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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

The War on Cannabis continues through aggressive state and local enforcement and prohibition measures with no end in sight. This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. This left enforcement to state regulators.

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Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

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215 opened the door for a collective model (i.e., With the passage of SB 420 , this collective system was formalized and, with the advent of the 2008 Guidelines issued by the State Attorney General’s Office, more details around “compliance” and best practices were provided; but it was nothing like we have today under Prop.

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Will Newly Developing Drug Breathalyzers Replace Other Forms of Testing?

Cannabis Law Report

It will allow federal executive branch agencies to collect and test an oral fluid specimen as part of their drug testing programs.” [vii]. Oral fluid testing although growing in popularity [viii] is not without some stated issues. uid collection is easy and noninvasive and is therefore a valuable alternative to blood in DUID cases.

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Tax Court’s decision in Harborside A Big Challenge For CA Cannabis Dispensaries

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Tax Court has issued a final decision under Tax Court Rule 155 on the income tax deficiency for Patients Mutual Assistance Collective Corporation (“PMACC”), the Company’s 100% owned subsidiary and owner of the iconic Harborside Oakland cannabis dispensary. million for the fiscal years 2007 through 2012. .

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. 2010, Elvik, 2013, Hartman and Huestis, 2013, Rogeberg and Elvik, 2016). A new study disproves the theory that dispensaries make it easier for teens to get cannabis. 2012, Calabria et al.,

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Article – Faegre Baker Daniels: Key Considerations for U.K. Investment in the Legal Cannabis Industry Abroad

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However, individual states have enacted legislation permitting exemptions for various uses, mainly for medical and industrial use but also recreational use. This has not changed federal law; the Department of Justice has instructed prosecutors to refrain from prosecuting by way of the Cole Memorandum , issued in August 2013 to all U.S.

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CPA Journal Article: “Providing Services to the Marijuana Industry”

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This conflict between federal and state law has raised concerns among CPAs providing services to the marijuana industry. States Legalizing Marijuana. Barr also noted that Congress needs to make a decision as to whether federal law should be changed or followed. 15, 2019, [link] ).