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LexBlog Article: New York Cannabis: Lawyers Can Consume, Advise Businesses and Own Them (if They Dare)

Cannabis Law Report

In the continuing trend of normalizing the cannabis industry for practical reasons, the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Committee on Professional Ethics issued Opinion 1225 (the Opinion). In short, the NYSBA now expressly permits lawyers to represent clients in New York’s recreational cannabis industry.

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Are Cannabis Churches Legal?

Canna Law Blog

I’ve spent considerable time explaining the law regarding religious use of psychedelics on the Psychedelics Law Blog lately. A lot of that same law applies equally to cannabis. Naturally, I want to answer a similar question here: are cannabis churches legal? Are cannabis churches federally legal?

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Rod Discusses Legal Challenges Facing Hemp and CBD with The CBD Guide (Podcast)

Cannabis Law Report

We discussed a number of topics, including: My first-hand experience with CBD and my path to representing businesses in the cannabis industry. Some of the biggest legal challenges that cannabis businesses face, such as the lack of access to banking, and merchant processing. Rod Kight is an international hemp lawyer.

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Update: DOJ and SAFE Banking Act

Canna Law Blog

As we blogged about last week, the SAFE Banking Act is trying to claw its way back from the dead during this lame duck session of Congress. Whenever we get a cannabis-related memo from DOJ, I get pretty excited. Whenever we get a cannabis-related memo from DOJ, I get pretty excited. Here’s the memo (“Memo”).

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Becoming Human:  How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Cannabis Industry

NewsMunchies

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that can be applied in many aspects of the cannabis industry. The legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis at the state level has created a growing desire to roll out more products to more consumers. AI can potentially solve that problem.

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Granny Purps v. County of Santa Cruz

Cannabis Law Report

County of Santa Cruz , the Sixth District Court of Appeal green-lit a medical cannabis cultivator’s ability to pursue damages – to the tune of potentially $3.5M – from the County of Santa Cruz when it determined the County cannot rely on zoning ordinance to seize the cultivator’s plants grown in violation of local regulation.

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Michigan Legislature Addresses Native American Tribes in New Marijuana Legislation

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

As sovereign nations, tribes can generally make their own rules for their business ventures and members on tribal lands, with state law potentially applicable only in sharply limited circumstances. Generally speaking, tribes regulate and operate their businesses free from state regulation.