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CDC Issues “Best Practices” for Businesses on Employed Drivers and Cannabis Use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published workplace guidance for creating marijuana policies and...more
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ASTM International Sets Quality Standards for Sampling Hemp Seed -
ASTM International, a nonprofit organization that sets voluntary standards for a variety of industries, recently approved new...more
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Oregon Landowners Cautioned About Leasing Property for Illegal Cannabis Cultivation. Landowners in Jackson County, Oregon, were advised to do their due diligence when leasing their property for...more
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Cannabis Company Contests $166K Cash Seizure by Kansas Police. According to news articles, Kansas police seized $166,000 in Missouri medical marijuana profits during a traffic stop, claiming the...more
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SHRM Analyzes Workplace Cannabis Use by ‘Safety-Sensitive’ Employees. On Oct. 5, 2021, the Society of Human Resource Management analyzed how state workplace cannabis laws are applied to workers in...more
On Sept. 28, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 311, also known as Ryan’s Law, to allow terminally ill patients who have a valid medical cannabis card under California’s Compassionate Use Act to use medical cannabis...more
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FDA and CDC Issue Warnings on Delta-8 Use. In response to a marked uptick in reported adverse reactions and hospitalizations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ) and the Centers for Disease...more
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• Michigan Proposes Ban on Cannabis Billboards. This spring, lawmakers in Michigan introduced a bill to ban cannabis advertisements on billboards. As a reason for the proposal, one of the bill’s...more
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USDA Hemp Survey. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asked hemp growers to complete a survey gathering information on the total planted and harvested area, yield, production and value of...more
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• The National Institute of Standards and Technology published a 196-page report from the Cannabis Quality Assurance Program analyzing cannabis testing labs quantification of CBD and THC. The...more
In episode 9 of McGuireWoods' Edible Bites video webinar series, healthcare attorneys Kate Hardey, Royce DuBiner and Janice Suchyta discuss issues pertaining to cannabis and privacy laws, such as HIPAA and the California...more
8/12/2021
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In the newest episode McGuireWoods’ Edible Bites video series, Kate Hardey, Royce DuBiner and Rose Stern explore common questions and red flags for government contractors given the current conflict between state and federal...more
On July 1, 2021, Georgia’s new anti-kickback statute related to substance abuse patient brokering began prohibiting payment, or the offer of remuneration, to induce the referral of a patient to or from a substance abuse...more
In episode seven of the Edible Bites video webinar series, McGuireWoods’ Kate Hardey and Royce DuBiner examine all the facets of the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act, Measure 109. Tune in to their discussion of this Oregon law,...more
In episode 6 of the Edible Bites video webinar series, McGuireWoods’ Kate Hardey and Royce DuBiner had Kevin Michaelan, a senior manager at CohnReznick, drop in to dispel long-held assumptions of cannabis businesses and...more
In the first four months of 2021, numerous states, including Virginia, New Mexico, New York and New Jersey passed laws dismantling restrictions on recreational and medical cannabis. Employers in these states are raising...more
In episode five of McGuireWoods’ Edible Bites video series, topics of discussion center on employment law trends, how different state laws for medical and recreational cannabis impact employees, and how organizations should...more
4/13/2021
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Episode four of McGuireWoods’ Edible Bites video series features states that have come online related to the adult recreational-use marijuana market, including what’s happening in Illinois and newly legalized markets....more
A Jan. 27, 2021, McGuireWoods article discussed the Federal Trade Commission’s crackdown on deceptively marketed cannabidiol (CBD). The focus of the inquiry was to “send a clear message to the burgeoning CBD industry: Don’t...more
In episode three of McGuireWoods’ Edible Bites video series, the newly released U.S. Food and Drug Administration compounding pharmacy memorandum of understanding is hashed out, including discussion on key provisions and...more
While most cannabidiol (CBD) manufacturers and sellers focus on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), federal agencies outside the FDA have put their focus on the CBD industry....more
McGuireWoods’ Edible Bites video series serves up important information from the cannabis and life sciences industries. Episode two explores FDA guidance on microneedling products....more
McGuireWoods’ new Edible Bites video webinar series serves up important information from the cannabis and life sciences industries. Hosts Kate Hardey and Royce DuBiner focus their legal practice on regulatory and transaction...more
As the hemp-related product industry continues to grow, institutional lenders now have clarifying guidance to consider as they conduct diligence regarding potential borrowers. Specifically, the National Credit Union...more
On July 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for sample pooling of specimens when using the SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR diagnostic test from Quest Diagnostics....more