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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

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. The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. In 2013, the federal government sort of changed its tune with the Cole Memo.

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World Wide Weed: Risks and Best Practices for Advertising State Legal Cannabis on the Internet

Cannabis Law Report

Because cannabis remains illegal under federal law, 7 and Section 230 explicitly does not “impair the enforcement of. 9 Even under the Obama-era policy, Weedmaps might still be exposing itself to federal prosecution because it is not “demonstrably in compliance with [California’s] strong and effective. 230(e)(1). 11 21 U.S.C. §

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

Cannabis Law Report

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] ).

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Delta-8 pirates are scamming consumers and legit brands—and the feds don’t care

SpeedWeed

In fact, the federal government’s trademark policies are encouraging pirate manufacturers to cheat delta-8 consumers nationwide—and put the public’s health at risk. . A state-authorized trademark would protect the company’s logo at least within the borders of Arizona, giving the brand “a small amount of protection,” Slosburg said.

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Buzzes & Bummers: 2018 Was a Wild Ride in the World of Cannabis

SpeedWeed

It was fast tracked through the approval process in response to parents of severely epileptic children pushing for a way to legally use CBD, after seeing it work wonders for children profiled in a 2013 CNN documentary called Weed , hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. All because federal law still sees him as a wonton criminal.