SpeedWeed

APRIL 29, 2021

Texas passed a bill through the House of Representatives today, titled HB 1535, that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to cover more conditions, and therefore, service more people who rely on the plant. The program has fewer enrolled patients and businesses than most other states because of its extreme restrictions.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

JANUARY 31, 2019

Effectively, the NFL is saying that their “workers”, the players, are unable to participate in a state legal activity, no matter the reason, due to their stringent drug policies. If while in the intervention program a player again has a failed test, they will be subject to stage two or three of the program, whichever is applicable.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This development harkens back to the ‘compassion’ in the original Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act and underscores the importance of never losing sight of the patients who were the foundation of this industry.” This policy would benefit medical patients by giving greater access and reducing burdens for purchasing cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports… Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law. Kemp, House Speaker David Ralston and Lt.

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Veriheal

MARCH 17, 2021

In 2015’s Christmas classic The Night Before, Rogen and two friends celebrate the holidays with a night of depravity, including a generous dose of cannabis. Actor Seth Rogen is known for his cannabis-themed movies. In 2008’s Pineapple Express , Rogen’s character goes on the run with his dealer.

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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. Colorado has a robust medical program, with about 1.6% million) | Tax rate: 37% at retail since July 2015; 6.5% of the population enrolled.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

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. Colorado has a robust medical program, with about 1.6% million) | Tax rate: 37% at retail since July 2015; 6.5% of the population enrolled.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

AJC reports… Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. The appointments were a key step for patients who have been allowed to use the drug since 2015 but had no legal way to buy, grow or transport it.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. In 2015, Idaho state legalized CBD with a THC concentration of less than 3%. Wisconsin Wisconsin has no state medical cannabis program and no licensed medical Marijuana dispensaries. year prison sentence.

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CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

MARIJUANA ARRESTS DECLINE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2015. As Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director, Steve Hawkins , told Marijuana Moment : A decline in cannabis-related arrests is better than seeing an increase for a fourth year in a row, but the amount of these arrests is still abhorrent.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 23, 2023

Table of Contents Recent OLCC liquor and cannabis scandals OLCC and the big cannabis retailers, going back Two sets of OLCC cannabis rules and policies We have been working with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission incessantly since 2015, when rulemaking commenced for the adult use program.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 22, 2022

The District of Columbia legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2010 and began to permit individuals to use the drug recreationally in 2015. Last month, on July 13, 2022, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “ Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022 ” (D.C. Next Steps for Employers.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The filings mark the latest development in a protracted legal battle stemming from a falling-out between Feder and others with whom he allegedly united to pool knowledge and resources in 2015 in an effort to score one of the coveted, newly available marijuana business licenses in New York’s medical cannabis program. OUR VISION.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

These states haven’t made major headlines for their progressive cannabis policies, but together they constitute a major market that has, nevertheless, dipped its toe in the water. Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 10, 2022

They also found that cannabis charges weren’t trending downward – 100,000 more people were arrested in 2018 for cannabis than in 2015. And in a time when 37 states have medical cannabis programs and 19 states and Washington DC have fully legalized cannabis, no one should be sitting in jail for a plant that’s making people millions of dollars.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2019

From 2015 to 2018, the Oregon legislature passed a large number of cannabis-related bills in every session, including omnibus legislation, and the state cannabis agencies (OLCC, OHA and ODA) engaged in seemingly non-stop rulemaking. These are all further signs of program maturation. Fewer new laws and regulations.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

Therefore, Ceballos’s use of marijuana isn’t protected by the Nevada statute and Palace Station had the legal power to fire him for violating company policy. For the same reasons, the court ruled that a wrongful termination claim could not be supported on public policy grounds. August 17, 2022. Tae Phillips. Birmingham. Zachary V.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 6, 2019

New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program. To apply for the Medical Cannabis Program, click on the application you need below. Medical Cannabis Program — NMAC 7.34.4.8. Each day, the Medical Cannabis Program receives hundreds of patient applications. Medical Cannabis Patient Services Program Relocating (June 28, 2016).

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

The study, “Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and dispensary provisions not associated with higher odds of adolescent or heavy marijuana use: A 46 state analysis, 1991-2015,” was published online this week by the journal Substance Abuse. Lower Cannabis Use Among 9th Graders. View original article.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“We’re encouraged that SB711 has been advanced by the Judiciary Committee,” said DeVaughn Ward , who serves as senior legislative counsel for the Marijuana Policy Project. Contrastingly, in March 2015, a group of Republican military veterans was left feeling disappointed after lawmakers rejected their attempt to legalize medical cannabis.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

A report was released by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) on May 1 on the combined sale of cannabis across the U.S. Far-reaching state programs like alcohol and drug treatment, education, job training, veterans’ service, and reinvestment in communities have been experiencing positive growth. billion that was obtained in 2021.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

“This would be a big deal in terms of changing our policies to follow states like Colorado, Washington, California, that we’ve seen move forward ending prohibition, not only stopping the arrests, as we’ve done significantly in Illinois with our decriminalization laws, but to open up the marketplace.”

