“Senate Bill 1494 requires the Department to establish an advisory council to provide recommendations to the Department regarding medical marijuana testing. The Department is required to submit a report of the advisory council’s findings and recommendations by December 31, 2019.” When SB1494 passed, it passed not only a 2-year mmj cards but passed mandatory testing …
BY DR LLOYD COVENS May 31 Brings Step1 In Long FDA CBD Data-Gathering Exercise For all the anticipation over the May 31, full day FDA hearing on CBD, it is really just step one in a political dance which may help CBD clarity– or just further muddy the works. When 120-plus professionals spoke to the …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Charlotte’s Brothers Go Corporate The Stanley Brothers have handed the Charlotte’s Web reins over to corporate management with last month’s appointment of Deanie Elsner, past senior marketing exec at Kraft, Johnson&Johnson and Kelloggs. This week Elsner held her first 1Q (2019) analyst call sharing CWEB’s product growth to 6000 retail “doors” …
By: Gary Michael Smith, Esq. It is difficult to argue against the marketing power behind the Nike swoosh or the Starbucks mermaid. Without a word, you know the products these businesses sell and the quality you can expect from them. A trademark is an asset that draws in customers and revenue. Any businessperson will tell …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER A moderately-sized, unusually subdued crowd was on hand for the final public hearing on the regulations for the state’s brand new hemp program Monday May 20th. Held downtown in the gorgeous Armstrong Great Hall a the Beus Center for Law and Society at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, this was …
Unforeseens Aside, US Hemp Production to Double This Year BY DR. LLOYD COVENS According to several industry experts, a major expansion for US hemp farming has arrived for Spring planting season—but concerns remain among the AG community over final rules under the 2018 Farm Bill—as well as a myriad of crop outcome issues. For both returning …
Hemp Committee Final Meeting May 20, Program Starts June 1 BY MIKEL WEISSER It all comes down to one final meeting for AZ’s Ag Dept Industrial Hemp committee. This week Industrial Hemp Program Manager, Brian McGrew, announced the date of their final committee meeting on May 20th to complete regulations for the eagerly awaited program …
BY GARY MICHAEL SMITH, ESQ. Hemp is returning to America’s farms after decades of prohibition, and CBD (THC’s less fun non-psychoactive cousin) is all the rage. These new hemp and CBD industries seek clarity out of the schizophrenic alphabet soup of federal agencies and regulations. Small wonder there is confusion, because through the end of …
