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California Hemp Cultivation: It’s Complicated

Canna Law Blog

I’ve written about the various hemp laws in California and how confusing they are previously (see here and here ). The reality is that California is far behind many other states when it comes to hemp. There is actual law on the books for cultivation, but it mostly sat there for a few years and is only now coming to light.

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Navigating cGMP For Hemp & Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

She brings a regulator’s keen eye and wide-reaching knowledge on evolving compliance and safety mandates to support businesses in tightly regulated industries. During her tenure with the City of Denver, home to hundreds of cannabis businesses, she worked as an investigator covering cultivation, manufacturing and retail. Previously, Ms.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

Indeed, the DEA reports that it is “aggressively striving to halt the spread of cannabis cultivation in the United States,” including through its Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP), which began funding eradication programs in 1979 and has approximately 126 state and local law enforcement agency participants.

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It

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Maryland Lawmakers Plan Cannabis Legalization Measure for 2022 Election

SpeedWeed

The House will pass legislation early next year to put this question before the voters but we need to start looking at changes needed to State law now.”. Cannabis use has had a disparate impact on people of color for too long with no real impact on public safety,” Del. Maryland Work Group To Study Cannabis Legalization.

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Anchorage Voters to Decide Whether or Not to Allow On-Site Consumption at Marijuana Stores

The Joint Blog

Under current law consuming marijuana at marijuana, stores are illegal. Voters would have to change Anchorage’s workplace safety code banning indoor smoking, but the state code allows for on-site marijuana smoking, Economic and Community Development Director Christopher Schutte told the Associated Press.

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ICYMI: Here Comes California-Certified “Comparable-to-Organic” Cannabis

Canna Law Blog

Due to the federal illegality of cannabis, cannabis businesses don’t receive normal treatment from the federal government (with maybe one or two exceptions, like the NLRB and the 2014 FinCEN guidance for access to financial institutions). Not so for your average cannabis farmer or distributor.