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Jul. 20, 2022

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals enters the fray around regulating hemp derived cannabinoids

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Sarah A. K. Blitz

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Sheppard Mullin

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For much of the 20th century, federal law did not differentiate hemp from other cannabis plants, all of which were effectively illegal as of 1937 under the Marihuana Tax Act and formally illegal as a Schedule I substance in 1970 under the Controlled Substances Act. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “2018 Farm Bill”) changed that, removing hemp, defined as “any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isome...

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