Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

JUNE 7, 2023

On May 30, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed legislation to legalize recreational use of marijuana for persons 21 years of age and older. The bill legalizes the production and sale of marijuana flower concentrates, topical and edible products, immature cannabis plants and seeds, and hemp-derived THC products.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 22, 2023

On November 8th, 2022, Maryland passed a new law legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older, opening up a whole new industry for the state. Effective July of 2023, the new legislation aims to regulate medical and recreational cannabis as similarly as possible, holding them to the same standards.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Is cannabis legal in Iceland? A brief legal overview. In 1974, with marijuana’s rising popularity amongst Iceland’s youth, that ban was then officially added to Icelandic legislation. In 1974, with marijuana’s rising popularity amongst Iceland’s youth, that ban was then officially added to Icelandic legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 22, 2022

A member of Australia’s Green Party has re-submitted a bill that proposes to legalize and regulate cannabis in South Australia. . Cannabis Legalisation Bill 2022 , introduced in South Australia’s legislative council on May 18, calls for the strict legalisation and regulation of cannabis. The agency would also inspect licence holders.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 10, 2024

Minnesota cannabis producers have raised concerns over the availability of products when the legal market finally opens. In response, the Minnesota legislature has acted quickly to allow an avenue for early cultivation providing key guidance for the forthcoming Minnesota legal cannabis market.

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Veriheal

MARCH 23, 2023

The people of Japan, a country renowned for its sushi cuisine scene, iconic Mount Fuji, and eye-catching cherry blossom trees, may soon have access to legal medicinal marijuana for intractable diseases. On Tuesday, January 24, several legislative bills were unveiled by the Japanese government. ‘1948 Law No.

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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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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Luxembourg, a small European country that is mostly rural and forested, is set to become the first in Europe to legalize both growing but consumption of cannabis, according to reporting by The Guardian. Luxembourg’s approach to cannabis legalization appears to be similar to South Africa’s. Actually, this is very unlikely. .

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 8, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The House Appropriations Committee passed a bill that does not prohibit DC from allowing cannabis sales. And finally, you can get cannabis seeds in Virginia. South Dakota may vote on marijuana again in 2022. south dakota.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 6, 2022

It allows farming, export and sale of cannabis for industrial and medical purposes, but prohibits adult use. Read more: Morocco moves to legalize cannabis for medical and industrial use. But the legislation has strict geographic requirements. Read more: Morocco approves cannabis bill, establishes regulatory body.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

I’ve been on panels with many experts who rightly take the position that the way to get to federal legalization is through a piecemeal legislative process; chipping away at prohibition one legal reform at a time. Hence, SAFE Banking made a lot of sense. Specifically, the application of IRC 280E. Even if Rep.

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WeedAdvisor

OCTOBER 21, 2019

After lengthy debate and an array of public input, Mexico finally released details of its draft legislation, which is set to go to a vote soon, according to Marijuana Business Daily. Mexico’s legislation is not a carbon copy of Canada’s. One key goal in the draft legislation is similar to those enacted by states like Illinois.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

I wanted to drop a line today on an interesting piece of cannabis legislation moving through the Oregon legislative session. This is a very different SB 353 than its placeholder from back in January when I published our annual Legislative Forecast and Report. The bill at issue is omnibus SB 353 (most recent mark-up here ).

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 10, 2024

Minnesota cannabis producers have raised concerns over the availability of products when the legal market finally opens. In response, the Minnesota legislature has acted quickly to allow an avenue for early cultivation providing key guidance for the forthcoming Minnesota legal cannabis market.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

RICHMOND, VA — Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize cannabis for adult use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would begin. The legislation now goes to Democratic Gov. The legislation now goes to Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who supports legalization.

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Marijuana Seeds NL

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

2021 marks the year that Europe can finally celebrate the legalization of weed even if only in one country. Just this month, Luxembourg became the first European country to legalize not only the consumption of cannabis but the growing of it too. The History of Legalization. What Legalization Will Allow in Luxembourg.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has high hopes for the upcoming legislative session in the state of Kentucky. Governor Beshear believes that the cannabis plant is the future, and supports cannabis legalization efforts both medically and recreationally. The Governor’s support for cannabis legalization didn’t stop there.

