Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. million marijuana plants in the state last year. Arizona legalized medical marijuana in 2010.

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DEA Data Recreational Legalization 45

The Cannigma

JUNE 30, 2021

But in addition to the 18 states with legal adult-use (as well as medical), there are another 18 states that have fully functioning medical marijuana programs. As of July 1, 2021, all five states had both adult-use and medical cannabis programs. ? Get your medical card now with The Cannigma Medical. In Colorado, 78.7%

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Chronic Pain Marijuana Conditions Patients 137

The Cannigma

JUNE 23, 2021

The number of employees testing positive for cannabis has soared over the past decade, especially in states with legal recreational marijuana, a recent report found. The 2021 Drug Testing Index carried out by Quest Diagnostics found that in states with legalized recreational marijuana , positivity rates for marijuana testing rose 118.2%

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Legalization Recreational Data Consumption 140

CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You might think that cannabis legalization would lead to a significant decrease in marijuana-related arrests, but that hasn’t been the case. Not only did marijuana arrests initially increase as states legalized the plant, but there are still more people arrested for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined.

Marijuana 105

Marijuana Chronic Pain Treatment Legalization 105

TheAnswerPage

JULY 14, 2022

Among Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, which state has the highest total number of medical marijuana patients registered in their state program? Which state has the most medical marijuana patients per 10,000 state population? patients per 10,000 state population. Boehnke, Owen Dean, Rebecca L. Haffajee, et al; U.S.

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Programs Patients Data Marijuana 52

MJ Business Attorneys

APRIL 29, 2019

Is cultivating marijuana to blame, or something else? There is no data showing that there are pervasive health or safety issues in the cannabis industry. The cannabis industry is heavily regulated and the testing programs are unlike the public safety regulations for any commodity in the world.

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Safety Data Food Environment 153

Veriheal

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ohio, often viewed as a bellwether state, now faces a defining question: Will it join the growing roster of states opting to launch legal recreational marijuana markets? We are eyeing long-term business opportunities should the marijuana prohibition fall in the Buckeye State,” he said. in recent years.

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Recreational Supply Chain Legislation Cannabis 112

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Is the Federal Bureau of Investigation miscounting the true number of marijuana arrests nationwide? As Marijuana Moment reported , he’s calling for the DOJ to investigate the FBI over its handling of its Uniform Crime Reporting program (UCR)—specifically, how it counts marijuana arrests. This distinction matters.

Decriminalization 52

Decriminalization Data Marijuana Policy 52

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% Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. of the population enrolled. 46,104,922.

Collective 52

Collective Policy Retail Programs 52

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Rochester-based organizations and community groups today released a new report that comprehensively outlines continued racial disparities in marijuana enforcement in the City of Rochester and Monroe County. This legislation has the potential to boost New York State’s economy by potentially creating a $1.7

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Marijuana Education Advocacy Legislation 103

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The state of California has now permitted the legal use of marijuana for two years. Since its passing in 2016, Prop 64 has earmarked its entire cannabis industry tax revenue, minus regulatory costs, to supporting public health, repairing the environment, and bettering public safety. Gavin Newsom proclaimed another $332.8

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Marijuana Safety Programs Dispensary 64

Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

This legislation provides important updates to our state’s medical [cannabis] program to ensure that patients have improved access to medication.”. HB 1024 follows up on recommendations that were put forward by the Department of Health to amend the Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed by the Governor in April 2016.

Legislation 98

Legislation Patients Supply Chain Dispensary 98

CannaMD

JUNE 18, 2020

But does marijuana really make you less intelligent? Research into the subject has yielded mixed conclusions, leading some to assert that there is no decline in mental ability, while others claim that prolonged marijuana use will lower your IQ. But does this study provide a broader indictment of marijuana as a devastating agent for IQ?

Research and Development 80

Research and Development Marijuana Education Treatment 80

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Sales fell (again) along with licensee numbers (for the first time) According to OLCC data , retail sales between January 1, 2023 and November 30, 2023 clocked in at $874 million. Nearly half, or 48.7%, of OLCC retail sales are “useable marijuana” (dried leaves and flower). That tally would be a 4.1%

Hemp 86

Hemp Retail Compliance Compliance 86

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

HARRISBURG — The public could soon know for the first time how many patients use medical marijuana to treat opioid use disorder in Pennsylvania, one of the few states to specifically endorse that treatment option. Yet, the director of the Office of Medical Marijuana, John J. Cordeiro died of an overdose a few weeks later.

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Treatment Patients Data Policy 52

CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Current Florida medical marijuana patient? Either way, it’s important you stay up to date with Florida’s rapidly evolving legal landscape: Can you use medical marijuana at work? What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? How does Florida law define medical marijuana? Thinking about getting your card?

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Law Marijuana Patients Treatment 126

TheAnswerPage

JANUARY 11, 2022

Are you able to answer your patients’ medical marijuana questions? During my tenure, I have found the medical marijuana educational gap to be one of the most significant educational gaps that impacts a very broad range of healthcare providers. million medical marijuana patients nationwide.

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Patients Education Marijuana Therapy 98

The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) recently released the first National Cannabis Equity Report , a 39-page document that explores the social equity programs within the 36 states that have legalized medicinal or recreational cannabis. The MCBA spelled out four pillars that constitute a truly equitable program.

Programs 96

Programs Recreational Seed-To-Sale Cannabis 96

The Cannigma

MARCH 21, 2021

If you legalize marijuana, you’re going to kill your kids,” he told Nebraskans. That’s what the data shows from around the country and that’s why it’s dangerous to go around the established process that we have.”. Marijuana does not kill kids. We’ll get to why in a second, but that’s simply not true.

