Marijuana Cultivation, Agricultural Sector, Legislative Agendas

Will Hemp Save the World, Before the Government Kills It?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/8/2024

There is a great line in the wonderful film Charlie Wilson’s War, where Charlie Wilson (played remarkably by the inimitable Tom Hanks) describes the successful, if relatively covert, involvement of the United States...more

CBD is Everywhere – But Where Does the FDA Stand?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: CBD is “thriving” in the current regulatory environment, but is it doing so illegally? As former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb opined last week, “the CBD craze is...more

Legislative update - status and implications of proposed federal cannabis statutes

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 4/17/2019

For years, many have argued that the federal government should legalize marijuana. Despite a vocal minority advocating for legalization, such efforts have largely fallen on deaf ears....more

North Carolina Legislative Update - March 2019 #4

Brooks Pierce on 3/25/2019

Budget appropriations meetings continued this week at the General Assembly as a number of substantive bills were introduced on a variety of topics. Farm Act of 2019 (S315) - The annual bill to make various changes in...more

Cannabis Foes Lose in Land Court on Traditional Zoning Argument

Conn Kavanaugh on 3/13/2019

A Land Court ruling late last week chipped away at the several arguments raised by local opponents to a large proposed grow operation in Charlton, Massachusetts. See Valley Green Grow, Inc. v. Charlton, 2019 WL 1087930 (Land...more

Are Hemp Derived CBD Oil Products Legal?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/15/2018

The most popular question we get is whether CBD oil products derived from hemp are federally legal. Basically the popular thinking goes like this: the 2014 Farm Bill made hemp and hemp derived products federally legal. ...more