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The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC), formerly known as the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, is a government agency of the U.S. state of Oregon.The OLCC was created by an act of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1933, days after the repeal of prohibition, as a means of providing control over the distribution, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages. [1]
Marijuana's status and classification under federal law hinders oversight and scientific research. States have implemented inconsistent standards and regulations, with only two states capping THC levels in most recreational marijuana products and just ten requiring warnings about the potential for habit formation.
The cannabis industry is composed of legal cultivators and producers, consumers, independent industrial standards bodies, ancillary products and services, regulators and researchers concerning cannabis and its industrial derivative, hemp. The cannabis industry has been inhibited by regulatory restrictions for most of recent history, but the ...
As legal marijuana becomes more widespread, some state officials are battling the sale of unregulated products derived from hemp, which is federally classified as distinct from marijuana. Some of those products are sold in packaging similar to common candies or chips and contain delta-8 THC, a synthesized from of CBD that’s prevalent in hemp.
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
Federal law defines an alcoholic beverage as any beverage that contains 0.05% or more of alcohol, and federal law prohibits driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher. [12] Manufacture and sale of alcohol was illegal in the United States during the Prohibition between 1920 and 1933.
Even though hemp-derived products were federally legalized six years ago, products like delta-8 can still show up as marijuana on standard drug tests.
Cannabis sativais usually found growing in hot and dry places such as Africa, South America and parts of Asia. This strain gives users a cerebral high and produces an energetic feeling.