MMJ Recs

MAY 5, 2024

Following Proposition 215, the legal framework surrounding medical marijuana continued to evolve and in 2003, the California State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 420 , also known as the Medical Marijuana Program Act. These include access to banking services, federal prohibition, and ongoing regulatory issues.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2019

Lawyers for Seattle Events a Non-Profit Corporation, producer of Seattle Hempfest , have filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court to challenge the constitutionality of Washington State’s restrictions free speech rights of businesses licensed under the state’s 502 legal Cannabis program.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

With our ability to structure asset-based lending solutions for complex transactions, we provide our clients innovative loan programs that enable them to scale their operations, and cross numerous thresholds that most thought were unattainable. “In 2022, we expect to see a sustained need for commercial real estate funding to continue.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After suffering a close defeat in 2016, Arizona’s new recreational cannabis law passed with 60% of the vote on November 3, 2020. In addition, Arizona will now have a new Social Equity Ownership Program. Under this program, Arizona will issue 26 additional licenses.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The region has been instrumental in highly regulated industries, such as alcohol and tobacco, and the only federally sanctioned cannabis grow program has operated at the University of Mississippi since the 1960s. Although several Southern states have enacted medical cannabis programs, no states have embraced recreational use of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Lara said the California Department of Insurance will use its discretion in deciding whether to issue licenses to those with cannabis-related convictions in support of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, approved by voters in 2016. Reports Insurance Journal. They write.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

This means we are unlikely to see a full-scale merger of the medical and recreational cannabis programs in 2019 (too bad), and that most of the legislation will be maintenance oriented and reactive. Oregon Opens Its Cannabis Industry to Non-Residents (2016). Oregon Marijuana: The Banking Bill (2016). How did we get here?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 11, 2022

12 additional defendants were charged in a 14-count criminal complaint filed today in federal court, describing the conspiracy’s end-run around Maine’s medical marijuana program. According to court documents, from about 2016 through July 2020, Randal Cousineau , 69, participated in a conspiracy to illegally cultivate and sell marijuana.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

Florida for Care Executive Director Ben Pollara, the legalization advocate who helped lead Florida’s successful medical marijuana campaign in 2016, pointed out another problem in a recent op-ed published in the Fort Myers News-Press. Iowa is one state that began its medical marijuana legalization program with extremely tight THC limits.

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SMPL

AUGUST 14, 2019

While the House approved a budget rider that would extend protections to adult-use programs , it’s not clear how that will fare in the Senate—and even if it passes, it must be annually renewed, creating uncertainty. The final part of the resolution discusses the need to support research into cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Compass received a Food and Drug Administration “Breakthrough Therapy” designation in 2018 for its program of psilocybin therapy, and its clinical trial for depression is the most advanced in the industry. He has worked with major investment firms and has experience in finance, investment, and banking.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines. Cameron Vance, Ph.D. Eric Stevens.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2019

Lawmakers in 2017 passed a law carrying out the legalization of medical marijuana approved by 71 percent of voters in 2016, but it barred patients from access to smokable marijuana, restricting them to oils and baked goods. West Virginia Bill Would Give Banking Access to Cannabis Companies. Gary Farmer, D- Lighthouse Point.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2019

The new 18-member committee will convene by phone and in-person bimonthly to work through ways to expand patient access, increase innovation and technology in the industry, and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Department of Health’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use to improve Florida’s medical marijuana policies and programs.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 4, 2019

In 2016, Illinois decriminalized possession of pot. Opioid Alternative Pilot Program. You can give anything from the list – state ID, bank statements, driver’s license, voter ID, or utility bills. However, it took more than a couple of years for the registered patients to buy themselves some medical marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 17, 2020

As Congress is considering legislation to provide banks with a safe harbor for providing services to those in the cannabis industry, other areas, from financial services to soft drink manufacturers, are actively assessing how the explosion of this new market will impact their products and services. Compliance program.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Mr. Spiro is a former prosecutor and the former coordinator of a program focused on children with autism at McLean Hospital, Harvard’s psychiatric hospital. Jones recently announced its results for the second quarter of 2021 which included its highest quarterly revenue since 2012 and its first profitable quarter since 2016.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Social equity programs are a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S. That makes it worthwhile for industry insiders and activists to examine how some of the programs have done – particularly as more states, and perhaps Congress, consider legalizing marijuana and incorporating social equity in some form. The Oakland and L.A.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 25, 2022

