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“Audit,” already an unpleasant word in cannabis circles, got a little worse this week with the release of a stern assessment of Oregon’s cannabis program by the Oregon Secretary of State. The 42-page report, the first such review since Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, catalogues numerous gaps in Oregon’s regulatory oversight of cannabis.…

With 10 states and the District of Columbia having legalized recreational cannabis (representing nearly a quarter of the U.S. population, including the most populous state), an emerging issue is how to deal with the odor generated by marijuana production facilities. A December 19, 2018 article in The New York Times noted a growing number of…

The new Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334) (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Trump on December 20, 2018. Much press has been devoted to the fact that the Act generally legalizes industrial hemp and will provide federal Crop Insurance for that crop.

While this is potentially good news for farmers…

The United States has a long history with hemp, legally distinguished from marijuana, but genetically identical as the plant cannabis sativa (L.) — now, hemp is set to reemerge in U.S. agriculture as an important crop following passage of the 2018 Farm Bill expected sometime this week. There had been a lot of speculation, and…

South Korea is currently garnering a lot of attention in the cannabis industry following its legalization of some cannabis derivatives for medical purposes. The legalization comes as a surprise for many in the international community, particularly because South Korea has aggressively opposed cannabis — most notably by criminalizing the consumption of cannabis by South Koreans…

A public records request by the Salem, OR-based Statesman Journal bore interesting fruit recently in the form of a report by the Oregon Cannabis Commission (OCC) recommending that a single agency regulate cannabis in Oregon. Currently, at least three Oregon regulatory agencies have some degree of oversight affecting the cannabis industry. The Oregon Liquor Control…

The cannabis industry is celebrating a lot of good news this week — support for legalization continues to grow while opposition dwindles steadily. Voters in three more states passed marijuana measures to increase the legal availability of cannabis both medically and recreationally. Two highly visible cannabis opponents, House Representative Pete Sessions and Attorney General Jeff…