Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released new data indicating a substantial increase in the growth of US hemp production. The guidance will be updated once the US Department of Agriculture finalizes its hemp regulations and guidelines. Governor Ducey (R-AZ) opposes legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law. Although medical cannabis program was signed into law last year, it has yet to be fully implemented. Since then, the legislature has passed a number of laws that have expanded the state’s medical cannabis program.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 2, 2023

Taxes from adult use cannabis sales, including wholesale taxes and retail taxes at dispensaries, get collected into the Cannabis Regulation Fund, which are then distributed by statute and spent by the fiscal year budget. First, the money flows to administrative expenses by the State agencies implementing cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office has asked retailers to pull products grown by Houston cultivator Calm N Collective from shelves, and put them in quarantine pending further information. Calm N Collective co-owner Ronald Bass claims that the tip is baseless and originated from a disgruntled former employee.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2020

On Tuesday, the board authorized Melekian’s office to draw up a memorandum of understanding with the state Department of Food and Agriculture for use of its “Track-and-Trace” database for 60 days. As part of this pilot program, the county will investigate 250 state cannabis licenses in unincorporated areas, beginning later this year.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2019

On April 22, 2019, United Nations-based cannabis correspondent and global drug policy analyst Sara Brittany Somerset took advantage of our collective national climate focus to address the “ cannabis carbon footprint ” issue with her pertinent Earth Day Begs The Question: Is Cannabis Farming Sustainable?

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 14, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. In plain English, commercial cultivation was still not allowed. 64”) was passed.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2019

New Mexico expands medical cannabis program to include protections against discrimination, reciprocity with other states’ medical programs, and three-year renewal cycle (up from one) for medial cannabis cards; and. Friday to apply to the state Department of Agriculture for a license. Those interested need to move quickly.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

USDA Establishes Domestic Hemp Production Program. WASHINGTON, October 29, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. Following publication, USDA invites public comment on the interim rule and the information collection burden.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2021

Collectively, these dedicated public servants bring extensive experience from the state and local level to the leadership team. Previously, she was Director of the Office of Cannabis for the City and County of San Francisco’s General Services Agency from 2017 to 2019, where she served as Project Manager in 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Farmers are still processing the hemp they grew in the 2019 season, which marked the first year that people could legally grow hemp in the United States. Plenty of farmers added hemp to their existing farms, while other entrepreneurs with little experience in agriculture also crowded into the market. . In 2019, VDACS enforced the 0.3%

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Each Sunday, we summarize a new state in alphabetical order. RCW 15.140.040.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

A Republican Colorado state senator, Don Coram, has allegedly used his political influence with the Colorado State Department of Agriculture and the local Montrose county D.A. Coram had waited at least four months since the biomass was sold at the end of 2019 to file the complaint with the Dept. Coram also asked the Dept.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

The impacted Winberry Farms Sweet Leaf Products were sold from December 17, 2019 through January 8, 2020 at the following licensed retailers: Spark, 5103 NE Fremont Street, Portland. Track Town Collective, 3675 Franklin Blvd., The Oregon Department of Agriculture maintains a guide list for Pesticides and Cannabis that be found here. *

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Activists in Nebraska, along with two pro-legalization Senators, qualified a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative petition to begin collecting signatures from registered voters in the state. Update : HB 1518 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/11/2019. AR resident? AR resident? ME resident? MO resident?

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2019

Fortunately, the Oregon state legislature Department of Agriculture (“ODA”) have been working hard to keep up with these developments. Lastly, the new rules propose to increase the cost for agricultural hemp seed producer application fees by $380 (from $120 to $500). Written public comments will be accepted until 5pm on May 7, 2019.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

During numerous interviews and rally appearances across America, he repeated similar supportive comments for medical cannabis legalization yet skepticism at a fully recreationally legal cannabis marketplace, a stance very similar to fellow conservatives such as Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In a July 24, 2019 dated guidance, Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture (“DOA”) announced it will be randomly collecting and testing hemp variety samples from 25% of licensed hemp growers for tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”) content. AUTHOR: Steve Schain , Hoban Law Group.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

