of the internationally renowned Cannabis Law Report. Click...
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“MINI BITE” #1: ROD DISCUSSES THE MARY MILLER AMENDMENT (AUDIO PODCAST)
I recently spent five minutes discussing the Mary Miller Amendment on episode #1 of five “mini bites” for the Karma Koala podcast with Sean Hocking, publisher of the internationally renowned Cannabis Law Report. Click below to listen. Audio Player...
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“MINI BITE” #3: WHAT DOES THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY HAVE AGAINST THE HEMP INDUSTRY AND WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? (AUDIO PODCAST)
I recently spent 5 minutes responding to the question, “What does the marijuana industry have against the hemp industry and why can’t we all just get along?” on episode #3 of five “mini bites” for the Karma Koala podcast with Sean Hocking, publisher of the...
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“MINI BITE” #2: WHY DO LEGISLATURES HATE HEMP DERIVED CANNABINOIDS (AUDIO PODCAST)
I recently spent 5 minutes responding to the question, “Why do legislatures hate hemp derived cannabinoids” on episode #2 of five “mini bites” for the Karma Koala podcast with Sean Hocking, publisher of the internationally renowned Cannabis Law Report. Click below to...
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Absent a Veto, a New Jersey Bill Will Kill the State’s Hemp Industry
In a trend popping up across the country, the New Jersey legislature recently passed a bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products. NJ S3235, currently awaiting signature from Gov. Murphy, contains important provisions which hemp product manufacturers and retailers...
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Tennessee Issues Sweeping New Hemp Regulations
July 2, 2024 Kight On Cannabis Last year, the Tennessee legislature passed a law that contained many new requirements for the hemp industry. As of July 1, 2024, that law is effective and Tennessee’s Department of Agriculture (the “department”) established...
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KIGHT LAW ANNOUNCES NEW SPREADSHEET AND GUIDANCE MEMO FOR HEMP PRODUCT LABELING
At Kight Law, we spend every day working directly with our clients to help them navigate the rapidly evolving cannabis industry. One of the most difficult issues our hemp clients face is keeping up with various state regulations regarding labeling of hemp products,...
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RULES FOR THEE AND NOT FOR ME: WHAT IS “INTOXICATING HEMP”? (GUEST POST)
GUEST WRITER “GEORGE WATCHINGTON” OPINES ON POLITICAL USE OF THE TERM “INTOXICATING HEMP” TO STEER THE CONVERSATION IN FAVOR OF CORPORATE MARIJUANA. From the Editor: A client, writing under the pseudonym ‘George Watchington’, wrote this about the war on hemp. I...
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Mid-Atlantic Cannabis: Driving Applications
Marijuana impairs a driver’s reaction time, decision-making ability, capacity to accurately track objects, balance and equilibrium. Still, it is difficult to measure when a person is impaired. The intoxicating ingredient in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is metabolized differently by individuals and remains in the body long after its psychoactive effects have ceased. Currently, there is no way to reliably measure whether a person who has ingested cannabis an hour earlier is impaired because THC concentration does not correlate well with subjective impairment.
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Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis – Chasing the Green
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) reported that almost $100 million in medical marijuana sales occurred between February 15, 2018, and February 15, 2019, the first full year that medical cannabis was available to Pennsylvania patients. More than $40 million in sales occurred between growers and dispensaries. Pennsylvania does not tax sales to patients, but does tax transactions between growers and dispensaries at a rate of 5%. Thus, in the first year of licensed sales, the Commonwealth received approximately $2 million in tax revenue from medical cannabis.
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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Open Fields of Pennsylvania Hemp
The 2018 U.S. Farm Bill has opened the gates to industrial hemp farming. Hemp, a crop that has been banned in the United States since 1937, now may be legally grown. While the most popular product of hemp − oils containing cannabidiol (CBD) and other naturally occurring non-psychoactive cannabinoids − are still subject to conflicting federal and state regulations, the plant itself may be grown across the United States.
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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: No Good Deed
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wants medical researchers to study cannabis at Pennsylvania medical schools, eight of which have been certified as Academic Clinical Research Centers (ACRCs). ACRCs can contract with Clinical Registrants (CRs), entities that the Commonwealth will license to cultivate, package and dispense cannabis for medical research. An entire set of regulations, commonly referred to as “Chapter 20,” has been drafted, redrafted and amended to make medical research of cannabis a reality in the Commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania Cannabis: Dispensary Woes
On December 18, 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) issued 23 cannabis dispensary permits (Phase II licenses). Fifty entities have been awarded dispensary licenses, which is the total number allowed under Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act. Each licensee can operate up to three dispensaries, bringing the total number of possible dispensaries in Pennsylvania to 150.
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Cannabis: Social Justice in Commercial Cannabis
As the legal status of cannabis evolves, state legislatures are confronted with a difficult moral issue – how should local and state governments treat persons convicted of offenses that are no longer illegal? Below is a discussion of some of the options.
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Cannabis: Hemp Gummies
But of course, the “hemp oil” or cannabidiol (CBD) remains illegal under state law. Even if the CBD is locally sourced and sold through a licensed dispensary, edibles are not legal in Pennsylvania. Edibles are presently restricted to underage patients New Jersey. Moreover, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) strictly prohibits advertising or packaging that appeal to children. Candy-shaped CBD probably runs afoul of the spirit of the MMA.
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Cannabis: Recovering Capital
National legalization of cannabis is now a reality − in Canada and Uruguay. Further south, we are still waiting, our hopes stoked by committed legislators who assure us that changes are coming soon.
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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Transparent Cannabis
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has decided a new case that may have a huge impact on cannabis licensing in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Commonwealth Court hears cases involving state and local government entities and state agencies in Pennsylvania and has heard a number of challenges regarding the administration of the 2016 Medical Marijuana Act (MMA).
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A/NJ Cannabis: Slow March Toward Progress
On September 21, 2018, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania certified eight medical schools as Academic Clinical Research Centers (ACRCs). The following schools are now certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to contract with Clinical Registrants (CRs) to conduct medical research: