The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The industrial hemp pilot provisions under an earlier 2014 Farm Bill govern the lawful production of hemp; noncompliant production remains illegal. Last , when deciding whether to serve hemp-related businesses, credit unions also need to consider other applicable federal and state laws.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

If a state, like Tennessee, operates under the 2014 Farm Bill, but the state applies for a USDA state plan and that is approved, does that then void the 2014 pilot rules and regulations for existing farms in Tennessee operating under 2014 Farm Bill? The USDA doesn’t really touch on processing at all.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2019

In February 2014, FinCEN issued guidance clarifying BSA expectations for financial institutions seeking to provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (the 2014 Guidance). state and federal regulation of marijuana. That hemp remains subject to the requirements of the 2014 Farm Bill. Background.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 26, 2021

For context, since 2014, members of Congress have passed annual spending bills that have included a provision protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from federal prosecution by the Department of Justice. We need your help to ensure that we have the votes necessary to win again.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2022

Constitution which bars excessive bail, fines, and cruel or unusual punishment, and was in line with state law. The conviction would typically carry a sentence of up to three years in prison but Russell was given the enhanced sentence under the state’s habitual offender law.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

10, just outside of three adjoining Touchet cannabis farms accused of growing more than allowed by state law. The trio of farms are the only pot-producers in Walla Walla County, which banned all recreational cannabis farms in 2014. And that’s why someone turned us in.”. read more at.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

The next year, the federal Agricultural Act of 2014 (or “2014 Farm Bill”) was passed. The opinion, however, noted that provisions of the CIHFA were “inoperative to the extent that they apply or pertain to any form of industrial hemp cultivation not authorized by federal law.”

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

After last year’s elections, the council began rethinking the ban, which has been in place since 2014. They also reflect updates to state law, such as eliminating “collective gardens,” which were previously used for medical marijuana. “We are pleased with the direction the county is moving in,” Jeremy Larson said. “We

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Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 1, 2019

Recreational cannabis businesses have been banned in unincorporated Clark County since 2014, two years after Washington voters legalized the drug. A 2015 change to state law allowed cities or counties to make an exception to the buffer (except for elementary and secondary schools, as well as playgrounds).

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. MRB defined The term “MRB” is used pervasively in cannabis banking, yet this term is not defined in the moldering 2014 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network “FinCEN” Guidance. That’s banking.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

To be fair, the USDA did issue an opinion in mid-2019 that stated that states/tribes could not prohibit the interstate transport of hemp produced under the 2014 Farm Bill. Many state law enforcement agencies simply mistook hemp for an illegal controlled substance.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The medical cannabis provision in question prohibits the Department of Justice from using its resources to prosecute individuals acting in compliance with state laws. The rider has been in place and renewed each year since 2014. Senate Approves Bill Protecting Medical Marijuana States From Federal Intervention.

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Cannabis Chronicles

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Paulsen’s licensed marijuana business, Growstate, is in the hands of a court-appointed receiver after three early investors sought repayment of their initial $625,000 investment in 2014. State laws prohibits anyone convicted of a felony in the past 10 years or two misdemeanors in the past three years from possessing a marijuana license.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The industrial hemp pilot provisions under an earlier 2014 Farm Bill govern the lawful production of hemp; noncompliant production remains illegal. Last , when deciding whether to serve hemp-related businesses, credit unions also need to consider other applicable federal and state laws.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

Therefore, the law prohibited the utilization of even medical marijuana. It was not until 2014 when the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment was passed, effectively prohibiting the federal government from interfering with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws, that states were able to regulate the medical use of marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 25, 2022

Further, does the permissive Connecticut state law conflict with the federal law which makes it a federal crime to use, possess, or distribute marijuana, when it prohibits employers from discriminating against authorized persons who use medicinal marijuana outside of the workplace. 21a–408 et seq., Conclusion. Sneha Ajai.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Green Light Law Group. Andrew founded the Oregon Cannabis Law Group in 2014 and merged with Green Light Law Group in 2019. Andrew represents and advises cannabis business clients on state law compliance and licensing issues, as well as in civil litigation and private arbitration.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At this time, full compliance with Section 10113 is not possible because the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) has yet to approve of any state or tribal plans covering the cultivation of hemp or issue its own plan allowing for the cultivation of hemp in states that do not have an approved plan.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

