Bienvenidos a la novena edición anual del artículo «Estado del estado» sobre el cannabis en Oregón. Me siento como un anciano. En comparación con 2023, este año las cosas han estado bastante tranquilas. Eso no quiere decir, sin embargo, que no haya tendencias, intrigas, polémicas, misterios, etc., sobre los que merezca la pena escribir. Vamos a ello. Datos de ventas y del mercado Según
The U.S. Senate’s version of the Farm Bill finally landed this week. They’re calling it the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (the “Senate bill”). The Senate bill follows on the House’s proposal, called the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 (the “House bill”), offered in May. Neither the Senate bill
Last week, I wrote a round-up post on Oregon cannabis. This week, I thought I’d drop a line on the federal happenings. Which are quite a few. The Nixon tapes This was a fun piece of news, unearthed by Minnesota cannabis lobbyist Kurtis Hanna. Ernesto Londoño then broke the story on September 14th for the
Last week, I wrote a post entitled “Loper Comes For the DEA. Will it Matter Though?” In that post, I discussed a brand new federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals case that concluded that hemp derivatives like THC-O are not controlled substances. The hemp community has largely celebrated this as a win, even though as
Earlier this week, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case entitled Anderson v. Diamondback Investment Group, LLC, handed the DEA a big loss when it comes to hemp – at least for now. In Anderson, the court held that DEA’s interpretation that a host of hemp-derived products were illegal was essentially wrong. Today I
Whether you support them or not, intoxicating hemp products are probably not going to be around for much longer in their current form. States, municipalities, and even the federal government have begun a clampdown on these products. In no particular order, I’ll address a few reasons why the back half of 2024 will be a
Las nuevas normas sobre el cáñamo de Oregón entrarán en vigor la próxima semana. A partir del lunes 1 de julio de 2024, todos los minoristas o mayoristas de cáñamo que almacenen, transfieran o vendan cáñamo industrial o artículos de cáñamo para su reventa a otra persona deberán disponer de una licencia de vendedor de cáñamo expedida por el Departamento de Agricultura de Oregón (ODA). La tasa de la licencia de vendedor es de 100 dólares anuales y
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seems happy to respond to public and private parties inquiring about the control status of various substances. DEA answers some of these inquiries more quickly than others, and the response letters are usually short and to the point. The letters typically come from the desk of Terrence L. Boos, Ph.D.,
En algún momento de los últimos años, la gente parece haberse dado cuenta de que obtener una licencia para el cannabis (marihuana) no es ni barato ni fácil, y que resulta mucho más sencillo vender productos con cannabinoides que producen efectos psicoactivos. Probablemente hayas leído algunas de nuestras publicaciones sobre productos como el THCA o el delta-8, por ejemplo. Otra alternativa muy popular ha sido el cáñamo con THC
For years, people have tried to decipher the incredibly poorly worded (I can’t stress this enough) language in the 2018 Farm Bill and what it means for intoxicating hemp products like THCA products or delta-8. In the last week or so, there’s been a lot of bad news for the intoxicating hemp products industry. Let’s take