On January 22, 2019, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced that Pennsylvania would reopen the application process for obtaining licenses to grow commercial hemp. Pennsylvania has submitted a plan to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow for full production of industrial hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 2, 2020

to my knowledge, there are no state-governed collection programs built into medical cannabis policy, compliance, legal or tax frameworks, or end user means of disposal. If not, one rule is made crystal clear: “there’s no crying in baseball.” ” Likewise, apparently, there’s no sustainability in cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

DECEMBER 31, 2019 | This issue of the Rocky Mountain Economist provides an update on the economic impacts of the marijuana industry in Colorado and evaluates signs of maturation within this industry nearly six years after the first recreational marijuana storefronts opened. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Department of Agriculture held a hemp listening session this week as regulators work to establish rules and regulations for production. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of compassionate care programs. Update : SB 1352 was heard and unanimously approved by the House Committee on Agriculture on 3/13. AR resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

“You either bring your own cup, or you can borrow a travel mug for a $5 deposit, part of the Reego reusable cup program offered in select Toronto cafes. Dayna Stein closes with a powerful statement: “ Our business is truly about community building and taking collective action.”. The Leaf Online – December 10, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 12, 2022

For many in the cannabis industry, April 1, 2022 is seen as a day of reckoning following the July 2021 passage of Assembly Bill 141 and Senate Bill 160 (collectively, the Cannabis Trailer Bill). In an attempt to transition to an annual licensure program, April 1 st marked the beginning of the end for provisional cannabis licensure.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Co-founder and President Jacob Policzer explains that its label, TCC Standards of Sustainability, supports and recognizes cultivators whose agriculture practices are “beyond organic certification.”. SUSTAINABILITY SITUATION IN 2019. Yet in 2019, Cannabis Companies Struggle To Become More Sustainable.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

The nation collectively hopes that marijuana is indeed concurrently or subsequently re/de-scheduled out of the research-prohibitive Schedule 1 category into the Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 category. Already, the year shows a direction of solid marijuana reform with Tom Angell’s recent July 31, 2019 announcement that The 116th U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

On the topic of sustainability, Florida also currently lacks a dedicated patient or clinic “cannabis collection” station for used cannabis products; an integrated program for safe disposal here in Florida must be addressed, by the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee or other dedicated state body. . ” © 2019 Leafly.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

The informed patients, cannabis industry employees, and clinicians find it equally difficult to keep updated on Florida’s latest medical marijuana program news and changes. . A confusing amalgam of individual state programs and a pattern of national litigation and reversals litters the U.S. ” . In our current U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2019

May 2019 finally brought “ Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announcing their intentions to introduce legislation in Congress known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the CSA, thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of prohibition.”

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

FDA’s announcement comes on the heels of an active 2019, during which both FDA and the FTC issued warning letters to marketers of CBD products 1 and the plaintiffs’ bar began to actively file class-action lawsuits against marketers of CBD products under state law.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

5, 2019) — ValidCare, the hemp industry’s leading market intelligence and consumer research platform, and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF) have announced they have entered into a services agreement to advance the research of hemp-derived products. LEXINGTON, Ky.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2019

The House Rules Committee will consider a number of other cannabis-related amendments to the appropriations bill next week, including proposals to prevent the DOJ from interfering in state and tribal legal cannabis programs and funding the creation of a regulatory pathway for CBD to be used as a food ingredient. Arizona enacted S.B.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 18, 2021

In 2019 alone, Drug War violence killed 31,000 Mexicans. . The bill sought to defend cannabis consumers from criminalization, replacing prison sentences with educational programs and legalizing home cultivation for qualified individuals. Federal legislator Lucía Riojas and Minister of Interior Olga Sánchez Cordero, 2019 (Image via ).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

of Tax and Fee Administration [‘CDTFA”] could have done to be more efficient and effective at collecting state level cannabis taxes [See Cannabis Tax Calculation Example , Collecting Reporting – Remitting Tax and CCT CET – Responsible Persons. We have written extensively about steps that the California Dept.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 29, 2019

While the law set the record straight between hemp and marijuana, it also tasked the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) with promulgating regulations and guidelines to establish and administer a program for the production of hemp in the US. On October 29, 2019, the USDA issued its proposed rule for hemp production.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The merriment of the holiday season has not overtaken California’s cannabis industry as 2019 comes to a close. billion in licensed pot sales in 2019, making it the largest market for legal cannabis in the world. Others contracted out these tasks to firms such as HDL [2] that oversold processes and programs for their own purposes.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 18, 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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