NORML

JULY 5, 2023

Multiple improvements to the state’s medical program became law July 1, 2023. The post Virginia: Changes to Medical Cannabis Laws Take Effect appeared first on NORML.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 4, 2023

When I founded Illinois News Joint , I made a conscious choice to include an altruistic aspect to the publication but for the first year could not decide on a program that fit what we do. I collaborated with partners, built recourses, and officially launched the program in April 2022. For Illinois News Joint reviews, click here.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 28, 2023

The weather has not warmed up yet, but the Illinois cannabis-friendly events are starting to. One of those events is the Illinois Women in Cannabis’ (IWC) 2023 Annual Spring Conference: “Empowering Women in the Illinois Cannabis Industry: Advancing Gender Equity Now” set for March. Friday, February 3.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 1, 2024

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today released a notice of funding opportunity to provide Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) programming in historically underserved Illinois communities. ICJIA actively recruits community-based application reviewers as they are primary stakeholders in the R3 program.

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Americans for Safe Access

JULY 24, 2023

On July 13, 2023, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) announced in a press release that they had issued a product recall due to a positive test for arsenic discovered from lab test results following an audit.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

All eyes are on Georgia’s medical cannabis program as it continues to grow. a prominent cannabis corporation in the state. Trulieve plans to open a new medical cannabis dispensary in Evans, Georgia. The History of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Program Georgia’s medical cannabis program started sales this past spring.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 27, 2023

CALGARY, AB, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – ATMA Journey Centers Inc. (“ATMA”), Canada’s leading psychedelic-assisted therapy training provider, begins its first psychedelic training program highly focused on psilocybin and MDMA, designed for physicians, psychiatrists and prescribers starting April 14, 2023.

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Recreational Use and Possession Limits As of 2023, cannabis is not legal for recreational use in Texas. It’s important to note that Texas has not decriminalized marijuana, so any possession or selling cannabis is still treated as a criminal offense. Keep in mind that smokable cannabis is not sold in Texas.

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Leafly

JULY 24, 2023

Since medical legalization passed in 2017, Maryland’s medical cannabis program has expanded to include over 100 medical dispensaries, with more patients getting medical licenses every day. Medical patients in Maryland […] The post The best rated weed dispensaries in Maryland for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 18, 2023, a new lawsuit was filed by, inter alia , Leafly Holdings, Inc. (“Leafly”) against the New York State Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) and New York State Cannabis Control Board (the “Cannabis Control Board”). Stay tuned to our New York coverage for more.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

I’ve spoken with a handful of clients recently who are anxious about Oregon’s new cannabis testing requirements. These requirements cover heavy metals and microbiological contaminants, and they take effect on March 1, 2023. Almost every year, the legislature passes a myriad of new cannabis laws. Liability (and litigation?)

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The cannabis Social Equity retail license application window opens this upcoming Wednesday, March 1. The application window will be open for 30 days and close on March 30, 2023. Check to see if you qualify for the program on the LCB website. Applicants may only apply one time.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

APRIL 12, 2023

Are you ready for 420, 2023? Its use in reference to cannabis has been around for decades now and was (probably) originally used by a group of high school students in California who would meet up at 4:20 in the afternoon to smoke cannabis. Let’s dispel some of the myths. This one is also easily disproved.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2023

Cannabis Workforce RFP and Pre-Proposal Meeting Date Posted: March 27th, 2023 @ 10:09 AM Last Updated: March 27th, 2023 @ 10:34 AM TheRFPreleased is for an organization to develop the following: (i) an equity employee certification training program to establish a pipeline of qualified prospective employees for the regulated cannabis marketplace; and (..)

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and Cannabis Control Board (CCB) made a significant announcement during the CCB’s board meeting on March 2, 2023 : the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License (CAURD) program is expanding the number of CAURD licenses to 300, doubling the previous allotment of 150 CAURD licenses.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 10, 2023

May 10, 2023 LCB Board Action: Withdrawal of emergency rule that extended the Social Equity in Cannabis Program application period Today, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board took the following action: Approved withdrawal of emergency rules that temporarily extended the timeframe for social equity applications (..)

