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Who will oversee adult use in Ohio?
Now we know.
The Department of Commerce announced that James V. Canepa will be the first Superintendent of the Division of Cannabis Control. Canepa most recently served as the Superintendent of the Division of Liquor Control.
Ohio’s adult use measure, passed by voters at the ballot box in November, as Cannabis Wire reported at the time, went into effect last week.
Netherlands’ first adult use pilot kicks off.
For years, Cannabis Wire has been closely following and reporting on the creation of an adult use pilot project in the Netherlands. The goal is to establish and study a regulated supply chain in several cities by licensing growers who will supply and work with coffee shops (retail). Until now, supply to these coffee shops has been totally unregulated, and the coffee shops are only tolerated.
Today, the first two localities in the Netherlands, Breda and Tilburg, will kick off their experiments.
The Netherlands is just one European country that has embarked upon a pilot project, either for medical or adult use, as Cannabis Wire recently reported.
New York’s hemp rules are adopted.
New York has made permanent its hemp regulations, which were filed in the State Register this week.
“This was a thoughtful effort and approach, but just like all regulations, we’ll continue to fine tune these regulations as we move forward and continue to learn more,” Office of Cannabis Management executive director Chris Alexander said at the November Cannabis Control Board meeting.
“Adoption of these regulations will help ensure that we continue to protect public health and safety and the welfare of consumers from the immediate threat posed by intoxicating cannabinoids and products currently being sold outside of our licensed dispensary framework in New York State.”
Interestingly, when crafting the rules, OCM formed an “Intoxicating Hemp Workgroup” to inform the regs.
+ More background: In July, the state put in place emergency rules in place related to cannabinoid hemp products. Then, in August, a small group of hemp businesses sued state regulators over the rules, which established limits of the CBD to THC ratio for these types of products at 15:1, with a ceiling of 10 mg of THC per package. In November, the judge ruled in favor of the hemp companies. But the final rules are unchanged.
+ Even more: Here are the 200+ public comments that came in on the hemp rules, if you’d like to take a look.
