Garden of Eve

PENNSYLVANIA: ASTM International’s cannabis committee (D37) has formed a new subcommittee on sustainability. The new subcommittee seeks to develop sustainability standards tied to key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help the cannabis industry be more efficient, transparent, and well-regulated. Subcommittee standards activity will include promoting measurement, reporting, and improvements made toward sustainability goals Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S8h6yd

Tincture labeled as containing THC doesn’t contain THC OREGON:  The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is expanding its recall of Select brand tincture products produced by Cura CS, LLC. The recall now includes a product labeled as having THC when actually it does not.  The OLCC originally issued a recall on September 21, 2021 after Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S8S9pL

NEW YORK—Crain Communications has acquired Green Market Report, a digital media brand that covers financial news of the rapidly growing cannabis industry. Green Market Report was launched in 2017 by co-founders Debra Borchardt, a financial journalist and former Wall Street executive, and Cynthia Salarizadeh, a seasoned public relations expert and legal cannabis industry insider. The Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S88bKQ

What Happened, and Where Do We Go From Here? By Tate Hall Where do I start? Many questions may come to mind for a lot of you disgruntled hemp or cannabis farmers reading this, but I intend to lay out my perspective on what jostled the market a while ago. For those of you reading Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S882Tc

FARECHILD EVENTS ARE BACK IN THE CENTER OF THE CANNABIS CONSTELLATION WITH THEIR NEW ZODIAC PARTY AT MJBIZ VEGAS 2021 It’s been two years since the cannabis industry made its annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for what has become known as “Cannabis Week,” and all indications are that despite renewed COVID-19 concerns the legal cannabis Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S85K3q

Select CBD tincture could impair unsuspecting consumers Agency inspectors continue to trace cause of mislabeled product   OREGON: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has issued a mandatory recall for a product labeled as a hemp tincture that can get consumers “high” because the product contains undisclosed levels of THC. Consumers using this mislabeled product Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S84P7v

OHIO:  The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy today awarded a Dispensary Certificate of Operation to Harvest of Beavercreek, located at 4370 Tonawanda Trl., Beavercreek. The Board has now issued 57 Dispensary Certificates of Operation. The interactive map of Dispensaries with Certificates of Operation will be updated within two business days. http://dlvr.it/S81fjW

Source: Cannabis Freedom Alliance DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  Last Friday, the Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA), a coalition of prominent national advocacy and business organizations seeking to end the prohibition and criminalization of cannabis in the United States, released a social equity paper that provides an overview and general recommendations to help guide the effort toward federal legalization Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S81FB6

Marijuana Violation Reclassification Rules Package 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM October 20, 2021 (Rescheduled from September 22, 2021) Location: Virtual Agenda The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has initiated the third phase of the violation reclassification project to draft permanent administrative rules that revise the way compliance actions are administered. The proposed amendments in this Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7xzf9

OHIO:   On September 14, 2021, the Board of Pharmacy voted to authorize the publication of the 2021 Request for Dispensary Applications (RFA II). RFA II and Dispensary Application Instructions, a preview of the application, and all required forms can now be found under the heading Dispensary Applications – RFA II at www.medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov/dispensaries. Questions related to Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7x6R7

NEW JERSEY:  The New Jersey Judiciary has expunged more than 362,000 marijuana and hashish cases from court records since the Marijuana Decriminalization Law became effective July 1. Eligible cases are expunged automatically by the Judiciary. Once a case is expunged, it is removed from the court’s public record and does not have to be reported Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7mhpJ

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting Delta-8-THC and Other Artificially-Derived Cannabinoids Package 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Thursday, September 30, 2021 Location: Virtual Agenda This past spring the Commission initiated rule-making to address new and unregulated products. The proposed changes to the administrative rules will address Delta-8-THC and other cannabinoids in the OLCC marketplace that are manufactured Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7mhnx

WASHINGTON: During a regularly scheduled meeting, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board took the following actions on the following Board Interim Policies (BIP): Rescinded Board Interim Policy 02-2016 concerning Unified Business Identifier (UBI) number Labeling on Marijuana Products. Rules to implement this policy requiring the UBI of marijuana producers and processors packaging and labeling Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7mhl3

WASHINGTON: Consistent with RCW 34.05.230, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board published a policy statement concerning structure or function claims for marijuana [cannabis] infused products. This policy statement is intended to define medically compliant cannabis product structure or function claims to the extent possible, and to establish a framework to guide the evaluation of Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7fQwR

OREGON: Marijuana Violation Reclassification Rules Package 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Location: Virtual Agenda The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has initiated the third phase of the violation reclassification project to draft permanent administrative rules that revise the way compliance actions are administered. The proposed amendments in this package align OLCC Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7VPQV

Emergency rule-making action would create a single set of regulations for commercial cannabis activity in California CALIFORNIA:  The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) today published proposed emergency regulations. This action follows those taken in July by DCC to move all cannabis regulations into Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations. This is the second Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7BcZ6

To:               Cannabis Industry Members From:           Chandra Brady, Enforcement and Education Div. Director Subject:      Prohibited: conversion of CBD to delta-8 THC; purchase or sale of hemp-derived delta-8 THC Enforcement Bulletin 21-03 This bulletin is offered in response to stakeholders who have requested additional guidance Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S7B6SL

This week, readers learn about how cannabis and its constituent molecules may be of therapeutic value to humans—particularly in the treatment of conditions based in inflammation—from Sunil Pai, MD, a veteran clinical practitioner. Pai is an internationally recognized expert in integrative medicine based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and author of the critically acclaimed 2016 book An Inflammation Nation. He is a lecturer and a contributing author to a number of medical textbooks and scientific journals. Pai is a practicing doctor who combines an evidence-based approach with 20 years of clinical experience. Each year, he educates thousands of physicians and medical professionals about the nuanced biochemistry involved in the administration of hemp-derived cannabinoids and terpenes for the treatment of a variety of disease states and conditions.

WISCONSIN:  The Wisconsin hemp program, currently administered by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), will transition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) starting January 1, 2022. “Since the inception of Wisconsin’s hemp program, DATCP has been committed to working collaboratively with the industry to establish a program for Wisconsin growers,” Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S6ttN7

Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Action Yesterday, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board took the following action: Adopted final rules (CR 103) to implement final rules for Cannabis License Applicant Background Checks. The rules take effect October 2, 2021. Concise Explanatory Statement Memorandum Rules – WSR 21-18-125 Please Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S6qQV1

OHIO: The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy today awarded a Dispensary Certificate of Operation to Harvest of Athens, located at 711 W Union St., Athens. The Board has now issued 56 Dispensary Certificates of Operation. The interactive map of Dispensaries with Certificates of Operation will be updated within two business days.   http://dlvr.it/S6mFZW

MASSACHUSETTS: August 31, 2021 – Burns & Levinson will host its fifth annual “State of the Cannabis Industry” conference, which will focus on critical issues in the multi-billion dollar cannabis industry, on September 28, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. The conference will be held in person at the Westin Waltham Boston, and Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/S6lW7x