State law allows up to two seats to go to industry representatives though one of the seats could go to a member of the general public. State law allows up to two seats to go to industry representatives though one of the seats could go to a member of the general public.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

State law allows employees to use CBD oil, while other laws allow employers to fire workers for using it. After the Agricultural Act and Farm Bill in 2014 drew some attention to hemp, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 removed hemp from the controlled substance schedule so long as there was no more than.3%

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 31, 2020

In turn, states have the option to maintain primary regulatory authority over the crop cultivated within their borders by submitting a plan to the USDA. Once the 2014 Farm Bill expires, per the CDFA’s own guidance and guidance issued by the USDA, growers may need to apply for federal hemp production licenses.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 5, 2020

States are (mostly) consistent when it comes to hemp production. Both the 2014 Farm Bill and 2018 Farm Bill focused on the actual growing of hemp, not processing or handling hemp. As a result, there is not a ton of room for states to differ when it comes to the rules and regulations on growing hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Department of Justice from spending money to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.”. The prohibition, known as the Rohrabacher–Farr Amendment, became law in 2014 and must be renewed every year.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2019

Since then, Jones filed a petition for review to the state high court, and multiple advocates have filed amicus briefs in favor of Jones and his stance that extracts are covered under the state law. Now, the state’s highest court will decide the issue. Oral arguments will likely come by March, Keenan said.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

With the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill , CBD derived from hemp — if cultivated pursuant to a state research pilot program — got a little bit of precarious legal cover. Option 2 would likely be hugely expensive: we would see increased business failure as well as market consolidation.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2020

.” Essentially, banking regulators are saying that financial institutions should treat “hemp-related businesses” like any other business when it comes SAR filings (unlike state-licensed cannabis businesses, which have their own special SAR filing system under the 2014 guidelines). ” No surprises there.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Our firm represents a number of financial institutions and even a federal agency on banking state-legal cannabis. We have practiced in the space ever since the 2014 FinCEN guidelines were issued and it’s been slow going for the most part.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2019

Financial institutions that work with marijuana businesses must conduct due diligence to ensure that marijuana businesses are complying with state law. That includes regularly submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”).

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2019

Per the release distributed by Senator Wyden : Wyden and Blumenauer’s State Cannabis Commerce Act would make these existing protections permanent and expand them to include all cannabis producers and consumers in compliance with state law.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Move forward two years to 2014, and Robert began taking prescription medication for anxiety. New York legalized medical cannabis in 2014. Under state law, medical cannabis patients are categorized as disabled. Coincidentally later that year, he was involved in an automobile accident while in the line of duty.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

The rift between federal and state law has left banks trapped between their mission to serve the financial needs of their local communities and the threat of federal enforcement action. 2014 Grassley/Feinstein Letter on FinCEN Guidance . ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols op-ed published in The Hill?: INDUSTRY RESOURCES.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Currently, NCDA is operating under the 2014 Farm Bill, not the 2018 Farm Bill. Apparently, that’s how the state wants to continue to operate. The Industrial Hemp Commission adopted temporary rules for review in February 2017; these were approved by the Rules Review Commission of the Office of Administrative Hearings.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 5, 2023

Since 2014, Minnesota has provided applicants and employees with protections if they lawfully use cannabis for medicinal purposes. This expanded definition should avoid litigation in Minnesota over whether the CPA covers a product that is legal under state law, but not federal law, as we saw in Coats v.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

He stated that post- Raich, the federal government has “sent mixed signals on its views,” referencing the now-rescinded Department of Justice Cole Memo and the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment in place since 2014, and noted that 36 States allow medical marijuana and 18 states allow recreational marijuana.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The case involved the Idaho State Police’s seizure of 6,700 pounds of industrial hemp biomass cultivated lawfully in Oregon that was on its way to Colorado for state-lawful processing. The appeal involved the denial of Big Sky’s preliminary injunction by the state court.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Remember that a felony conviction, at either the state or federal level, results in a 10-year ban from participating in the legal hemp industry, unless a person was lawfully growing hemp under the 2014 Farm Bill before December 20, 2018. It’s the codification of the 2014 Farm Bill’s industrial hemp provisions.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

MARCH 9, 2022

The legal landscape for parents who smoke weed is changing and will likely continue to change as marijuana becomes legalized in more states. Keep an eye out for any changes to the laws when it comes to weed, as they will likely affect you and your parenting. Be sure to understand your state law before buying or consuming pot.

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