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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. Today, we’ll look at the argument that a compliance focus is better than an enforcement focus. Despite all of this, some folks seem to think that prohibition and compliance is still the answer. compliance tradeoff.

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Cannabis Company Basics: Compliance is Key

Canna Law Blog

The inevitability of enforcement actions, civil penalties, loss of licensure, and even potentially criminal liability (depending on the nature of the violation) mean that cannabis businesses must get in the mindset of compliance. The point is that compliance means more than just not engaging in criminal or openly unlawful conduct.

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Press Release: LegitScript Announces New CBD e-Commerce Certification Program to Ensure Accountability, Regulatory Compliance

Cannabis Law Report

LegitScript, the global leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring in the e-commerce and payment sectors, has launched a new certification program for legally compliant CBD products and websites. LegitScript’s CEO, John Horton, said the program will bring transparency and structure to the CBD industry.

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Press Release: ACS Laboratory Launches Comprehensive Hemp Compliance Testing Panel

Cannabis Law Report

One year after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its final rules on hemp, various states enacted their own regulatory programs. An ISO 17025-compliant, DEA-licensed, and CLIA-licensed laboratory, ACS Laboratory offers the largest state-of-the-art testing facility in cannabis and hemp testing in the eastern U.S.

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Marijuana as Schedule III: Woe is Me?

Canna Law Blog

Many people in the cannabis industry are convinced that this HHS recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) means that the DEA will undertake this rescheduling (and fairly quickly, too–which would be a huge departure from its refusal to reschedule back in 2016). Just my two cents; feel free to disagree.

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Navigating regulations in the hemp industry June 22

Cannabis Law Report

In doing so, the Roundtable and its member companies and organizations committed to a multi-year, continually adapting program to promote racial equity and inclusion throughout the U.S. FDA, USDA, DEA basics. Future projections for compliance. Casey Foundation. hemp industry. Useful resources.

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Publicly Traded Cannabis Company Plans $500M (!) EB-5 Raise (!!)

Canna Law Blog

EB-5 program. The INA contains an immigrant investor program at 8 USC § 1153(b)(5) that allows foreign nationals to apply for permanent residence by making a minimum investment in a new commercial enterprise in the U.S. The program, known as “EB-5”, is much more complex but for or purposes here that will do. Bright Green Corp.,

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