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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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

More than 10 million businesses advertised their products and services on Facebook during the third quarter of 2020. Unfortunately, almost none of those ads were cannabis businesses or cannabis-related businesses. At any moment, Facebook could shut down a cannabis business’ Facebook Page without notice.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the United States, where cannabis is still illegal under federal law, there are currently 19 states and the District of Columbia that allow the recreational use of marijuana. Of the MMJ states, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, South Dakota, and North Dakota had recreational cannabis on their ballots this November. . Starting Jan.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While recreational use of marijuana, or cannabis, has been legal in the Golden State since 2016 and medical marijuana has been legal since 1996, the bill, if approved by Governor Newsom, will be the first law in the state to specifically provide workplace protections for recreational and medical marijuana users.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–International cannabis brand Cookies today announced the debut of new top-shelf concentrate and flower product lines at the Cookies Tacoma retail location, with statewide availability coming soon through an exclusive partnership with expert extraction company Edgemont Group , maker of Full Spec and Leafwerx products.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Daylin Leach and Sharif Street have introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania for users over the age of 21. Pennsylvania’s cannabis policy is cruel, irrational and expensive,” Leach said in a statement. Pennsylvania’s cannabis policy is cruel, irrational and expensive,” Leach said.

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Weedistry

JANUARY 30, 2019

Andrew Cuomo’s plan to legalize recreational pot. Further, growing marijuana for personal recreational use in New York would remain illegal under the legislation. Current medical marijuana companies interested in getting a recreational use business license could have to submit bids at an auction, according to Cuomo’s plan.

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Veriheal

MARCH 21, 2023

Las Vegas has had a zero-tolerance policy for cannabis for decades. Many cannabis business owners and landlords in Las Vegas’ art district were hoping that the seven-member city council would not approve the rule requiring cannabis lounges to be at least 1,000 feet apart from one another.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

8, will see voters render a verdict on a broad scope of drug policy reform issues via their midterm ballots. This year, voters will have the opportunity to decide whether or not recreational cannabis can be used legally in a total of five states: Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

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?” Objective: Since 2012, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults ages 21 and older.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2020

As a law firm that has been helping cannabis businesses succeed since 2010, we couldn’t be more excited. And for good reason: the recreational market is expanding. The industry consensus is that the total THC requirement is impractical and likely devastating to cultivators and, therefore, to every business in the hemp supply chain.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

California legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, according to the New York Times. Eighteen states have passed laws legalizing the use of recreational cannabis, according to US News & World Report. Black and brown people own less than one percent of all licensed businesses.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 16, 2020

And there is endless news about the (lack of) relief for marijuana businesses. Maine voted to legalize marijuana in 2016, with sales scheduled to start in June. This week, the state’s Office of Marijuana Policy postponed sales indefinitely due to the pandemic. VIRGINIA DECRIMINALIZATION. MASSACHUSETTS.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

A report was released by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) on May 1 on the combined sale of cannabis across the U.S. It is unusual because a higher tax yield was expected, given that New Jersey and New Mexico joined in the sale of recreational cannabis that same year. The revenue generated in 2022 alone was $3.77

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 4, 2019

And even in states where recreational marijuana remains illegal, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, some colleges have launched cannabis studies programs in anticipation of legalization or to prepare students for jobs in other states. Marijuana is legal for medical purposes in 33 states and as a recreational drug in 10.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) recently released the first National Cannabis Equity Report , a 39-page document that explores the social equity programs within the 36 states that have legalized medicinal or recreational cannabis. Thirteen of these are in recreational states and two in medicinal states.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

John Bel Edwards (D) in 2016. 2020 also saw state legislation that prevented financial institutions from being penalized for housing the funds of cannabis businesses. After the first attempt at establishing a dispensary system was shut down by state senators in 2014, a second attempt the next year saw better results.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2020

Most cannabis businesses report they see the program as an investment in employees that also allows them to avoid large noncompliance fines. As a state with both legal medical and recreational marijuana, Massachusetts is leading the way with new compliance practices. Massachusetts Medical & Recreational Marijuana Policy.

