{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbn/california/","compound":{"slug":"cbn","name":"CBN (Cannabinol)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinol"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"CA","name":"California"},"as_of":"2026-09-23","answer":"As of September 23, 2026, CBN (Cannabinol) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in California. CBN unscheduled; legal but gated by CDPH intoxicating-hemp overlay (no detectable total THC/serving, max 5 servings/pkg, 21+); the THC cap i. The limit is 0 no detectable total THC per serving (limit of detection) (mg per serving). Controlling source: California Health & Safety Code 11054(d)(20) (Schedule I, 'Tetrahydrocannabinols'; cannabinol/CBN not named).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"CBN unscheduled; legal but gated by CDPH intoxicating-hemp overlay (no detectable total THC/serving, max 5 servings/pkg, 21+); the THC cap i","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"concentration_cap","schedule_class":null,"limit":{"type":"mg_per_serving","value":0,"unit":"no detectable total THC per serving (limit of detection)"},"effective_date":"2024-09-23","verified_at":"2026-09-23","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"HSC 11054(d)(20) (Schedule I): 'Tetrahydrocannabinols. Synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of Cannabis, sp. and/or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity...' (CBN is not a tetrahydrocannabinol and lacks THC-like pharmacological activity -- not within this entry; 'cannabinol' appears zero times in s 11054). -- Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 s 23100(a): 'Each serving in a package shall have no detectable amount of total THC, and... Each package shall have no more than five servings...' s 23100(d): 'A person shall not manufacture, warehouse, distribute, offer, advertise, market, or sell industrial hemp final form food products... that are above the limit of detection for total THC per serving.' -- s 23005: 'A person shall not offer or sell industrial hemp final form food products intended for human consumption... to a person under 21 years of age.' -- HSC 11018.5(a): 'industrial hemp... with a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis... Total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration includes both delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid...'","excerpt_source_url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=11054.&lawCode=HSC","citations":[{"title":"California Health & Safety Code 11054(d)(20) (Schedule I, 'Tetrahydrocannabinols'; cannabinol/CBN not named)","url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=11054.&lawCode=HSC","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"leginfo.legislature.ca.gov","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"California Health & Safety Code 11018.5 (industrial hemp definition; total-THC 0.3% dry weight = delta-9 + THCA)","url":"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=11018.5.&lawCode=HSC","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"leginfo.legislature.ca.gov","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"CDPH Industrial Hemp regulations, Cal. 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