State Policy Weekly Update 5/10/2023
NORML
MAY 10, 2023
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NORML
MAY 10, 2023
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MARCH 22, 2023
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NORML
MAY 24, 2023
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NORML
MAY 17, 2023
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NORML
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Highlights include: AZ, CO, GA, KS, ME, MD, NH, NM, RI, TX, VT, VA, and WV The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/14/2023 appeared first on NORML.
Canna Law Blog
JANUARY 11, 2023
However, Google recently has decided to relax its advertising policies– at least around hemp and hemp CBD products. Advertisers will, among many other things, need to: Demonstrate the product’s compliance with all other (legal and regulatory) standards. But not all cannabis advertising is created equal on Google.
Canna Law Blog
MARCH 27, 2024
California has even seen a pattern of dispensaries and cultivation facilities across California being burglarized and robbed. In just the first year of operation, the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized over $312 million in illicit cannabis in 2023 , which amounts to more than the total cannabis sales of entire states combined.
Canna Law Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
This time around though, many voters will also make big decisions about adult use cannabis legalization. Ten years ago, only two states, Washington and Colorado, had adult use cannabis legalization on the ballot. Adult Use Cannabis Legalization in 2022. That is outstanding all the way around, win or lose.
Veriheal
MARCH 20, 2023
Psilocybin Policies Around the Nation Let’s explore where psilocybin is legal, decriminalized, and on the ballot across U.S. Legal Colorado and Oregon are the only states allowing legal therapeutic psilocybin use today. Decriminalized Decriminalization does not mean psilocybin is legal. Connecticut Gov.
Cannabis Law Report
MAY 16, 2022
Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. The 15% excise tax on cannabis sales would remain, and the collection and remittance of that tax would be limited to retail sales beginning January 1, 2023.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 22, 2021
Governor Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation today, Senate Bill 1201 , legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and sale. Under the law, which takes effect on July 1, adults ages 21 and older may legally possess up to 1.5 Connecticut Home Grow. We believe the legislation signed by Gov.
Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Senate Bill 519 would have decriminalized the personal possession of certain psychedelic substances, legalized life-saving public health interventions, and studied future approaches to increasing use of psychedelics. Policy and Advocacy Director, MAPS . As a result, the soon-to-be-amended version of SB 519 is limited to a study.”.
SpeedWeed
JULY 10, 2021
Not only are they flourishing, despite their uncertain legal status, but advocates are calling for clarity as the country begins to get ready for 2023. How fast the legality of the clubs will change is uncertain, but this issue is clearly on the agenda of reform activists if not the nascent industry beyond that. Namely, none.
Canna Law Blog
JULY 26, 2023
This USDA study , figure 2, page 4, shows states reporting nearly 30,000 total hemp acres “licensed or approved” for cultivation in 2017. It doesn’t appear that much of this was greenhouse acreage, and I presume it includes hemp cultivated for all uses. Many of them are in the legally problematic CBD food and beverage space.
Illinois News Joint
APRIL 27, 2024
Bell’s academic work focuses on cannabis business law, policy, and the expansion of cannabis legal education. Her presentation will discuss the importance of education across the legal cannabis industry. Sharma’s studies aims to offer strategic insights to inform cultivation practices and optimize cannabinoid production.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2021
. — State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis for adult use. New Jersey and New York enacted adult-use legalization laws in December and late March, respectively. ounces of cannabis will become legal for adults 21 and older. Legal sales to adults are expected to begin in May 2022.
Veriheal
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
In the two remaining states, Maryland and Missouri, voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana. Arkansas (Issue 4, Recreational Legalization): REJECTED. Arkansas voters rejected Issue 4, which would have legalized adult-use cannabis. Arkansas legalized medical marijuana in 2016. . Starting Jan.
Veriheal
MAY 4, 2023
In 2021, Luxembourg and Malta legalized home cannabis cultivation for personal use. The following year, the Czech Republic and German governments announced plans to develop a legal framework to establish a regulated market for recreational sales. or Canada, where the world’s first legal market rolled out four years ago.
Veriheal
AUGUST 29, 2023
Thanks to the New York Office of Cannabis Management, the idea of a legal cannabis showcase program is now a reality. On the 19th of July, 2023, the Office of Cannabis Management in New York approved plans to permit cannabis ‘showcases’ and sales at public events.
SpeedWeed
JULY 21, 2021
The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. Reflecting on Lessons Learned.
Veriheal
JUNE 12, 2023
Jason MacLean isn’t new to cannabis cultivation and genetic breading. He has been immersed within the cannabis community in Denver for over 15 years, working as a horticulturist and cultivator. And he also led the efforts that granted Cherry the Best Wholesale Cultivation award in the 2021 Best of Denver awards.
SpeedWeed
JULY 8, 2021
This week, adult-use cannabis laws will go into effect in three more US states, bringing legalization to nearly half of the entire country. . New Mexico will be the first state to celebrate legalization this week. So, Virginians will likely have to wait three more years before they can legally buy pot in their home state.
Cannabis Law Report
JANUARY 9, 2022
Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales. Colorado (pop.