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Please join Ariel Clark and Katie Podein of Clark Howell LLP, along with Veronica Perez and Anh Nguyen of Veronica Perez & Associates and Jonatan Cvetko of the United Cannabis Business Association as they take a deep dive into the new LA County cannabis program and address questions from attendees during this hour-long webinar.

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Veriheal

JUNE 29, 2022

Not surprisingly, Southern states have been more conservative in their approach to developing medical cannabis programs. Zero of the 18 adult-use programs now in existence have been created down south. Texas has maintained an extremely restrictive program that allows just three operators to grow and sell limited CBD products.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

Latest study designed to encourage sensible policy development. Oregon’s Public Policy Approach to Support Legal Marijuana Production and the State’s Abundant Supply: The Course for Seeking the Right Balance. Oversupply is seen as a positive as it indicated incorporation of grey & black markets. State has 2,100 licensees.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, most major cities in Texas have launched programs and adopted policies that reduce, or even eliminate, penalties for the possession of cannabis. [ii] Recreational use of cannabis in Texas remains restrictive, with law enforcement being inconsistent even between Texas cities.

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MMJ Recs

AUGUST 30, 2021

The selling of medical marijuana in Missouri had humble beginnings, with only two non-profit organizations given the go ahead to grow cannabis for medical use in 2015. According to the Marijuana Policy Project, each state has its own tax laws regarding the legal sale of medical marijuana. How many dispensaries are licensed in Missouri?

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SpeedWeed

MAY 27, 2021

The recently published research, which comes courtesy of the Marijuana Policy Project , found that, as of this month, “states reported a combined total of $7.9 In Washington, where there is a 37% imposed on retail since July 2015 and a 6.5% Tax Revenue From Cannabis Sales Predicted By Legalization Advocates.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

The 2014 Farm Bill allows for the limited cultivation of industrial hemp, but that bill requires that hemp be grown pursuant to an agricultural pilot program in compliance with state law. In November 2015, Innovative Nutraceuticals, LLC placed an order for hemp from Spain to L&M Natural Hemp.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

MARCH 25, 2020

Amidst claims of fraud and favoritism in Governor Quinn’s process, Governor Rauner’s staff undertook its own review of the cannabis business applications and, as a result, the State did not begin to grant business licenses until February 2015, or roughly 19 months after the Act was initially signed into law.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The Virginia legislature has passed bills to modify the state’s medical marijuana program to allow for the production and sale of herbal forms of cannabis. The legalization of medical marijuana in Virginia began with a strictly limited 2015 law that allowed for CBD and THC-A oils to be used by patients with severe epilepsy.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Hochul nominated former Drug Policy Alliance staffer Chris Alexander for executive director of the new Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and former New York Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright for chair of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) during a special legislative session that convened Sept. Kathy Hochul less than two weeks do what former Gov.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Hochul nominated former Drug Policy Alliance staffer Chris Alexander for executive director of the new Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and former New York Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright for chair of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) during a special legislative session that convened Sept. Kathy Hochul less than two weeks do what former Gov.

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Freedom Leaf

JANUARY 4, 2018

I continue to advocate for patient access to medical marijuana, and work with recreational legalization groups like Start SMART New York and Drug Policy Alliance that aim to take away one of the many tools law enforcement uses to lock up people of color, and to make sure we’re not pushed out of this industry. ” QUEEN ADESUYI.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 5, 2023

Dish Network, LLC (Colorado 2015) and Ceballos v. The DATWA restricts certain types of drug and alcohol tests, imposes specific written policy and notice requirements, and requires employers to give an employee who tests positive for drugs a “second chance” if the employee follows the requirements set out in the statute.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2019

Prior to opening her own firm, she was appointed as Senior Policy Advisor at the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, where she developed regulations and negotiated with stakeholders regarding the implementation of the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA). If that’s the case, this is where the CAC should come in.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 20, 2021

Louisiana officially greenlit a medical marijuana program back in 2015, but it didn’t get off the ground until 2019. John Bel Edwards signed a bill that significantly expanded the state’s medical cannabis program. . Beyond HB 434. Last year, Louisiana Gov.

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