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California Awards $12 Million In Local Cannabis Equity Grants To Repair Drug War Harms

Canna Law Blog

California’s path to cannabis social equity: from arrests to advocacy Data from the California Department of Justice reveals that nearly half a million individuals were arrested on cannabis charges in the state between 2006 and 2015. Funds will go towards local programs offering technical support, regulatory compliance and assistance.

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Ten “Must Haves” for Cannabis Businesses in 2022

Canna Law Blog

I started as a lawyer in the cannabis industry in 2010. Compliance team. I’m still shocked by the number of potential clients who come to us that don’t have a built out compliance team. To not have a compliance team in 2022 definitely makes you an industry outlier at this point. 5.

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Project CBD: FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK IN CZECH CANNABIS CRACKDOWN

Cannabis Law Report

Robert Veverka, publisher and editor-in-chief of Legalizace magazine, heads an advocacy organization of the same name. This pressure began to pay off, and 2010 saw a reform of the Czech criminal code, in which 10 grams or up to five adult plants became an “administrative” rather than criminal offense.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 2149, to amend the definition of “cannabis” under the 2010 voter-approved medical marijuana law. Senate Bill 1003 / House Bill 2273 to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AZ resident? Connecticut. CT resident?

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Seyfarth Shaw Article: Arizona Federal Judge Enters Judgment for Terminated Employee: High Levels In Positive Drug Test Insufficient to Show Impairment From Marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

Kays has been named an Illinois Super Lawyers® Rising Star each year since 2010. She teaches trial advocacy for the Notre Dame Law School and has coached trial team for Chicago-Kent Law School. In addition to her extensive litigation practice, Ms. Kays has represented clients at many arbitrations and mediations. During law school, Ms.

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Alterman Opinion Suggests Cannabis Businesses Apply Double Diligence In Records Keeping

Cannabis Law Report

Alterman involved income tax deficiencies and penalties asserted by the IRS for 2010 and 2011 against individual taxpayers who owned and operated a small Colorado cannabis dispensary. The individual taxpayers had filed joint returns for 2010 and 2011 in which they reported the income from their cannabis dispensary.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines

Cannabis Law Report

I am a medical patient in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Use Registry due my qualifying condition: a 2010 diagnosis of aggressive Multiple Sclerosis. Pain Foundation, the Florida Cannabis Advocacy Network, Americans for Safe Access, Drug Policy Alliance, and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership. . Zachary Kobrin.