Veriheal
JANUARY 12, 2023
The people of French Polynesia can now legally use medicinal cannabis following the local assembly’s approval of a consumption law. Based on the new law, which 33 government members voted on, hemp and cannabis cultivation will fall within the framework of regulations under the International Narcotics Drugs convention.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
Hopefully the policy advisors for WA Labor saw the recent numbers on votes for the cannabis party in the Federal election and realize that a modicum of common sense is need on the topic. A controversial new plan could see Western Australians permitted to legally possess 50 grams of cannabis and households to group up to four plants.
Veriheal
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
As more patients have sought out legal medical cannabis patient status in the country, it is believed that the number of registered U.K. Medical cannabis became legal in the U.K. Switzerland Has Legalized Medical Cannabis. This change in policy was sparked by the increase in authorizations in recent years. is thriving.
SpeedWeed
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. One sets up a new legalization regime, the other two reform the state’s enormous drug control apparatus.
Cannabis Law Report
MAY 13, 2022
Good afternoon, The Governor’s Office today released a revised 2022-23 state budget proposal, building on the state’s ongoing work to make historic investments in California’s future, including efforts to create a safe, sustainable, and equitable legal cannabis market. million to help expand access to legal retail throughout California.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Local media reports say ,” Zambia has legalized the production and export of cannabis for economic and medicinal purposes, the government’s chief spokeswoman said on Monday” This approval for the export of cannabis was granted at a specially convened cabinet meeting on Dec. 4, spokeswoman Dora Siliya said in a statement.
Canna Law Blog
MARCH 17, 2023
Here’s what the “petitioner” is requesting from a legal perspective: a judicial declaration that the OCM’s creation of the CAURD program exceeded the OCM’s authority under New York’s constitution (i.e. Here comes more New York cannabis program litigation.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 16, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published workplace guidance for creating marijuana policies and drug testing procedures for employed drivers, including education for drivers on marijuana’s effects on safe driving. 1, 2023, under the new law. Delta-8 Testing. 2, 2021, the nonprofit scientific organization U.S.
Veriheal
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
New York’s recreational market is projected to bring in a whopping $2 billion in sales, but the state’s Cannabis Control Board does not expect licenses for recreational dispensaries to be issued until spring of 2023 at the earliest. The full launch of New York’s recreational market could take even longer.
SpeedWeed
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
That’s just in the legal market. By that point, industry insiders say, many small farmers could be all but wiped off the legal cannabis cultivation map. The immediate cause is a lingering market surplus from last year’s grow—a supply that has proved to be too large to be absorbed by the legal market.
Veriheal
APRIL 12, 2023
On March 22, 2023, B24-0113—the Medical Cannabis Amendment Act of 2021—became effective. It eliminates the count on the number of plants that a cultivation center can grow and increases the number of permitted dispensaries in the district. Cannabis businesses in Washington, D.C., can now apply for a medical cannabis business license.
Veriheal
JULY 9, 2021
Apple lifts its ban on cannabis-related apps in its app store as long as they operate legally, and Connecticut launched its state cannabis website that serves as a resource for all the new laws and regulations surrounding cannabis. and that “ the criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy.”.
Project CBD
APRIL 11, 2023
In February 2023, Project CBD published a story about Curaleaf , the scandal-ridden, multistate and multinational company, which has achieved a leading position in the U.S. In effect, the judge opined that it is legal to write about cannabis only if one criticizes it. Sponsored by CannaCraft, Inc., Sponsored by CannaCraft, Inc.,
Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
These bills, which touch on issues that run the gamut of the cannabis industry, are intended to “strengthen California’s cannabis laws, expand the legal cannabis market and redress the harms of cannabis prohibition.” Other bills address employment protection, labelling, use of cannabis in veterinary medicine and taxation.
NORML
MAY 31, 2019
Members of the New Hampshire Senate voted to delay consideration of a House-passed legalization bill until later this year. Legislation is pending, The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, to regulate the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of adult use marijuana. Click here to email your governor in support of legalization.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 26, 2022
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cannabidiol (CBD) Products has published ‘A Plan for a Legal and Regulated UK Hemp and Cannabis Sector’. As a consequence, proceeds from medicinal cannabis business in states such as Colorado may constitute “criminal property” even if fully legal and authorised in the foreign state.
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
We are setting the quality standard for the cultivation, production and research of cannabis and its derivatives for medical purposes in Portugal. All of our efforts throughout 2017 and 2018 were regarding industrial hemp cultivation, food industry transformation and licensing and have served to place the project in a privileged position.
NORML
MARCH 22, 2019
Similarly, activists in Arizona are attempting to qualify a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York announced that marijuana legalization language will no longer appear in his budget proposal. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. CO resident? Connecticut. CT resident?
Cannabis Law Report
APRIL 12, 2022
CEQA), a complex statewide policy of environmental protection fraught with potential traps for those unversed in the law, before an operator is eligible to be awarded a cannabis state license. After July 1, 2023, all provisional license renewals will require a demonstration of CEQA compliance. Code §§ 21000 et seq.) Consequences.
SpeedWeed
JULY 21, 2021
The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. Reflecting on Lessons Learned.
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
The combined entity will leverage TGOD’s unique quality organic platform and cultivation capabilities and Galaxie’s differentiated infused pre-rolls and full melt vapes. Footman is the founder of Park Lane Farms (“ Park Lane “), one of the first legal producers of medical cannabis products in Canada.
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