Controlled Substances, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), THC

Maybe So, Maybe Not: Mississippi AG’s Office Opines That Mississippi Law Prohibits Most Consumable Hemp Products While Recognizing...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/18/2025

All participants of Mississippi’s cannabis industry should take notice of an opinion the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office published on June 11, 2025. The opinion answered three questions Mississippi Rep. Lee Yancey...more

Cannabis Plain Packaging Rules: Examples and Opportunities

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/15/2023

Much attention has recently been placed on hemp-derived products marketed in packaging that mimics popular snack foods. Originally published in Law360 - August 15, 2023....more

The Great Delta-8 Debate: Many Shades of Grey?

Holland & Hart LLP on 6/22/2022

Confused by the legal status of Delta-8? Why wouldn’t you be?… it is confusing. Delta-8 is a legally complicated derivative of the Cannabis Sativa plant. As the FDA acknowledges, “Delta-8 THC is one of over 100 cannabinoids...more

Ninth Circuit Rules on Legality of Delta-8 THC Products

Perkins Coie on 5/20/2022

On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion holding that Delta-8 THC products are legal at the federal level and eligible for intellectual property protection...more

FDA Cites Five Companies for Illegally Selling Delta-8 THC and CBD Products

Hogan Lovells on 5/18/2022

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued Warning Letters to five companies selling products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8 THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). In addition to the various violations...more

The Delta-8 Debacle: Looking at Texas’s (Temporarily) Failed Attempt to Make Delta-8 Products Illegal

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/12/2021

Texas’s cannabis industry can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. Delta-8 THC, the increasingly popular hemp-derived cannabinoid that produces effects similar to Delta-9 THC, has been removed from Texas’s list of Schedule I...more

Delta-8 THC Is Popular. But Is It Legal?

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 3/16/2021

In the past few months, sales of Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as “Delta-8 THC” or “weed light,” have grown tremendously. So, it’s popular. But is it legal? At the federal level, the answer is hazy. And in Rhode...more

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