MJ Business Attorneys

JULY 24, 2019

Areas that have approved the sale of cannabis still deal with a “gray market” where legal and illegal marijuana markets coexist. It is a scenario that frustrates legal cannabis businesses and law enforcement alike. Law enforcement has found Colorado-grown plants in 34 other states.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Columbus, OH – PRESS RELEASE – Today, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is formally launching its effort to legalize adult-use cannabis by submitting summary language of an initiated statute to the Ohio Attorney General’s office. “We They see marijuana legalization as inevitable. Ohioans want this,” continued Haren.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 22, 2021

2021 /CNW/ – Halo Collective Inc. (“Halo”) (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: HCANF) (Germany: A9KN), a vertically integrated multinational cannabis company, today announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved the reorganization (the “International Reorganization”) of its non-U.S. TORONTO , June 22,?2021

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. As such, we thought we’d take a moment to round up the status of cannabis legalization in the South, an area worth watching. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 5, 2021

The Hemp Grower Conference will bring together industry pioneers, successful businesses, leading researchers and regulators to help all hemp growers navigate the cultivation, business and regulatory challenges they face, as well as understand the coming market trends and opportunities that can help shape the future of their businesses.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 18, 2021

Do the tastes of cannabis consumers determine what strains are on the shelves, or are cultivators still setting the tone for what cannabis looks, smells, tastes, and feels like today? According to Josh Malman, the VP of cultivation at Jushi Holdings, as legalization spreads, the consumer is having more of a say. “I

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2021

Idaho marijuana activists have submitted revised text for a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in the state following a review by the state attorney general. Home cultivation would be prohibited, however, and there would be no legal and licensed system of cannabis retailers. Read the full report.

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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. Here’s what they say.

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As the state continues to navigate the complexities of legalization, patients, dispensaries, and the cannabis industry are witnessing significant changes. This card serves as official documentation, granting individuals legal access to medical marijuana in the state.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 12, 2019

The Finnish Cannabis Association has launched an information campaign on the benefits of the plant, as well as a citizen referendum to decriminalize the personal use, possession and small-scale cultivation of cannabis, and to allow Cannabis clubs. Source: [link]. Other Resources. Wikipedia: [link]. Finnish Cannabis Assoc : [link].

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MassRoots

AUGUST 19, 2020

However, a recent survey showed that over 62 percent of likely voters now support legalizing cannabis, suggesting a recent change of heart in the Grand Canyon State. 207 would make it legal for adults in Arizona to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, so long as no more than five grams of that marijuana is in the form of concentrates.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

After the state legalized recreational marijuana in March, the lawmakers and advocates who pushed for the law have been criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo for dragging his feet on setting up marijuana sales and cultivation regulations. On June 28, it became the first tribe in the state to legalize recreational marijuana.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

Colorado could legalize psychedelics. Activists collected over 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the ballot, showing significant support for its passing. If passed, those with criminal records pertaining to aspects that would now be legal would have the right to petition the courts to seal their records.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

DEAD – ALIVE – COMATOSE – Are medical cannabis collectives dead or alive? What about adult-use cannabis collectives and cooperatives? Medical collectives and cooperatives were spawned by the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996. CPAs – Jordan S. PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Cannabis cultivation and the means for regulating it have been contentious topics in Napa County for some time now. Following collection of those signatures, the County Board of Supervisors took up the issue on July 23 rd. Typically, the Board would have three possible paths forward in such a situation.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rather than a ballot initiative , Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia legalized the plant for adult-use purposes via a legislative process. They follow in the footsteps of Vermont, which became the first legislative-driven legal cannabis state back in 2018. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A recent legislative survey indicates that Ohio Republican lawmakers are more likely to support cannabis legalization than Democrats. Released at the beginning of November, the Gongwer Werth Legislative Opinion Poll revealed that 36% of Democrats want cannabis to be legalized, whereas 43% of Republicans are keen on the idea.

