Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

These states haven’t made major headlines for their progressive cannabis policies, but together they constitute a major market that has, nevertheless, dipped its toe in the water. Until 2019, however, no law provided a way to access that oil. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 16, 2021

In 2015, Georgia legalized the possession of cannabis oil containing a maximum of 5% THC. Brian Kemp signed a bill that legalized the production and sale of low-THC cannabis oil in the state, and Ralston said Peachtree NORML followed this legislation closely. In 2019, Gov.

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Oil Dispensary Patients THC 52

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

It was about legitimately ill Californians finally getting access to cannabis to self-medicate, and it did an amazing job serving that end goal. So, in 2015, the Assembly passed the MMRSA (which it later renamed the MCRSA). What licensees have to understand is that these taxes are put on these products not because of state greed.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

This article summarizes the current, confusing framework of federal statutes, state statutes, and judicial decisions addressing employers’ rights and obligations relating to marijuana use, and provides practical advice for employers in states where medical or recreational marijuana use has been legalized.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

“This would be a big deal in terms of changing our policies to follow states like Colorado, Washington, California, that we’ve seen move forward ending prohibition, not only stopping the arrests, as we’ve done significantly in Illinois with our decriminalization laws, but to open up the marketplace.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

New Jersey recently responded to public demand to revise and expand its medical marijuana program to address issues such as supply scarcity, employment and hiring concerns, and geographic access problems. The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 22, 2019

In a joint op-ed in Fox Business today, American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols and Credit Union National Association President and CEO Jim Nussle called on lawmakers to resolve the existing conflict between federal and state law with respect to proceeds from cannabis-related businesses. Published July 18, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 6, 2022

Since 2015, the FDA has sent warning letters to companies allegedly illegally selling unapproved cannabinoid (CBD) products. COAs are generally issued by accredited laboratories and many states require sellers to include COAs with each cannabis or CBD product.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. Prior research on enforcement of the minimum legal marijuana use age of 21 (MLMU-21) laws is limited. years after the state legalized recreational marijuana compared with the 3? 1988, Jones et al.,

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The stated IRS goal here is “to positively impact filing and paying and reporting compliance on the part of all cannabis businesses to keep audits to a minimum.”. This IRS effort began last fall when the federal agency added a “ Marijuana Industry ” page to its website, dedicated to tax policy for cannabis companies. See Olive v.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

Public Policy. According to the English cases of R v Loizou [2004], R v Geary [2010] and GH [2015] , property must be “criminal property” at the time the alleged criminal activity was undertaken. This type of activity is not what POCA was designed to criminalise, and it is considered unlikely that the U.K. In the U.S.,

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

In recent years, the United States has seen a proliferation of ketamine clinics. From 2015 to 2018, the number of clinics increased from 60 to 300; that number is undoubtedly higher today. Failure to follow these very specific legal directives can lead to immediate criminal liability under federal law.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

At the end of the episode, Debbie Churgai, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, discusses the various ways that military veterans — who could very much benefit from medical cannabis — have difficulty accessing it and the ways that the Veterans Administration can address that issue. Produced by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 26, 2021

This will be a significant and positive change for a state that has gone too long without a true medical program. The move was greenlit by Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, which “voted unanimously to select the six companies from 69 that had applied for licenses,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. There are other avenues Congress can take besides rescheduling marijuana to ameliorate the seeming breakdown in federalism brought about by federal marijuana policy. It was not a policy priority of the Obama administration.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

As of September 2018, Forbes reported just 30 percent of cannabis firms in the US had access to bank accounts. Fourth Corner applied for approval from the US Federal Reserve and also sued the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in 2015, claiming the NCUA improperly denied it federal share insurance.

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Banking Hemp Business Cannabis 77

MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For example, Pelosi has talked about marijuana (and yoga) as a safer alternative to opioids and she pushed back against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to rescind an Obama-era marijuana guidance policy. Crucially, her staff have always been available, willing and ready to advance drug policy reform,” he said.

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Marijuana Legislation Policy Decriminalization 58

NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Application of the law is applied to persons who own, nurture, or distribute cannabis in enormous quantities. State Law The law on cannabis use varies from state-to-state and penalties differ depending on the gravity of the violation. Let us take a look at some California state laws.

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