Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2021

The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) will take this opportunity to provide you each month with relevant news, policy, and legislative updates on how CFA and its members are marching towards the goal of ending cannabis prohibition. A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project shows that states have collected $7.9 billion in 2020 alone.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

One of John’s specialty areas is state and federal marijuana policy. The title of our panel was “Update on the Federal Policy Landscape Including Congress and the Executive Branch.” However, it also researches economic developments in the District, influencing and giving input on national policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Since 2014, when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Washington’s voters also approved an adult-use measure in November 2012, and its first stores opened in July 2014. Colorado (pop. 46,104,922.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

23, 2019 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020. Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at rma.usda.gov. Here’s the full press release. WASHINGTON, D.C., The Farm Bill defines hemp as containing 0.3

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2020

“There are many policy issues that I laid out back in January and we’re going to pursue all of them,” he said, according to The Post-Star. Medical marijuana has been legal in New York since 2014. The memo referred also to the arguments in its 2019 statement opposing plans to legalize recreational marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

was published in the Journal of Safety Research and made available online on May 18. Journal of Safety Research. One of the most successful alcohol control policies in the United States was the establishment of the minimum legal drinking age of 21 (MLDA-21). To Read The Rest Of This Article On High Times, Click Here.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. Colorado, which opened recreational stores in January 2014, has the longest-running legalized marijuana market in the United States. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JULY 2, 2019

The ban has been in place since 2014, two years after Washington voters approved a ballot initiative legalizing the drug for recreational use. 1, 2020, from its initial date of July 15, 2019. They certainly will not benefit public health or safety,” said Ann Donnelly, a businesswoman and Republican Party activist.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 20, 2021

Maryland state lawmakers announced last week that the legislature will turn to the voters on the issue of cannabis policy reform by placing a marijuana legalization measure on the statewide ballot next year. Cannabis use has had a disparate impact on people of color for too long with no real impact on public safety,” Del.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

DECREE 4 November 2019 . European Union legislation and policies "; Having regard to Regulation (EEC) no. the European Food Safety Authority and establishes procedures in the. food safety; Having regard to Regulation (EC) no. on monitoring the common agricultural policy and repealing i. 639/2014 of the Commission.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Network of Trial Law Firms – July 29, 2019. 3] The CSA established five schedules of controlled substances, with Schedule I substances defined as those which have a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. [4]

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

million people, or about 18% of all Americans, used cannabis at least once in 2019. There also has been a notable increase in cannabis use in states where cannabis was more recently legalised, with 22 to 25% of adults regularly using cannabis in Maine (2016), Massachusetts (2016), and Alaska (2014).

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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. The latter remains a dangerous drug and is considered higher risk for treatment than CBD (TGA 2019 ).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

During the 20 th century, law enforcement and public policy activities have undermined opportunities for scientific exploration. Relevant AAFP Policy. Therefore, the AAFP advocates for further research into the overall safety and health effects of recreational use, as well as the effects of those laws on patient and societal health.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Feb 13, 2019 . Since state and federal law are not aligned on the issue, legal and legitimate businesses are forced to operate on a cash-only basis creating a serious public safety risk for employees, businesses and communities, as well as providing an opportunity for tax evasion, money laundering and other white-collar crimes.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. There is some help in sight, though.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This lack of research has made it challenging to create evidence-based policy around the legalization of marijuana and has contributed to political resistance to legalizing marijuana at the federal level. Oregon was one of the first states to legalize marijuana for adult use in 2014.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

She said she’s concerned the mushroom policy will be put into place before standards are set. Denver in 2019 became the first U.S. But after trying mushrooms in 2014, he said he has seen significant improvements. We’re focused on public safety, on affordability and building trust,” he said at a news conference on Tuesday. “We

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I was sworn into a term on the NCUA Board in 2019—having served as chairman until January of this year — but this is actually my second term of service on the Board. Here’s a basic reality: as a rule, regulators really don’t like to get out too far ahead of the policy process. Hood speaks at the PBC Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

In 2014 he was the recipient of the ACFE’s highest honor: the Cressey Award for life-time achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 he was chosen as a global elite “Thought Leader” by Who’s Who Legal and also selected as the number one offshore asset recovery lawyer worldwide over the same period.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Do read to the bottom to learn more about Sen Crapo and substance abuse… DECEMBER 18, 2019. Requests feedback on potential changes to address public health and safety issues. 1200 on April 11, 2019. Issue 1: Options for addressing public health and safety concerns.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2019

