Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Senators Schumer, Wyden, and Booker are taking comment from lawmakers and the general public, including advocates, the cannabis industry, public health experts, and the law enforcement community, until September 1. Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. Draft Bill Details.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But in Washington State, law enforcement officials have largely suspended all simple drug possession arrests as a result of the State Supreme Court ruling. Is this like Oregon’s all-drug decriminalization law? As the Washington State law was written, Blake’s conscious intent to possess the meth didn’t matter.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Provide for reforms to the treatment of marijuana-related activities or convictions in federal immigration policy. That is all to say nothing of the cascading effects such legalization would have on job creation, tax collections, and public health as the black market is (perhaps slowly) replaced with regulated commercial activity.

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Marijuana Banking Research and Development Legislation 52

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Those fears were confirmed when Sessions formally rolled back the Cole Memo, a federal directive under the Obama administration not to pursue criminal actions or civil forfeiture against marijuana businesses that were abiding state law. As it now stands, 10 states (including California) plus Washington D.C.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a grant notice to encourage research on the effects of changing US cannabis laws and policies on public health. Advocates have until April 30, 2020, to collect more than 55,000 signatures. Governor Ducey (R-AZ) opposes legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

to implement the taxed and regulated market approved by voters in 2014, permitting tribes to implement their own cannabis policies, protecting immigrants who work in the industry, and supporting other nations that choose to legalize the plant. This recent shift in government policy and public perception has been a long time coming.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

More and more states across the South are adopting medical marijuana regimes. One such pain for marijuana businesses is the tension between following state laws on a product that is still illegal at the federal level. Assistance Collective Corp. As drafted, the MORE Act would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.

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Marijuana Business Decriminalization Legislation 45

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office has asked retailers to pull products grown by Houston cultivator Calm N Collective from shelves, and put them in quarantine pending further information. Calm N Collective co-owner Ronald Bass claims that the tip is baseless and originated from a disgruntled former employee.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

For better or worse, more states are sure to follow; in fact, according to a recent survey, more than 60 percent of Americans favor the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use. In furtherance of this policy of conformity, as the Code is amended by Congress, New York “automatically” adopts the Federal changes.

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Business Cannabis Law Decriminalization 52

The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

And I wanted to talk about the prospect of a federal reform from various levels all the way up to full legalization or decriminalization on the federal level. MSO: It’s something that just struck me right now. So much of the cannabis market is hyper localized because of the ban on interstate commerce of any cannabis products.

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