Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

The complaint challenged Maine’s requirement that all owners of medical marijuana dispensaries must be residents of the state. The First Circuit’s decision effectively eliminates all residency requirements for becoming a cannabis licensee in the state. The DCC and state cannabis regulations.

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Canna Care Docs

JUNE 21, 2022

Since 2015, Texans with certain medical conditions have had access to medical marijuana through the state’s Compassionate Use Program. The Texas medical cannabis program, called CUP , is a little different from most states’ programs in that it limits THC content. Struggling with painful or uncomfortable symptoms?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The law created the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) , which is generally responsible for regulating the medical cannabis program, including licensing facilities that process, transport, test, or dispense medical cannabis. The state has close to 400 dispensaries total. There is no excise tax on medical cannabis.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 3, 2021

And there’s a social equity part to it where we’re not restricting this just to licensed dispensary owners.”. Yeager, in his third term at the state’s biennial legislature, has felt the frustration himself. Long considered the heir apparent to former State Sen. There’s going to be a ton of new competition.”.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 3, 2021

And there’s a social equity part to it where we’re not restricting this just to licensed dispensary owners.”. Yeager, in his third term at the state’s biennial legislature, has felt the frustration himself. Long considered the heir apparent to former State Sen. There’s going to be a ton of new competition.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 21, 2019

The two former officers of Vireo, which has New York dispensaries in White Plains and Johnson City, are accused of using the company’s armored vehicle to illegally transport medical cannabis oil from Minnesota to New York in December 2015.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The petitioners in this case lawfully operate a medium medical-marijuana dispensary in Colorado. In 2009 and 2013, the Department of Justice issued memorandums outlining a policy against intruding on state legalization schemes or prosecuting certain individuals who comply with state law.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 20, 2023

Recreational use of cannabis in Texas remains restrictive, with law enforcement being inconsistent even between Texas cities. The medicinal use of cannabis in the Texas Compassionate Use Act (the “Act”, 2015), provides for the medical sale and use of cannabis for individuals with specific defined illnesses. Code § 169.001 et seq. [vi]

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2021

Section 280E denies deductions and credits for amounts paid or incurred in carrying on the trade or business of trafficking controlled substances (within the meaning of Schedules I and II of the CSA), in violation of federal or state law. [13] CCH) 141, *5–6 (2015); Olive v. 2015), aff’d sub nom. Canna Care, Inc.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

Current Office: Senator from Vermont 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: A+ Sponsored Legislation: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act (2015-2016) Co-Sponsored Legislation: Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 (2017-2020), Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act (2017-2018). .” – 02/22/19. Bernie Sanders.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 21, 2021

. — Question marks still surround South Dakota’s implementation of a voter- initiated medical marijuana law fewer than 10 days before it is legal in the state, including to what extent the state will regulate or interact with grow farms or dispensaries on tribal lands.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 16, 2021

“The process was relatively secretive for these companies to go out and apply for and receive these licenses,” Ryan Ralston, executive director of Peachtree NORML , told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. In 2015, Georgia legalized the possession of cannabis oil containing a maximum of 5% THC. In 2019, Gov.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 3, 2021

And there’s a social equity part to it where we’re not restricting this just to licensed dispensary owners.”. Yeager, in his third term at the state’s biennial legislature, has felt the frustration himself. Long considered the heir apparent to former State Sen. There’s going to be a ton of new competition.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

P is a California corporation that operates a medical marijuana dispensary legally under California law. 280E applies to businesses operating legally under State law, notwithstanding its use of the word “trafficking. 3) does not apply to marijuana businesses legally operated under State law. .

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SpeedWeed

MAY 20, 2021

Russell’s past convictions included two 2004 home burglaries and in 2015, unlawful possession of a firearm. 10 years after his break-in conviction, Mississippi changed state law to consider home burglary to be an automatic violent crime. . There was just an emotion that you couldn’t otherwise imagine.”.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 26, 2021

State law limits the number of medical marijuana producers to six. Each licensee will be authorized to open five dispensaries,” the newspaper reported. . Georgia lawmakers first passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana in 2015, but the rollout has come at a glacial pace.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Compliance with state laws is of little benefit when it comes to federal bankruptcy, banking, and tax codes. Usually this exclusion falls under §1129(a)(3) which bars any plan “forbidden by law.” BAP 2015); In re Medpoint Mgmt., 2015); In re McGinnis , 453 B.R. The Federal Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. §§801-904

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This conflict between federal and state law has raised concerns among CPAs providing services to the marijuana industry. States Legalizing Marijuana. Barr also noted that Congress needs to make a decision as to whether federal law should be changed or followed. 15, 2019, [link] ).

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

MARCH 9, 2022

However, even though it is legal in your state, you should know about your state’s laws for driving while high, what it means for levels of intoxication, and amounts that you can own without a dispensary license. Be sure to understand your state law before buying or consuming pot. Medical Marijuana.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

a “closed loop system”) for enterprising patients and caregivers to essentially commercialize medical cannabis through large scale grows and dispensaries (with no government oversight or regulation). So, in 2015, the Assembly passed the MMRSA (which it later renamed the MCRSA). At the same time, Prop. 64 and MAUCRSA.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

(Georgia is a cannabis backwater, but it legalized the growth, manufacture, and sale of low-THC oil in 2015.). In denying the motion, the Georgia Supreme Court deferred obsequiously to federal law and the illegality of cannabis. It held that passage of state laws permitting and regulating federal crimes do not alter the 1.2(d)

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 23, 2019

Prior to getting involved in Tax Law, Dionne was a litigator for several years, representing Lenders, Banks and Servicers in Foreclosure actions. Setting up routes and ensuring compliance with both the Department of Transportation and state medical or adult-use marijuana laws is difficult.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

. “Chris Goldstein, a local organizer with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said the ban was bad for patients and sent a signal to the industry that it’s not wanted in Philadelphia.” ” Read more from The Philadelphia Tribune ! ” Read more from WHYY ! . ” Read more from Fox 7 !

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

Users can search for and review cannabis dispensaries, brands, strains, delivery services, and a host of other cannabis or cannabis-related products and services in states in which cannabis has been legalized for medical or recreational use. Follow State Law (and Require that Customers Do Too). ” 25.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

In total, permits/endorsements will be accepted for up to five cultivation facilities, 15 dispensaries and four vertically integrated operators (including one cultivation endorsement, one manufacturing endorsement, and one dispensary endorsement). Applications for dispensaries are due August 21 at 3 p.m. since 2015.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

A lot of the adult use, legalization has built upon the medical dispensary infrastructure, logistical infrastructure, the inspections and laboratory requirements in some states, and I imagine that also the political power of massive industries plays a role in pushing for further advancement. Now, some states have different tax rates.

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SMPL

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It amended the law in 1991, then left the program to wither on the regulatory vine, with the Department of Health failing to appoint a Marijuana Prescription Review Board or to draw up contracts with national groups for production and distribution. That began to change in 2015, when Republican state Sen. ” It’s not.

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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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Connor & Connor PLLC

AUGUST 30, 2018

a California medical marijuana dispensary, and denied Canna’s deductions for operating expenses, including significant amounts for employee salaries and vehicle expenses. The company appealed the IRS’ findings to the United States Tax Court. The company appealed the IRS’ findings to the United States Tax Court. Memo 2015-206.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The regulations provide inventory accounting rules for resellers (Dispensaries) at section 1.471-9 and for producers under the “full absorption method” at section 1.471-11.[8] 11] The courts have also held that the paraphernalia and T-shirt component of a dispensary isnot a separate business and it is also subject to section 280E.

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