In this week’s edition: Oregon Legislative Assembly passes bill allowing interstate transfers of cannabis, subject to certain limitations, in the event of a federal policy change. Colorado has reached $1 billion in tax revenue from cannabis sales for the first time since legalizing recreational cannabis in 2014.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

The FDA formally decided to open the door to psychedelic research in human participants, and later accepted MAPS’ Phase 1 MDMA safety and tolerance study protocol. MAPS completed the first Phase 1 safety study with MDMA and resumed working on a protocol for anxiety associated with cancer. Rick Doblin, Ph.D.,

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 2, 2021

The pressure is really on lawmakers at every level of government to take action,” said Carly Wolf, NORML’s state policies director. Cuomo backed adult-use legalization in 2019, but momentum sputtered when he and the Democrat-controlled Legislature couldn’t see eye-to-eye. Public and political support has only continued to increase.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2019

On April 15, 2019, Florida released updated Information on How to Get Medical Marijuana Treatment Center License , or MMTC license, in the state to open a clinic or dispensary. . Know the Current Laws and Regulations in Florida courtesy of the Marijuana Policy Project. Dispensary Permiits: Open a Dispensary in Florida.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

MORE DETAILS: On June 16, 2014, Florida became the 22nd state to legalize (at least partial) access to medical marijuana when Governor Rick Scott signed the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014. To learn more about telehealth appointments and CannaMD ‘s COVID-19 safety measures, see: Coronavirus Policies.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

Public safety at issue. Proponents of these THC caps—who are often the same politicians who stood against legalization and lost—contend that limiting THC levels will increase public safety. The 2019 EVALI/VAPI health crisis was caused by illegal-market vape cartridge manufacturers introducing toxic thinners into their products. .

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Nevertheless, during his confirmation hearing in January 2019, Attorney General William P. Barr stated, “I am not going to go after companies that have relied on the Cole memorandum,” referring to the 2013 Obama administration policy of not enforcing marijuana prohibition in states where legalization has been established. “To

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

His first foray into marijuana policy took place in 2014 when he instructed the NYPD to issue tickets to (instead of arresting) people caught with possession of less than 25 grams of cannabis (this following police contravention of the 1977 law). What did pass in 2019 was a handful of marijuana decriminalization measures.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Worldwide legal marijuana sales have more than tripled between 2014 and 2018 to almost $11 billion, and most analysts on Wall Street predict that legal weed could generate anywhere from $50 billion to $200 billion a year by the time 2030 rolls around. Here’s the piece. That’s only 8.4%

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2019

May 2019 finally brought “ Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announcing their intentions to introduce legislation in Congress known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the CSA, thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of prohibition.”

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 21, 2021

When the FinCEN issued guidance in 2014 to clarify the expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide services to cannabis-related businesses, it opened the door for banks to jump into the space—but that door only opened so far. It will create more jobs, more opportunity and more public safety.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 20, 2021

When the FinCEN issued guidance in 2014 to clarify the expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide services to cannabis-related businesses, it opened the door for banks to jump into the space—but that door only opened so far. It will create more jobs, more opportunity and more public safety.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 18, 2021

When the FinCEN issued guidance in 2014 to clarify the expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide services to cannabis-related businesses, it opened the door for banks to jump into the space—but that door only opened so far. It will create more jobs, more opportunity and more public safety.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

When the FinCEN issued guidance in 2014 to clarify the expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide services to cannabis-related businesses, it opened the door for banks to jump into the space—but that door only opened so far. It will create more jobs, more opportunity and more public safety.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

And so Metrc was formed in 2018 into 2019, after they raised some capital through some capital partners, Tiger Global and Casa Verde. And I’m curious, how do state policies impact that? The relationship with us and state policy is pretty well-established. For one, state policy on this still remains really dynamic.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

May 2, 2019. Another option is to store and consume medical marijuana exclusively at a separate location, although this creates potential logistical and public safety risks including impaired driving. 1] Travis Tritten, Retirees Unlikely to Face UCMJ Charges for Smoking Pot, Stars and Stripes (July 12, 2014), [link]. [2]

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