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By Michael Jensen, Chernis Law Group California’s new batch testing requirements are proving difficult to meet for the California cannabis industry. Beginning July 1, 2018, testing requirements for products became fully implemented. Under the new rules, all products must be batch tested for pesticides, microbial impurities, residual solvents, homogeneity, foreign material, and moisture. The Bureau of Cannabis Control—the regulatory authority…

By Pincus Professional Education Our latest featured speaker is Michael Chernis from Chernis Law Group! Michael will be on the faculty panel at our upcoming Recreational and Medical Marijuana Law and Business in California seminar in Los Angeles on November 1-2! Michael first spoke for us at our 2017 Marijuana Law conference, where attendees’ evaluations said he was very informative…

By Michael Chernis, Chernis Law Group On Sunday, September 30, Gov. Brown signed Senate Bill 1409 into law, finally creating a pathway for legal industrial hemp farming in California that will comply with section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill (codified at 7 U.S.C. § 5940). While existing California law permitted industrial hemp farming, the activity was, at least practically…

By Michael Jensen, Chernis Law Group On September 21, the “CBD West” trade show descended on Anaheim. Given the city’s historic identification with Disneyland and all things fantasy, the CBD industry could not have selected a better forum to display and sell their products. Along with the mainstreaming of cannabis, hemp-derived cannabidiol, more commonly known as “CBD,” is becoming a…

CBD Doesn’t Get You High, But Could Someday Eclipse the Entire Pot Industry By Annie Gaus, www.thestreet.com The future of cannabis may not be about getting high. Pot is a multi-billion dollar industry — where it’s legal, anyway — but some advocates believe that the future of cannabis is actually a non-euphoric derivative that delivers health benefits without getting you…

By Sadie Gurman Associated Press March 10, 2018 WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged US authorities from cracking down on the trade in states where the drug is legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday. Federal law enforcement lacks the resources to take on…