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. Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 30, 2022

While Keystone State’s Medical Marijuana Program is booming with over 400 thousand active medical cannabis patients—Pennsylvania is primed to expand into an explosive adult-use market serving approximately 8.8 Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program. to officially sign the bill into law. 167 So Important?

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

DiNapoli’s office, the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets inspected only 57 percent of growers authorized to produce hemp under a state pilot program that authorizes the limited cultivation of the plant. Ag and Markets would supervise the growers and the state Health Department would oversee hemp extract.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. 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. STATE OF FLORIDA. AUTHOR: Heather Allman. Kim Rivers; 2.Barry

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 12, 2019

During her employment Walmart had a drug testing policy which expressly stated that employees were prohibited from “[r]eporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including medical marijuana.” Plaintiff was aware of Walmart’s drug testing policy and acknowledged her understanding of the policy.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. Instead, early, state-chartered CUs began using a three-tiered system to analyze potential MRB clients within the FinCEN framework.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

There also has been a notable increase in cannabis use in states where cannabis was more recently legalised, with 22 to 25% of adults regularly using cannabis in Maine (2016), Massachusetts (2016), and Alaska (2014). These trends present both challenges and opportunities for the transportation industry.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

At the state level the problems are more generally bureaucratic inertia,” Eric E. Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation told The Cannigma during a Zoom call this week. “A Several states have carved out access to medical cannabis for people on probation or parole. (Rebekah Zemansky/Shutterstock). “At

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Kays advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters arising under federal and state laws. She is experienced in litigating federal and state court cases involving the defense of employment discrimination claims, wrongful discharge, and retaliation matters. Walmart Inc. ,

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Now, California county prosecutors can use a program to reduce or even erase about 220,000 cannabis convictions following voters legalizing the drug in 2016. It became the first state to legalize cannabis via the legislature, not through a ballot measure. It aims at clearing about 75,000 marijuana convictions.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 17, 2020

Federalism and the current conflict between federal and state law. As of October 16, 2019, 34 states have legalized the medical the use of marijuana. Thirteen additional states have legalized the medical use of low THC marijuana. Also, eleven states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Then in November 2016, Prop. What licensees have to understand is that these taxes are put on these products not because of state greed. They are, among other things, a public policy deterrent to habitual use by consumers. And in California, that’s pretty much what the state has done. 64 and also repeals the MCRSA.

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SMPL

APRIL 27, 2020

“There is a generalized sense that the fans don’t care about the issue, so it’s possible to appear progressive,” said Paul Haagen, co-director of the Center for Sports Law and Policy at Duke University. First-time positive tests will, as before, mean diversion into a league-mandated treatment program. the N.F.L.’s and the N.F.L.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

In 2016, Maryland contracted with ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program to train the officials tasked with watching over the state’s emerging medical cannabis program. ASA works with a grassroots base of more than 50,000 members using public education and direct advocacy to affect national change.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

In 2016, Maryland contracted with ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program to train the officials tasked with watching over the state’s emerging medical cannabis program. To stay up to date on policy changes, medical information, and Peninsula Alternative Health in Salisbury, Maryland, contact our educated team here.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. Below is a list of state law updates to look forward to this year. 1, Louisiana’s medical cannabis program allows patients to access smokable whole-plant flower marijuana. Happy 2022!

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? SHORT ANSWER: In November 2016, the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative (known as Amendment 2 ) legalized medical marijuana treatment in Florida. To learn more about telehealth appointments and CannaMD ‘s COVID-19 safety measures, see: Coronavirus Policies.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

ix] Insys made huge contributions to the Arizona effort to pass a medical marijuana initiative in 2016 and has been deemed instrumental in stymieing that effort. [x] million on lobbying against the legalization of both recreational and medical marijuana in 2016, according to the Senate Office of Public Records.” [xii]. billion in 2016.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have enacted medical marijuana programs. 10] Although VHA Directive 1315 states that veterans must not be denied VA benefits solely due to participation in a state medical marijuana program, marijuana use must be entered into the patient’s electronic medical records. [11]

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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. The objective of the current study was to assess the ease of access to marijuana by underage patrons at recreational marijuana outlets in California, where recreational marijuana was legalized in 2016.

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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. Public Policy. The law is stated as of July 2019 and is continually evolving. In the U.S.,

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This loan is one of our first in our new lower cost stabilized lending program. We expect this stabilized lending program will continue to be the best-in-class financing option for cannabis operators with cash flowing assets, especially for complex transactions such as this. SOURCE Harborside Inc.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Five of them used an age verification form , which is in compliance with the FDA age requirements and state laws, where the customer has to upload a photo of a government ID, and the other required a signature on delivery of the package. National Industrial Hemp Council (2021) NIHC Makes Policy Statement on Delta-8 THC.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

For the past three years, I have taught a class called “Cannabis Law & Policy” at Lewis & Clark Law School here in Portland, Oregon. Today and historically, most arrests and imprisonment for cannabis crimes happen under state laws. The new laws are pretty lousy too. That stuff is pretty fun.

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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. CO resident? Connecticut. FL resident?

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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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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.” Follow Empire State NORML on Facebook and Twitter and become a member today !

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2019

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives voted 267-165 to prohibit the United States Department of Justice from using appropriated funds to interfere with state-legal cannabis programs. v McIntosh (9th Cir 2016) 833 F3d 1163, 1178 ( McIntosh ). The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment (a.k.a.

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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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MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)] language was passed on the House floor in order to restrict the Department of Justice’s ability to enforce federal prohibition against the states that have legalized medical marijuana programs. Pelosi also endorsed California’s successful adult-use legalization ballot measure in 2016.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It mostly affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the caps and operational requirements violated the voter-approved constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in 2016. Ever since, the law has been a subject of debate in the legislature and courts. It was unclear whether Florida officials would appeal the ruling.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. laws of the 20 th century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. When it comes to cannabis, however, it is sometimes difficult to separate law and policy.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed their current respective stances on marijuana. In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, an Obama-era policy of not interfering with states who have legalized marijuana.

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