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Observations
The Cannabis Alliance - Town Hall - Bridging the Divide Between Cannabis and Hemp
(August 15, 2024) - WSDA Discussion
An organic-equivalent standard remained elusive, but a WSDA official and WSU researcher offered ideas regarding hemp and cannabis regulation before responding to attendee comments.
WA House RSG - Committee Meeting
(December 5, 2023) - Work Session - Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Pesticides
Lawmakers looked into how funds had been spent to help producers affected by contaminated soil and heard about a potential “service gap” in lab accreditation expected in July 2024.
WSLCB - Work Group - Cannabinoid Science - Public Meeting
(October 5, 2023) - Summary
Members reviewed already-submitted edits and suggested final changes to WSLCB recommendations on THC detectability, lab technology, product safety, and future topics.
DOE - Webinar - Accreditation of Cannabis Laboratories - Public Workshop
(August 10, 2023) - Summary
A second workshop to get responses to draft lab accreditation rules dealt with questions about the costs and process behind DOE staff taking over lab authority from WSLCB.
US House Oversight - Health Care and Financial Services - Subcommittee Hearing
(July 27, 2023) - Summary
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- United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee (US House Oversight - Health Care and Financial Services)
A congressional committee heard how lack of federal rulemaking on CBD and hemp products contributed to endangering consumers through sale of unsafe hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
The Week Ahead
(July 24, 2023)
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- Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (WSU Prosser IAREC)
In Oregon and Washington, land grant university and federal agricultural scientists invited the public to tour experimental fiber and grain hemp fields to learn about contemporary research.
WSLCB - Work Group - Cannabinoid Science - Public Meeting
(June 1, 2023) - Summary
The group contemplated human safety guidance for different cannabis products, research on growing cannabis in contaminated soil, and implementing a new standard for THC detectability.
WACA - Legislative Preview Conference - 2022 - WSDA Update
(December 13, 2022) - Summary
The WSDA Legislative Liaison reviewed department work impacting hemp and cannabis rules before taking questions about staffing and issues expected in the 2023 legislative session.
WSLCB - Board Caucus
(July 19, 2022) - Social Equity Programs
An expert briefing on social equity programs was a “depressing" preview of challenges any effort to distinguish applicants by race-based criteria would likely face before a “hostile” federal judiciary.
The Week Ahead
(September 6, 2021)
Summer is “officially” over as judged by policymaking on traceability, 2022 legislation, synthesized cannabinoids, and medical cannabis taxation in the week ahead.