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Minnesota’s New Recreational Cannabis Law Results in First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Testing Scheme

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Since 2014, Minnesota has provided applicants and employees with protections if they lawfully use cannabis for medicinal purposes. This expanded definition should avoid litigation in Minnesota over whether the CPA covers a product that is legal under state law, but not federal law, as we saw in Coats v.

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Clark County continues to eye pot-law changes

Cannabis Chronicles

Sticky’s Pot Shop, which unsuccessfully defied the county’s ban on recreational cannabis, will reopen in its Hazel Dell location should the Clark County Council vote to reverse the prohibition. After last year’s elections, the council began rethinking the ban, which has been in place since 2014.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Given the territorial nature of trademark law, it may even be that counterfeiters in illegal states have a head start as to priority, as compared with the original companies that created the marks but operated strictly in accordance with state law. See NORML, State Laws – Legalization (last accessed Dec.

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The Deduction of Cannabis Business Expenses Following New York’s 2023 Budget

Cannabis Law Report

The use of cannabis for medical purposes has been permitted in New York since 2014. Its recreational use was legalized only recently, in March of 2021. Query whether, at the end of the day, the principal beneficiaries of legalization will be the tax-collecting states and lower-priced illicit businesses. xx] [link].

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Article – Faegre Baker Daniels: Key Considerations for U.K. Investment in the Legal Cannabis Industry Abroad

Cannabis Law Report

cannabis is illegal for recreational use and is classified as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. THC (legal term “marijuana”) is classified as a Schedule 1 drug and is illegal under federal law for any purpose (with the exception of FDA-approved research programs) by way of the Controlled Substances Act 1970.

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NJ Lawmakers Look To Introduce Legislation Banning Cannabis Consumption By Specific Workers – 4 Bills Submitted So Far

Cannabis Law Report

As New Jersey nears the end of its first month of legal recreational marijuana sales, lawmakers have introduced a series of bills aimed at restricting what types of workers can use cannabis off the job. That would include any workers who operate tractors, dump trucks, excavators, and bulldozers, plus law enforcement officers.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. The study , entitled “What is the likelihood that underage youth can obtain marijuana from licensed recreational marijuana outlets in California, a state where recreational marijuana is legal?”