An email sent by the charity stated it had secured the MDMA for the trial and that “this trial will give graduates and participants in our Certificate of Psychedelic- Assisted Therapies (CPAT) Program the chance to actually undergo Psychedelic Assisted therapy in a clinically controlled environment”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

While some states had authorized industrial hemp pilot programs for research through the 2014 Farm Bill, hemp growers were subject to strict regulations and were not offered federal support such as crop insurance. Medical sales peaked toward the end of 2016, while recreational sales continued to rise. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

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. to be paid into his Spanish bank account and allowed the fraudsters to withdraw money from that account. In the U.S.,

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 5, 2019

The CCPA does not define “reasonable security procedure and policies,” but California’s Attorney General provided some guidance in its February 2016 California Data Breach Report.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Somewhere in between these two states, when considering Texas and New York as opposite ends of the United States’ marijuana regulatory-reform spectrum, falls Florida, where medical marijuana has been legal since 2016.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 22, 2021

Akanda will be led by accomplished cannabis and corporate finance and banking industry executive Tej Virk. At the beginning of his career, Virk spent 15 years in investment banking and capital markets at BMO Financial Group (NYSE: BMO). Akanda: A Leading Integrated Medical Cannabis Company for International Markets.

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Cannabis Info

MAY 3, 2019

Nowadays, more and more breeding programs are focusing on medical cannabis , and are therefore targeting different cannabinoid contents , mainly focusing on cannabidiol (CBD), but also on other cannabinoids like cannabidivarin (CBDV) or cannabigerol (CBG). This is where breeding and selection programs are focusing. J Nat Prod.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

AUGUST 4, 2021

California was the first to legalize medical marijuana in 1996 and recreational use in 2016). marijuana laws, establish funding for restorative justice programs, set federal tax rates for cannabis products and allow individual states to decide whether they want to legalize cannabis or not. What Would New Federal Marijuana Bill Do?

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NORML

JUNE 15, 2020

State lawmakers enacted a limited medical cannabis access law in 2016. However, the program did not become operational until August of last year. House Bills 418 and 211 also take effect on August 1, 2020.

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NORML

JUNE 4, 2019

State Legal Medical Programs. Since 2014, there has been a spending restriction that prevents the Department of Justice from spending one penny or paperclip to take action against state-legal medical cannabis programs. SAFE Banking. This year marks the first time that this language was included in the base text.

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NORML

JUNE 1, 2020

.” Legislators also approved HB 211 , which seeks to encourage banks and other financial institutions to provide services to state-licensed medical cannabis businesses. State lawmakers enacted a limited medical cannabis access law in 2016. However, the program did not become operational until last year. John Bel Edwards.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

Knowledge compels most people, organizations, companies and even communities to more actively participate in all levels of the Florida government medical marijuana program at the local, state, and federal levels. What growth and setbacks are happening in our current state program, and ultimately, on the national front?

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

NORML Key West Legal Seminar – Key Trends and Near-Term Forecasts for State Cannabis Programs | Friday, December 3rd at 11:50AM EST. Get your Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for practicing attorneys during this event! Join Harris Bricken attorney, Vince Sliwoski as he provides forecasts for state cannabis programs.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Days later, the Chief Deputy announced that the cite and release program will be put on hold, without further details. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

iii] Deputy Attorney General James Cole summarized cannabis related financial crimes in a February 14, 2014 memorandum: “The provisions of the money laundering statutes, the unlicensed money remitter statute, and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) remain in effect with respect to marijuana-related conduct. 1960), and the BSA. 3101 ); . (7)

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 5, 2019

Additionally, Whitney also is a committed pro bono attorney and, in 2016, she was honored with the firm’s Bob Gerber Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award in recognition of her commitment to volunteering legal services to those in need. The firm also advises business such as banks that do business with cannabis industry clients.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

All we can do is follow each respective state’s program guidelines and laws as found at NORML State Info. . In absence of another option, however, Florida must continually pass rules and make program changes. with proof of state residency such as bank statement, utility bill, etc. has Medical Cannabis innovation fever.

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The Cannigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

One 22 now, one 19, and that in 2016, I had a cannabis awakening. Anyways, 2016, I’m back at work. 2016 also happened to be the same year that Massachusetts, my hometown, I’ve never left the commonwealth of Massachusetts, puritans by my heart. I could actually see that in 2016, things are just shifting in my home state.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 4, 2021

He is the founder of Apeiron Investment Group, his family office and merchant banking business. Former mixed martial artist, Ian McCall, has created an integration program for high-performance athletes and performers called The McCall Method. Lucia started her career advising pharmaceutical companies in investment banking.

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