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7th CBD OutLook: Federal Hemp Action-DrLloyd@CBD4mg.com
8:15: “Short Abbrev’s and Long Links”-- Hemp/CBD Fundamentals
Lloyd Covens, CBD OutLook Host and Editor, West420NewsWeekly
8:30: “Roots of Hemp Success: The Colorado Hemp Farm OutLook”
Brian Koontz, Program Director, Hemp, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture
FlashbackVideo: Dr Sanya Gupta Meets Charlotte Figi -- CNN Presents WEED-1 (2016)
9:00 - "SKU For You: Consumer Demands in the Hemp/CBD Segment"
Joe Hodas, MJ Pioneer (President(past), WANA Brands/ ex-Mktg Dir, DIXIE Elixirs)
Art Massolo, Live Happy (ex-Cycling Frog)
Ed Lehrberger, Vice Chairman, Restorative Botanicals
Jonathan Black, CEO, Cheech & Chongs' Global Cannabis Holdings
10:30am – Regulatory RoundUp: Next at HHS, DOJ, DEA & the State Hemp Movers
Jason Adelstone, Senior Associate, Harris Slikowski Law
Robert Hoban, International Desk, ARROWs Law – CTrust
Jonathan Miller, General Counsel, U.S. Hemp Authority
Mary Jane Oatman, ICIA: Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association
11:35pm: “The One-Plant Cannabis Solution”
Jordan Wellington, Co-Founder, Strategies64/ Host, WeedWonks
12:00- “Unraveling the CMMS (Medicare) Pilot for
CBD Senior ACO Program (video)
Sasha Korn Kalcheff, Program Director, Realm of Caring
Stephanie Sherer, Co-Founder/ Director, Americans for Safe Access
1pm State-To-State Update: New Jersey – Virginia – Ohio-- California and
“Health Dept Hemp Rollback: Is Texas D8 Toast?
David Sergi, Founder/ Director Sergi Law Associates
1:30pm: “Triple Threat at Final Products: Natural, Semi and Synthetic Processes”
Darwin Millard, Co-Founder, CSQ- Cannabis Safety & Quality – ASTM
2pm: Closing Audience Master Conversation:
Lloyd Covens, Director, 8th CBD OutLook (Broomfield, Colo) October 9-10, 2026
Next OnLine Open Meeting: FedHempBan & DEA MedMJ Admin Hearing--
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Plan to share your ideas, concerns and insights (live on Lin ked In and StreamYard) as we sort through how all of these competing interests shape our hemp/cannabis industries as 2027 commences.
Special mini-profiles on the important state law changes coming to: Texas -- Ohio -- Minnesota -- Virginia -- South Carolina and New Jersey.
Speakers above include: Bob Hoban (ARROWS Law), Jordan Wellington (Strategies64), Mary Jane Oatman (Tribal Hemp Assn), Joe Hodas (WANA Brands past prez), Jason Adelstone (Harris Slikowski), Ed Lehrberger (Restorative Botanicals), Darwin Millard (CSQ- Cannabis Safety & Quality), David Sergi (Sergi Law/ Texas) and Brian Koontz (Colo Department of Agriculture Hemp Program). Hosted by Dr Lloyd Covens, publisher at West420News. See you May 21st
2026 MedMJ Milestones to Sked3
Compiled by Americans for Safe Access--
2. DEA: The new Notice of Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking (NHPRM): Docket No. DEA-1362; Attorney General Order No. 6753-2026: "Every 'interested person' as defined in 21 CFR 1300.01(b) as 'any person adversely affected or aggrieved by any rule or proposed rule issuable' who wishes to participate in the hearing shall file a written notice of intention to participate. Electronic filing may be made as a PDF attachment via email to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Attn: Administrator at nprm@dea.gov, on or before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 24, 2026.
May 24, 2026: Deadline for "interested party" submissions to NHPRM
June 26, 2026: Deadline for medical cannabis businesses to register with the DEA
June 29, 2026: New Administrative hearing set to begin for broader marijuana rescheduling.
July 15, 2026: The new administrative hearing will conclude, according to the DOJ Press Release
November 2026: Changes to federal hemp law are expected to take effect, which may affect some hemp-derived cannabinoid products. This is separate from the DOJ/DEA medical cannabis order but may affect patients using full-spectrum CBD or other hemp-derived products. 7 U.S.C. § 1639o — Hemp Definition
December 26, 2026: 6-month target for DEA to approve medical cannabis registrations
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