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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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New Opinion Confirms Growing Trend Away from “Zero Tolerance” Cannabis Bankruptcy Relief Policy

Canna Law Blog

The seminal Arenas decision from 2014 observed that things get especially awkward when “granting [relief to the debtor] directly involves a federal court … administering the fruits and instrumentalities of federal criminal activity.” brand, also known as “Lowell Farms.” It stopped operating in February 2021.

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

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A report was released by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) on May 1 on the combined sale of cannabis across the U.S. 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. There was a significant boost in the purchase of consumer packaged goods.

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Kight On Cannabis: USPS Publishes New Guidelines For Mailing Hemp & Hemp Products

Cannabis Law Report

We wrote about this topic recently , and quoted both a USPS policy statement and an administrative court ruling that hemp and hemp extracts are mailable commodities. On June 6, an update from the United States Postal Service (USPS) arrived with new and more straightforward guidelines for mailing hemp and CBD in the United States.

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Top Five Drags on the Cannabis Industry

Canna Law Blog

Even though in 2014 FinCEN issued guidelines to financial institutions for banking in the industry (despite open violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws), the participation under those guidelines by banks and credit unions has been slow-going at best. have not been helpful to cannabis businesses.

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How to Get a Credit Union Account for Your Hemp Business

Canna Law Blog

Second, if a credit union serves hemp-related businesses lawfully operating under the 2014 Farm Bill pilot provisions, it is essential the credit union knows the state’s laws, regulations, and agreements under which each member that is a hemp-related business operates. How are you monitoring regulatory changes ?

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Cannabis Sustainability: Hemp Perspectives

Cannabis Law Report

On the topic of sustainability, Florida also currently lacks a dedicated patient or clinic “cannabis collection” station for used cannabis products; an integrated program for safe disposal here in Florida must be addressed, by the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee or other dedicated state body. . million tons in 2014.

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