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The Week in Weed: September 29, 2023

The Blunt Truth

There’s been a lot of chatter in the cannabis press about how groundbreaking this is, and how legal financial services for marijuana businesses are coming soon. This legislation would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, require expungement of criminal records and set up grant programs for those most affected by the War on Drugs.

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The Week in Weed: May 21, 2021

The Blunt Truth

On the federal level, Republicans proposed decriminalizing marijuana. The DEA moved forward on cannabis research (really!). The law establishes a Commission to run the program and license providers. federal decriminalization. The Mississippi Supreme Court struck down the state’s medical marijuana ballot initiative.

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The Year in Weed: 2020 Edition

The Blunt Truth

Ideas ranged from legalization on day one (Sanders) to decriminalization and expungement (Bloomberg). In many states, cannabis stores and dispensaries were considered essential businesses. Virginia decriminalized marijuana. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected to including cannabis banking in federal relief programs.

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NationalLink Inc. Celebrates 25th Business Anniversary in Providing Complete ATM Solutions and Serving Cannabis Businesses

SpeedWeed

The 163-page Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) aims to remove cannabis from the list of controlled substances; tax and regulate cannabis at the federal level; and grant states the power to keep or administer their own oversight programs. . A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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The Week in Weed: September 4, 2020

The Blunt Truth

And speaking of CBD, Seyfarth has a program coming up on that topic. It’s been a busy week for the Golden State. In other news, a federal court ruled that the state must turn over information concerning three marijuana businesses to the DEA. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. california. the more act.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. It would transfer primary agency jurisdiction over cannabis from the DEA to the FDA, TTB, and ATF.

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Here’s How MDMA Will be Regulated

Canna Law Blog

Cities around the country decriminalized (and more are decriminalizing) a host of other psychedelics. In short, physicians prescribe and administer it for certain approved indications, need to register with the DEA, need to follow strict security and reporting protocols, and much more.