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The Herb Collective

JANUARY 3, 2019

In 2016, voters finally got the Adult Use of Marijuana Act passed for recreational cannabis. California Marijuana rules and regulations have a significant influence on how other states regulate and control cannabis for their medical and recreational sales. Wholesale prices are now 40 percent lower then they were in 2016.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. Colorado, which opened recreational stores in January 2014, has the longest-running legalized marijuana market in the United States. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Finally, after more than eight decades, the state of New York has listened to the people and taken the necessary steps to reform archaic cannabis policy, legalizing access to both medical and recreational cannabis. New York Makes It Easier to Become an MMJ Patient.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 27, 2021

The recently published research, which comes courtesy of the Marijuana Policy Project , found that, as of this month, “states reported a combined total of $7.9 Oregon’s first adult-use marijuana sales began in 2016, but the state has already generated $540,071,765 since then.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

While employers in the US transport industry are acutely aware of the effects COVID-19 has imposed over the last 18 months, another phenomenon has been making itself known: the ever-increasing tally of states and localities across the country legalising cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The hearing is the first of the new Congress to address federal cannabis policy. It will cover the challenges that cannabis businesses face in securing accounts and credit lines from banks that are wary of taking on clients with ties to a federally banned substance. Can Weed Businesses Keep Up? It’s very exciting.”.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

As cannabis business lawyers, we write about cannabis law topics every day of the year on this blog, but we seldom address pure social issues. When it comes to cannabis, however, it is sometimes difficult to separate law and policy. Rescission of the Cole Memo , which gave some cover to marijuana businesses. of all reported U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2019

We are examining each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and also canvas each politician’s current stances on marijuana. Today, we turn to Bernie Sanders, the Senator from Vermont who almost wrestled the nomination away from Hilary Clinton in 2016. Last week, we covered Joe Biden. Overall Grade: A.

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NORML

DECEMBER 10, 2019

On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. Business licenses will soon be available , but when the state finally makes its first legal sale, it would have done so after a three-year delay. From 2008 to 2016, Russell served as a state representative in Maine’s government.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2019

We are examining each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and also canvas each politician’s current stances on marijuana. Today, we turn to Bernie Sanders, the Senator from Vermont who almost wrestled the nomination away from Hilary Clinton in 2016. Last week, we covered Joe Biden. Overall Grade: A.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

As Jason Ortiz, President of the Minority Cannabis Business Association (“MCBA”) and police accountability activist, stated in a recent press release , “[t]his [misallocation of marijuana tax revenue] is not just an Oregon problem, this is a national disgrace.” See also Marijuana and Racism: Bearing the Blunt of the Problem.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 9, 2021

Researchers from the center began studying water use by cannabis growers in 2017, following the legalization of recreational marijuana in California the previous year. A study from the University of California Berkeley Cannabis Research Center has determined that licensed cannabis cultivation operations use less water than previously thought.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

. “The Texas chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted an advocacy training day on Saturday with Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy and Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition.” ” Read more from the Austin Business Journal ! ” Read more from WTKR News 3 ! .

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The Joint Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

Not only is Pure Oasis the first recreational marijuana store in Boston, its the first in any of the major East Coast cities. This is only the beginning,” Matt Simon, New England political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told the Associated Press. We’ve got a long way to go before creating equity.”.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

JANUARY 31, 2019

There are currently 10 states that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, while 33 states have legalized the medical use of marijuana in varying forms. Effectively, the NFL is saying that their “workers”, the players, are unable to participate in a state legal activity, no matter the reason, due to their stringent drug policies.

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Veriheal

APRIL 29, 2021

Note: Veriheal does not support or endorse any political candidate or their policies. Cannabis reform policies that would decriminalize or remove cannabis from current federal scheduling have been bouncing around between the House and Senate for many years now.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Claire Simpson, a cannabis licensing consultant, said the board should consider the impact of high taxes on lawful cannabis business owners and the black market. We’re seeing this all over California … If our cannabis businesses can’t be profitable then we’re not going to get the tax revenue we need to fight the black market anyway.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

If Florida plans to increase its medical marijuana program through new legislative policies and marijuana dispensary standardized procedures, how exactly do we attempt to accomplish this? It all hinges solely on a vertical integration business model , which includes licensed cannabis businesses in Florida. CANNABIS PRIMER.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Singapore is tailor made for highly compliant organisations to be able to grow securely indoors and manage their business with little or no government intervention ( just pay your taxes!). Recreational Use & Drug Culture. The Australian Commonwealth has neither legalised nor decriminalised recreational marijuana use to date.

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