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Veriheal

APRIL 1, 2022

The German federal government may only have legalized cannabis for medical purposes back in 2017, but the market has already earned enough appeal for big-name players to get involved. Now, as the country contemplates adult-use cannabis legalization , all eyes are on Deutschland. billion (USD$8.4 billion) by 2028.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’ve got several updates to share, starting with Senator Chuck Schumer’s plans to legalize cannabis at the federal level. 2021 was a big year for cannabis in Virginia, as lawmakers voted to legalize adult use.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A legal change signed into law by Gov. As we have previously discussed in our Tobacco Law Blog , the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) legalized “industrial hemp” (a term used to refer to strains of the plant containing less than 0.3% They have 3.2 trillion reasons to care. Read more at.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 22, 2023

On November 8th, 2022, Maryland passed a new law legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older, opening up a whole new industry for the state. Effective July of 2023, the new legislation aims to regulate medical and recreational cannabis as similarly as possible, holding them to the same standards.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Ukraine’s Health Minister Viktor Liashko announced on June 7 that the government had backed the bill that would legalize medical cannabis amid the war with Russia. Paragraph “e” of the first part of Article 6 of the Fundamentals of Legislation of Ukraine on Health Care (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy, 1993, ?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 4, 2019

The bill provides for a dramatically expanded hemp growth program, and for the first time, the fully legal retail sale of hemp-derived CBD. Legislative leaders added labeling requirements (similar to Indiana) for CBD products, to ensure consumers that the products have been independently tested for THC and other substances.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

North Carolina’s move to join the overwhelming majority of states that have legalized the use of medical marijuana recently took a small, but necessary step as the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 30.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Alabama state Senate approved a bill to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana on Wednesday, after spending only about 15 minutes to debate the measure. The legislation must also be passed by the Alabama House of Representatives and signed by Republican Gov. The bill, SB46 , was approved by a vote of 21 to 10.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Words like marijuana, hemp, and THC can often easily determine whether CBD oil or another product is legally available for consumption and purchase. In this article, we will talk about the different types of cannabis, what makes a cannabis product legal and where CBD is legal. What Makes CBD Legal? Well, not really.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 28, 2020

Legislative Update: Maine Marijuana Bills. Maine Switches to Metrc for Seed to Sale Tracking. Corporate attorney, Doug Ginn, explains Maine’s requirement that license applicants have separate Employer Identification Numbers. Beverage Plant License Required to Manufacture Marijuana Beverages.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Minnesota is poised to legalize adult-use cannabis with the approval of HF 100 by the state legislature. Governor Tim Walz is expected to sign the bill soon (and may in fact have done so by the time this post goes live), making Minnesota the 23rd state (plus DC, Guam, the Marianas, and the Virgin Islands) to legalize recreational cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2021

There has been much in the press about Virginia legalizing the possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana or up to four cannabis plants effective July 1, 2021. Most people are surprised to learn that, with a few exceptions, the only component of the 250-page marijuana legalization bill that actually passed was the legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Besides, the current legal status of CBD in the world is still very complicated, as it depends on the regulations in force within each country. According to national laws, CBD extracted from hemp or cannabis can be divided into three categories: 100% legal, therapeutic, and strictly controlled. Cannabis and CBD.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Each Sunday we will summarize a new state in alphabetical order. Emphasis added).

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SpeedWeed

MAY 17, 2021

Kay Ivey of Alabama signed a bill on Monday that legalizes the medicinal use of cannabis in the state. The Alabama medical marijuana legalization measure goes into effect immediately, although providers will have to be licensed by the state before legal medicinal cannabis sales begin.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Mexico is on the verge of passing a groundbreaking legalization bill. Legalized Uses and Available Licenses. Cannabis clubs must be incorporated as an asociacion civil (a not for profit form of legal entity). Luis’ summary and analysis of the bill’s salient provisions, below, is timely and insightful. MEXICO CANNABIS UPDATE.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 24, 2022

The state allows the sale and use of CBD products with 0% THC. Since 2018, CBD and hemp have been legalized to some degree, but Kansas is still a full cannabis prohibition state. Growers must apply for a license through the state and can only use state-approved seeds. Kansas cannabis laws. Cannabis in Kansas. THC or less.

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The Joint Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

Legislation will be introduced today in the Minnesota House and Senate that would legalize and regulate marijuana for those 21 and older. State lawmakers will introduce legislation today that would fully end marijuana prohibition in Minnesota while establishing a licensed, regulated and taxes system of marijuana businesses.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 26, 2019

While in some countries cannabidiol is legal, it is illegal in other countries. There is a lot of constraints attached to the legal status of cannabidiol. The sale of CBD oil-based products is illegal in some countries. The legal status of CBD oil in Spain. In fact, some laws change from one state to another.

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