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today hosted the 2023 Tax Practitioners’ Meeting and PowerPoint presentation. The presentation included one significant cannabis tax item, the business expense deduction for licensed Illinois cannabis businesses. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 13, 2023

This week, the big news is that Connecticut began legal adult-use cannabis sales. And finally, we found a story about a Michigan dispensary that got into the holiday spirit of giving with a “Jackets for Joints” program. Connecticut joined (most of) its New England neighbors in allowing sales of cannabis for adult use this week.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome back to The Year In Weed, The Blunt Truth’s annual roundup of cannabis-related stories. Last year , I predicted there would be no federal cannabis legalization, but that perhaps states would legalize. We thought the market would expand “quite a bit” in 2023 – well, the “a bit” part was right. Was I right?

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Medical cannabis dispensaries and their patients are affected.” 25, 2023, which extended curbside pickup until June 30, 2023. On June 22, 2023, the variance was again extended until Dec. 31, 2023. On June 22, 2023, the variance was again extended until Dec. The first variant was issued on Jan.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

state with a legal cannabis program to add lessons about cannabis impairment to its driver’s education programs, WCVB5 reports. Very interesting report via Ganjapreneur and a smart move on Massachusetts part Starting next year, Massachusetts will be the first U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

California publishes quarterly data concerning its “enforcement” efforts against the illegal cannabis market. Over the last couple of quarters, I’ve gotten in the habit of analyzing this data (see here for Q3 2023, and here for Q2 2023). What does California’s Q4 2023 data show?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 27, 2023

The Oregon Psilocybin Services Section is Hiring (Compliance Specialist 2) 05/26/2023 Good afternoon, The Oregon Psilocybin Services Section (OPS) is excited to announce that we are hiring!

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 Oregon legislative session kicked off yesterday. For this reason, contacts I’ve spoken with in the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and elsewhere are reticent to forecast what may happen with cannabis laws. For its part, the reinvigorated Oregon Cannabis Association (OCA) has voiced a general request of “ do no harm.”

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its October 2023 medical cannabis sales totals of $26,244,555.82, the first uptick since March 2023. Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries have totaled $271,357,790.69. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2023

Veazey on January 17, 2023 POSTED IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA, STATE LAW DEVELOPMENTS Yesterday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Regulatory Services Division (RSD) announced it would begin accepting new applications for medical cannabis dispensaries in Texas, under the Lone Star State’s Compassionate Use Program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

Silo Pharma Announces Stock Repurchase Program ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silo Pharma, Inc.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Alabama is having problems of its own in dealing with cannabis licensing. Ohioans will vote on adult-use cannabis in November. Could cannabis move from Schedule I to Schedule III – that’s what HHS is proposing. NEW YORK So two weeks ago, we noted that New York had put a temporary hold on cannabis licensing. RE-SCHEDULING?

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 2, 2023, Oregon began accepting applications for its first-in-the nation regulated psilocybin services program. Article by: Partner Jeff Zuber, Counsel Raza Lawrence, and Associate Lizzie Fanckboner.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The need for social equity in cannabis programs As adult-use cannabis legalization sweeps across the country and America confronts the toll of previous, draconian cannabis policies, one of the best attempts to right abject wrongs is social equity programs within state cannabis industries.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2022

While lawmakers had pushed Appropriations Committee leadership to include the cannabis language in the base Fiscal Year 2023 spending legislation for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CSJ) as introduced, that didn’t end up happening, much to their disappointment. territories and tribes that have legalized marijuana.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a post entitled “ California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market ” in which I went into detail about the state’s failure to meaningfully address the festering illegal market. More recently, I wrote about “ Another California Cannabis Enforcement Program That Won’t Work.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 15, 2024

1, 2023, and serves recreational consumers. Mystic Greenz Lincoln is a 3,000 square feet building, the former Pizza Hut, and was remodeled into Mystic Greenz Lincoln in 2023. “We Our Loyalty program is called The Dragon Rewards program with 2% Cash back,” Jackson said. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2022

The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work. What is Psilocybin?

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This week, we see there’s a controversy over cannabis use and gun ownership by police officers in Jersey City, New Jersey. We note that New Hampshire’s proposal for cannabis sales may run afoul of federal law. ALABAMA As we reported last month, Alabama is having some difficulties with its medical cannabis licensing program.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 12, 2023

SAFE BANKING The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing late this week on the difficulties the cannabis industry faces due to a lack of access to the federal banking system. The state’s medical program is popular, and polling shows support for adult-use running about 60% in favor.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that applications for “Round II” of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program are now open. This round of funding is open to dispensaries that received licenses prior to the July 2023 dispensary license lottery.” on March 5.

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