Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I was talking to another lawyer about last week’s vote by Oregonians to legalize psilocybin therapy here in the state. Public Law 115-176 (“Right to Try”) is a federal law enacted in 2018 that creates a uniform system for terminal patients seeking access to investigational treatments. Comments closed at the end of September.

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. MA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of consumer employment protections.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

Some exceptions have been made to allow the use of certain psychedelics in religious ceremonies, and some states and municipalities have deprioritized enforcement of laws prohibiting possession of plant and fungi-derived substances (see below). But these substances remain illegal under federal law. Psychedelic Alpha Policy Map.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Ballot initiative campaigns to approve adult-use and medical cannabis, respectively, moved closer to appearing on the 2020 ballot in Arizona and Idaho, while a similar effort to put the issue of adult-use cannabis to Ohio voters has met with legal challenges from the State Election Board. Governor Ducey (R-AZ) opposes legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After this historically successful year, we expect to see public and political support continue to increase in 2020 as more and more states implement sensible cannabis regulatory policies. A House floor vote on HR 3884 is anticipated in 2020. FY 2020 Successful House Appropriations Advancements. Erik Altieri.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As more countries legalize or decriminalize the cultivation, manufacture, sale, and use of cannabis, companies across a variety of industries are looking for opportunities to capitalize on this emerging market. Several bills have been introduced in Congress in 2019 that call for legalizing or decriminalizing the substance.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

We’re not going to get over the fact that there’s not the same sort of clinical trial and that type of evidence for cannabis and cannabis treatments in the very near future for various reasons. There’s the one drug, one target, cannabis is multiple active ingredients and acts on multiple targets in the body.

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