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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

The creation of this standalone cannabis department is part of a larger effort to improve access to licensure, simplify regulatory oversight and support California businesses. Salama was Assistant Branch Chief of the California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch. Chief Deputy Director – Rasha Salama.

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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

Cannabis Law Report

Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Aside from taxes, Thomas also noted that marijuana businesses could run afoul of criminal laws that penalize the use of firearms while trafficking in controlled substances just by hiring armed security. 20-645_9p6b. MJ Biz reports.

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National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Critcizes Congress On Their Tardiness On Reforming Cannabis Laws.”The bottom line is this: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.”

Cannabis Law Report

It is time for federal action to clarify and harmonize the laws and regulations surrounding the state-legal cannabis industry and marijuana-related businesses, so that this industry can take part in the legitimate financial services industry.”. Marijuana Moment reports. Of course, that’s assuming I would have been invited in the first place.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Before 2016, Australian law considered cannabis an illegal drug. Refractory paediatric epilepsy.

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California Inches Towards Interstate Cannabis Agreements

Canna Law Blog

280E, lack of access to financial institutions, massive operational expenses, plunging prices, and just gluts of production, it’s not pretty out there. It’s no secret that state cannabis markets across the nation are suffering badly. Because of I.R.C. California wasn’t the first state to do this. Not licensees.

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Understanding the Background of Medical Marijuana Laws in Los Angeles

The Joint Blog

The best quality cannabis seeds are available from across the world without any laws prohibiting the use. This act set the framework and blueprint for the future laws of the rest of the United States. Supreme Court Ruling of 2005 – Federal Prosecution Possible. Marijuana Laws in Los Angeles.

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Alliance for Sensible Markets Calls On CA, OR, CO & WA To Join Interstate Compact For Cannabis Trade

Cannabis Law Report

Dear Governors, When the federal government legalizes cannabis, the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution guarantees that producers across our four states will have non-discriminatory access to every legal adult use and medical market in the country. State legal cannabis industries operate today in direct violation of federal law.