Practice Tip: Pre-Harvest Sampling In Vermont

August 6, 2020 / View Post

Practice Tip: Pre-Harvest Sampling In Vermont

Do you know the Department of Agriculture’s new regulations for testing hemp? We do! Tim Fair, Esq. gives you the update!

July 27, 2020 / View Post

FDA issues cannabis research guidelines as CBD industry still hangs in limbo

Written by: Jared Gnam While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration just unveiled new draft guidelines to encourage cannabis-related clinical research, the CBD industry continues to wait in limbo for federal regulations on hemp-based products. On Tuesday, the FDA released a seven-page draft that describes the agency’s “current thinking” on several topics surrounding the science of developing […]

April 18, 2019 / View Post

Who Knew CBD Can Prevent A Concussion?  (The US Government Has Known Since 1998)

When I was at NECANN in Boston last month, I saw a company selling water-soluble CBD products.  Their main product was a water-soluble white powder, very highly concentrated, water-soluble CBD isolate that could be added to virtually anything.  One of the interesting applications was a CBD nasal spray.   The salesman claimed that a quick spray […]

April 5, 2019 / View Post

Mailing CBD – The US Postal Service and You!

Over the course of the past two weeks, we have heard from several of our clients that they have had shipments of products containing CBD returned to them by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).  Given the fact that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill was supposed to prevent this sort of hassle, we here […]

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Interstate Hemp – Not in the clear, yet…

As of January 1st, 2019, the issue of transporting industrial hemp across state lines was supposed to have been resolved.  The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill, removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and provided protections for the interstate commerce of hemp.  Unfortunately, as we have seen over the […]

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New Boss…..Same As The Old Boss?

This week the 2018 Farm Act took a quantum leap towards becoming law.  On Tuesday, December 11, the U.S. Senate passed the 2018 Farm Bill by a vote of 87-13 and the following day, the legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 386-47.  The Bill now goes to the White House […]

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What’s Up With Our Neighbors To The North

On October 17th Canada will make history as the first G-7 nation to legalize cannabis at the Federal level.  Interestingly enough, each of the ten Canadian provinces has been given the authority to create their own regulatory framework. This results in a patchwork of cannabis laws, rules, and regulations across the country.  Here in the […]