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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.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 20, 2022

As I previously blogged , California is finally on board with a modicum of cannabis tax relief for cannabis licensees (mainly for the benefit of cultivators). As of July 1, 2022, there is no more cultivation tax. Arguably, all it really does is move the tax headache and collection burden around between licensees.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In California, the shape of the adult-use industry has been marred with high taxes, licensing hurdles and burdensome regulations making it difficult for legal operators to compete with the illicit market. Jerry Brown, who wasn’t on the front-line supporting legalization leading up to the initiative.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A study carried out by the Public Opinion Center of the University of the Valley of Mexico (COP UVM) found that 70% of Mexicans are in favor of the legalization of marijuana. According to Industry 420 , the age group between 25 and 35 years is the one that most supports legalization.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

This Post suggests some specific changes relating to the reporting and collection of Cannabis Cultivation Tax (“CCT”) and Cannabis Excise Tax (“CET”). Many cultivators have continued struggling to cope with the regulatory labyrinth California created. Some cannabis cultivators believed they had paid CCT.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Lawmakers are looking at ways to increase the state’s revenue, and to no surprise, some suggest legalizing recreational cannabis. Tom Wolf is one of those lawmakers who is pushing for the legalization of recreational cannabis. Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania back in 2016 and went into effect in 2018.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Hemp cultivation, especially given the explosive demand arising from neighboring European nations, presents a unique opportunity to Zimbabwe and other African nations well positioned to meet such demand cheaper, and possibly faster, than current suppliers from Canada and Latin America.”.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The new law allows for the uncoupling for “state tax deductions” for any cannabis establishment operating in this State and licensed under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or any cannabis cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensing organization operating in this State and licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 18, 2023

The NAACP’s blueprint for a fair cannabis industry, cannabis wellness takes center stage at High Rise Dry Bar in South Carolina, and New York’s legal limbo stalls its recreational market. The organization expressed the need for legalization to include labor peace agreements as part of its statutes.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

And now that he’s spent years here, navigating the cultivation side of the industry and monitoring broader trends in the U.S., In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation (TXOG), Texas’ leading medical cannabis provider, announced the opening of two additional pick-up locations for patients to collect their prescriptions in Dallas and Addison, Texas. About Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation. Emma Chase.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2022

Moetai Brotherson , MP for French Polynesia, tabled a bill on Tuesday March 15 to legalize cannabis in Polynesia. An anchoring in the reality of the territory of Polynesia, which will be able to create the model that suits it, for example by favoring the cultivation of endemic varieties. l15b5155_proposition-loi. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

KTVU Fox News reports… A group of state lawmakers, led by Democrat Assemblyman Rob Bonta, had hoped to temporarily lower the sales tax to 11% and suspend the cultivation taxes for 2 1/2 years to help retailers compete with prices on the black market. “The black market is presently at least as large or larger as the legal market.”

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The Cannigma

MAY 28, 2023

Medical: legal Recreational: legal Uruguay has gained international recognition for its pioneering approach to cannabis laws. It became the first country in the world to fully legalize recreational cannabis in 2013, and has a long-standing cultural association with weed. Is weed legal in Uruguay?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we previously reported , on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law ( NJ A21 , NJ A 1897 , and NJ A5342/NJ S3454 ), formally legalizing the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden State. Other jurisdictions are catching up to the marijuana law frenzy.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 28, 2021

When Amber Speckman started cultivating cannabis nearly a decade ago in Northern California, it was consistent with her passion to help people. To meet the financial needs of her family, Speckman put 25 cannabis plants in the ground, which she said was the legal number she could cultivate in 2013 with her medical license. . “It

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2023

Rather than do the obvious thing and let cultivators drive it to manufacturers, for example, our state decided to create the concept of distribution licenses. They’d collect the cultivation tax from cultivators. They’d collect the excise tax from retailers. Was this necessary?

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The parliament in Malta voted recently to make adult-use cannabis legal in the country, making the island nation the first in Europe to legalize marijuana. The law allows limited cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use. It may also be the first in a wave of legalization in Europe. What The New Law Allows.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The fight to legalize cannabis in Arkansas has gained more gusto than ever before with a new group of activists lobbying to get a reform initiative featured on the state’s 2022 ballot. 4 with the secretary of state’s office, the latest legalization effort comes courtesy of Arkansans for Marijuana Reform. Filed on Thursday, Nov.

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