Author: Philip Snow. Florida Lawmakers Are Poised to Burn the State’s Hemp Industry
What a long, strange trip it’s been… It seems like only yesterday we were negotiating the finer points of Florida House Bill 1475 (1475) in the spring of last year. A well-thought compromise between industry realities and consumer safety, 1475 made several positive...
SOUTH CAROLINA HAMMERS ITS HEMP INDUSTRY
You can turn hemp into a THC product by adding an acid into a compound. Well, that creates the THC level increase to the point where it gives you that high, euphoric feeling. At the end of the day, if it gets you high, it’s illegal in South Carolina. Bottom...
ROD DISCUSSES CANNABIS POLICY WITH LUKAS GILKEY OF HOMETOWN HERO (VIDEO PODCAST)
I recently sat down with my friend and client Lukas Gilkey, one of the founders of Hometown Hero, to discuss hemp policy and the the future of cannabis. Hometown Hero is a leader and Lukas is highly knowledgeable. The first two segments of our talk are below. I hope...
DEA Letter to Georgia Board of Pharmacy Raises Novel Legal Issues
[Note from the editor: This article is about a letter that the DEA sent to the GA Board of Pharmacy that I wrote for the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine. It is reprinted here with permission. You can read the article in its original form by clicking...
“HEMP TODAY” STUCK IN THE PAST ON CANNABINOID HEMP
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Let’s Talk Hemp. It is reprinted here with permission. Thanks to Morris Beegle and the Let’s Talk Hemp staff. A recent spate of articles in Hemp Today, an industry media outlet focusing on fiber, grain, and other...
Rod Discusses THCa Hemp Legal Issues with CBD Oracle
Occasionally, a news organization takes the time to dig into a complicated issue and write a comprehensive and informative story. Journalist Lee Johnson did just that with THCa hemp in an article he wrote for CBD Oracle this week. The article quotes me and my...
ATACH USES “REEFER MADNESS” FEAR MONGERING IN COURT FILING AGAINST HEMP INDUSTRY
In a legal brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp (ATACH), uses “Reefer Madness” fear mongering in an attempt to overturn the hemp industry’s recent victory in Arkansas. Despite the plain language of...
Rod Discusses Cannabis Civil War in Natural Products Insider
NOTE: I wrote this article for Natural Products Insider. This portion of the article is reprinted with permission. You can read the entire article by clicking here. -Rod Kight The past year has seen intense lobbying efforts, social media campaigns and lawsuits in what...
KIGHT LAW ANNOUNCES NEW 50 STATE HEMP PRODUCT AND THCA SPREADSHEET
At Kight Law, we spend every day working directly with our clients to help them navigate the rapidly evolving cannabis industry. The most difficult issue our hemp clients face is keeping up with various state laws regarding hemp, including understanding where their...
Farm Bill Extension Means Hemp Will Grow Big(ger) in 2024
During the past six months, I have been repeatedly asked to predict what would happen with the Farm Bill. This is because the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the “2018 Farm Bill” expired at the end of September. “Will it change?” “Will hemp be...
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Medical Research Injunction in Pennsylvania
Authored By: William F. McDevitt, Esq. On May 22, 2018, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a temporary injunction that prevents the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) from issuing permits to Clinical Registrants (CRs). The not-yet issued permits would...
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Campus for Cannabis
Pennsylvania wants upcoming innovators in the medical marijuana and commercial hemp industries to locate in the Commonwealth. To that end, Pennsylvania is encouraging universities and medical schools to participate in product development associated with cannabis.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Social Justice and Cannabis
Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach recently introduced a bill that would allow patients who have serious medical conditions to expunge criminal convictions for marijuana possession that predate the opening of licensed medical marijuana dispensaries (as set forth in the bill, February 15, 2018).
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Commonwealth Court’s Cannabis
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court was established in 1968 to hear cases involving state and local governments and state agencies. It possesses original jurisdiction for cases filed against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and may hear cases filed by the Commonwealth. It also acts as an appellate court with respect to a wide variety of matters, including cases to which the Commonwealth (or a local subdivision thereof) is a party, appeals of decisions by Commonwealth agencies, cases involving the operation of nonprofit companies and election disputes.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Apologies and Flower (and Leaf)
On April 16, 2018, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine accepted the report of the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (Board) and will immediately implement all proposed changes to the Medical Marijuana Act (MMA)
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Turning Over on Leaf
In early April, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (Board) delivered a report to the Department of Health (DOH) recommending changes to the medical marijuana program. Among the proposed reforms – recognizing additional medical conditions as cannabis-treatable (neurodegenerative diseases, dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders, opioid addiction treatment and terminal illness), allowing physicians to opt out of DOH’s public registry, and allowing licensed dispensaries to sell cannabis in dry leaf and flower form.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Lessons Learned
On March 23, 2018, the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) released a review of the state’s eight-year-old medical marijuana program in its Executive Order No. 6 Report (Report). On March 27, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that many of the DOH’s wide-ranging recommendations would be implemented immediately. Additional recommendations will be explored through legislative and regulatory procedures.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Integrated Cannabis
The inclusion of Chapter 20 in the MMA advances the Commonwealth’s goal of clinically studying the uses of cannabis as a medical treatment. While the MMA requires the DOH to study the efficacy of medical marijuana, Chapter 20 allows the private sector to identify and develop effective cannabinoid treatments.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Professional Animus to Cannabis
Polls conducted on local, state and national levels consistently show that the public would like to change the federal government’s approach to marijuana.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana: Cannabis – A Teachable Moment
Increasingly, teachers are expected to take responsibility for the health of their students as well. Specifically, in schools that can no longer afford full-time or even part-time nurses, it falls to teachers − or administrative staff − to ensure that a student receives prescribed medication. What happens when that medication is cannabis?