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State restrictions on cannabis packaging worry producers

Cannabis Chronicles

Since starting Fairwinds, a Vancouver-based cannabis company, in 2014, James and Wendy Hull said they’ve heard from customers who’ve praised their products for helping them with pain, anxiety and other ailments — even cancer. Hull has never had a customer say the packaging on her company’s products are misleading, she said.

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States Have Made Over $15B From Cannabis Tax Revenue Despite Decline

Veriheal

Since the state-legal, adult-use cannabis market began in 2014, a combined total of more than $15 billion has been generated in tax revenue. Mature Cannabis Markets See Revenue Decline Every state that has legalized cannabis typically experiences an increase in its tax revenue every year. Hence the increase in its demand.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup October 22

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A Senate Bill Could Legalize Recreational Cannabis Sales in D.C. Senate committee revealed a package of spending bills on Monday that would legalize recreational cannabis sales in Washington, D.C. Despite the legalization of cannabis possession in 2014 by D.C. if enacted.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

As more states legalize cannabis, companies are dealing with the absence of national trademark uniformity. Currently, there is no legal mechanism to obtain a trademark to sell cannabis across state lines. Companies must be ready to fight for their trademark rights once legal cannabis becomes a national reality.

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Guam Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

WeedAdvisor

With cannabis legalization in the U.S. This small island in the western Pacific Ocean legalized medical cannabis in 2014. Now in 2019, a bill to fully legalize the drug passed by a narrow margin and was signed into law by Governor Lou Leon Guerrero. Rules for Legalization. . A Community Issue”. .

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Prop 65 Plaintiffs Set Their Sights on Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

As the cannabis industry and its associated sectors have gained increasing social and legal acceptance, these businesses have started to face an issue that has been plaguing traditional Consumer Packaged Goods companies in the state of California for decades— Proposition 65 claims. Blog: Cannabis Legal Highlights.

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Perkins Coie: Prop 65 Plaintiffs Set Their Sights on Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

As the cannabis industry and its associated sectors have gained increasing social and legal acceptance, these businesses have started to face an issue that has been plaguing traditional Consumer Packaged Goods companies in the state of California for decades— Proposition 65 claims. Jasmine Wetherell.

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