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Research and Development Cannabis Education Legalization 128

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. Glossary of Marijuana Terminologyvia CannaInsider.com. CANNABIS PRIMER. Dr. David B.

Dispensary 76

Dispensary Patients Agriculture Conditions 76

Canna Law Blog

JULY 15, 2019

based New Frontier Data and London-based cannabis bio-technology firm, Grow Biotech. As we’ve referenced before , data shows that the number of U.S. cannabis patent holders has nearly quadrupled since 2016. and recreational use in 11 states and D.C.,

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Pharmaceutical Research and Development Data Cannabinoids 92

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

To facilitate such changes, CBD should indeed be removed, or de-scheduled, from the Controlled Substances Act and Marijuana should be immediately rescheduled out of its national Schedule I category. Then the context in which marijuana is researched and discussed in public can shift. ” According to Cannabis Dispensary , the U.S.

Marijuana 40

Marijuana Education Patients Research and Development 40

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Stock Daily Dish report… Alaska‘s marijuana tax revenue continued a steady climb upward in September, with $723,757 collected statewide, according to a state official. A total of 716 pounds of bud was sold wholesale in September, and 630 pounds of trim, according to data provided by Mazzei. Alaska‘s Oct. Source: [link].

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Collective Data Cannabis Programs 45

PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, with the increasing popularity of cannabis, many people are turning to marijuana as a safer and better alternative for pain management. For example, a study published in the Journal of Pain in 2016 found that chronic pain patients who used medical cannabis reported a decrease in their opioid use and an improved quality of life.

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Chronic Pain Research and Development Patients Cannabis 105

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Less than three years after the first licensed recreational marijuana retailers began doing business in Massachusetts, regulated cannabis dispensaries have rung up more than $2 billion in adult-use cannabis sales, state officials announced on Wednesday. . million in gross sales. Sales for all of the 2019 calendar year amounted to $444.9

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Retail Recreational Dispensary Cannabis 52

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

For anyone interested in doing a deeper dive on some of these trends, the OLCC keeps some good “Marijuana Market Data” sets here. Oregon marijuana producers are forever suffering. The OLCC also did a nice job ramping up its streamlined licensing program this year. The Commission’s summary of that effort is here.

Hemp 84

Hemp Research and Development eCommerce Retail 84

The Joint Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

According to new research marijuana use is directly associated with a decrease in alcohol consumption among those seeking alcohol treatment. Setting: Individuals were recruited from 2016-2020 from community and university settings in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, USA. Alcohol use was compared within and between groups. times (95% C.I.

Treatment 26

Treatment Consumption Marijuana Data 26

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In spite of a stern warning in 2017 that participating in the marijuana industry could bring Bar discipline, no lawyers have lost their Nevada law license in the last three years because they had a stake in a business that is still illegal at the federal level. But none used marijuana exclusively or worked in the industry.”.

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Dispensary Recreational Cannabis Marijuana 49

Freedom Leaf

OCTOBER 15, 2018

This move reinforced a federal ruling on April 16 that affirmed the December 2016 DEA decision to create a new Schedule I code for cannabis extracts, including CBD extracts. Frontier Data predicts total sales of all CBD products in the U.S. Frontier Data predicts total sales of all CBD products in the U.S. will top $1.9

DEA 51

DEA CBD Pharmaceutical Epilepsy 51

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2019

At nine Army bases in or near marijuana-friendly states, there has been a roughly 18% increase between 2017 and 2018 in positive drug tests for THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the principal psychoactive component in cannabis. 82% testing positive in 2016. Marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, so U.S.

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THC Legalization Decriminalization Data 40

Sensi Seeds

JANUARY 4, 2019

They enabled “individuals with the authorization of a health-care practitioner to access dried marijuana for medical purposes by producing their own marijuana plants, designating someone to produce for them or purchasing Health Canada supply”. The procedure for sourcing cannabis from an authorized producer is relatively simple.

Medicine 75

Medicine Research and Development Patients Programs 75

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

The complex regulatory challenges around researching controlled substances have been a hot topic in recent years because of interest around medical marijuana. DEA classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance, while at the same time researchers have long touted its potential medical benefits. [18] 2] David E. 264, 266 (Apr.

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Research and Development DEA Clinical Trials Therapy 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Legalizing marijuana for adults has been a wise investment. 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. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use marijuana sales. As of April 2021, $404.5

Marijuana 91

Marijuana Retail Collective Programs 91

Veriheal

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program of Hawaii was created in order to get medical cannabis consumers to register for consuming the plant. The program requires cannabis patients to have a licensed physician to certify that the individual would benefit from medical cannabis before they can register for it.

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Edibles Legalization Decriminalization Consumption 52

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We look forward to Code For America repeating this in other states… CNN reports… Technology meets law and order to help dismiss thousands of marijuana-related convictions dating back to 1975 in San Francisco. Make it better with data. Inform iterations with data about user behavior. Impact not ideology.

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Data Programs Access Law 45

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

MARCH 25, 2020

The Department of Agriculture granted approval to the first cultivation center to begin actually growing cannabis on July 10, 2015, and the facility planted its first seeds three days later, nearly two years into the four-year pilot program. According to state-released data, those patients purchased approximately $1.7

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Chronic Pain Conditions Patients CBD 40

Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

In 2016, Maryland contracted with ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program to train the officials tasked with watching over the state’s emerging medical cannabis program. American Medical Marijuana Physicians Association. American Medical Marijuana Physicians Association. The mission of this D.C.-based

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