DEA issues new hemp and CBD rules (Newsletter: August 21, 2020)

Mexican president: Legal cannabis vote soon; NJ poll shows support for legalization; OR drug decrim measure’s 1st ad; Psychedelic funders step up Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [], forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt, callback: cb } ); } } } })(); Email address: Leave this field empty if you’re human: Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… By starting a $10 per month pledge on Patreon—or about 45 cents per issue of this newsletter—you can help us rely less on ads to cover our expenses, hire more journalists and bring you even more marijuana news. https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment / TOP THINGS TO KNOW The Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled a set of hemp and CBD rules to comply with federal legalization of the crop and its derivatives under the 2018 Farm Bill. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said marijuana legalization will advance through the country’s Congress, which reconvenes on September 1. “They are going to decide freely, listening to the opinion of all the parties… There is going to be a legal reform.” A new poll shows that New Jersey voters are ready to approve a marijuana legalization referendum on their ballots this November, with 66% in support. The survey also finds that people want to tax cannabis at a higher rate than the normal sales tax.…

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