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The  California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Cannabis Advisory Committee, which advises the Bureau, held its first meeting of 2021 on Wednesday. (Read  Cannabis Wire’scoverage of the culmination of the group’s 2020 work.) The agenda included everything from a presentation on the “state of cannabis equity,” from the  United CORE Alliance, to a discussion of topics for subcommittees to consider this year. Members of the public suggested topics from “mental health risks of marijuana use” to a look at the unique considerations of rural communities to a reconsideration of the tra...

Congress members  Rep. Morgan Griffith, a Republican of Virginia, and  Rep. Kurt Schrader, a Democrat of Oregon, have reintroduced their Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act.  They introduced an Act by the same name last year. It would, in short: “make hemp, cannabidiol derived from hemp, and any other ingredient derived from hemp lawful for use under the  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as a dietary ingredient in a dietary supplement, and for other purposes.” The Act comes as the FDA’s rule making on which CBD products are legal has, a...

An excerpt from recent editions of the Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter.

Assembly members Benjie Wimberly and Annette Quijano introduced  A 5211, which “updates and clarifies recent legislation passed by both Houses of the Legislature addressing cannabis legalization, and marijuana and hashish decriminalization.”  On Thursday, the  Senate Judiciary Committee released an identical bill,  S3320, passing it 7-3. The discussion in the Assembly lasted less than 15 minutes. The first comments came from  Joe Johnson of ACLU-NJ, who began by saying, “I had prepared remarks this morning to express our opposition to the scheme on how to deal with minors caught ...

HB 89 will expand the approved conditions list for medical cannabis to include “moderate to severe insomnia.” HB 90 will allow medical cannabis shops in the state, known as “alternative treatment centers,” to “acquire and use in manufacturing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) isolate.” HB 163 will require medical cannabis shops to “prepare information regarding the risk of cannabis use during pregnancy,” and it will require state health officials to “prepare a brochure relative to the risk of cannabis use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.” UFCW settles unionization...