Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PSI Labs , an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based ISO 17025 accredited Safety Compliance Facility that provides essential cannabis testing services, today announced its expansion into Southern California with the acquisition of pH Solutions, LLC. pH Solutions, LLC was founded in 2016 by Raquel Keledjian, Ph.D.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2021

Salama was Assistant Branch Chief of the California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch. He was Deputy City Attorney in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office from 2016 to 2019. District Court, Northern District of California from 2015 to 2016, Law Clerk for the Honorable Michelle T.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 25, 2022

NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinar series is our premier digital educational series featuring a variety of interactive programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when you need it most. CDFW will provide an overview of its Cannabis Restoration Grant Program (CGRP). Description. Learning Objectives.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The availability of medical marijuana in Ohio, MMJ dispensaries, and the Ohio medical cannabis program are bringing about a positive transformation in patient access to MMJ, thanks to comprehensive regulations that ensure safe, effective, and legal use of this therapeutic substance.

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MMJ Recs

MAY 5, 2024

Following Proposition 215, the legal framework surrounding medical marijuana continued to evolve and in 2003, the California State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 420 , also known as the Medical Marijuana Program Act. They are also protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and other areas.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The pilot program has cleared marijuana related jail convictions eligible for relief under Proposition 64. Possession of recreational marijuana will still be a crime if in violation of one of the newly added Health and Safety Code Sections with penalties reduced.

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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.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64, allowing for the production and sale of adult-use cannabis; in San Francisco, 74% of voters approved this measure. Executive Summary.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Enacted in 1986, the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program made it a condition for employment that all civilian employees at executive branch agencies be prohibited from using federally illegal substances on or off duty. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 12, 2020

billion in tax money, after covering regulatory costs, has been spent on programs such as child care for low income families, cannabis research, public safety grants and cleaning up public lands harmed by illegal marijuana grows. The bulk of that $1.03

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Working with clients in cultivation, processing and retail, each firm offers services like state compliance, audits, staff training and assistance with certifications from current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), quality management (ISO 9001) and food safety (ISO 22000) and Organic. About Allay Consulting. About GMP Collective.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

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. 20 percent to public safety initiatives. million in grants to support public health and safety initiatives.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 15, 2019

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, who voted to adopt that budget last year, said she hadn’t fully understood the substitution maneuver and believed that the cannabis dollars would be used to expand the city’s traffic safety work. As the city’s costs grow, she said, it needs to find new ways to support general fund programs.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Proposition 207 which passed with 60 percent of the vote in favor of legalizing cannabis, also included a 16 percent tax on sales that helps fund community colleges, public safety, public health programs and roads and highways. The cannabis conviction program was launched last July 13. ounces or less of cannabis—no more than 12.5

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

California established the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) through Senate Bill 420 (Vasconcellos, 2003) which increased access to medical cannabis for qualifed patients and primary caregivers and provided protections from prosecution for the possession and cultivation of medical cannabis. 1 1 Business and Profession Code section 26014 1.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

There also has been a notable increase in cannabis use in states where cannabis was more recently legalised, with 22 to 25% of adults regularly using cannabis in Maine (2016), Massachusetts (2016), and Alaska (2014). These trends present both challenges and opportunities for the transportation industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 11, 2019

Officials said the funds were used to distribute public education materials regarding the health and safety risks that are associated with cannabis. They added the revenue went to fund substance programs and mental health services across the state. million in 2016, $1 million in 2017, and $.6 Marijuana tax revenue analysis.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Pennsylvania’s classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug without any accepted medical use runs counter to the state’s own medical marijuana program and should be eliminated, a defense attorney and legalization advocate told a Superior Court of Pennsylvania panel Wednesday. ( Law 360 Reports.

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Medicinal Genomics

JULY 18, 2023

Aspergillus contamination is responsible for the only documented cannabis-related deaths, and Aspergillus testing is essential to ensuring consumer safety. Due to the increased risk of contracting aspergillosis via organ transplant, some transplant programs have removed patients who use cannabis from their donor waiting list.

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Medicine Patients Cannabis Therapy 81

MMJ Recs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

In 2016, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) was introduced to regulate the industry further. Subsequently, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) merged the medical and recreational cannabis industries, creating a unified regulatory framework.

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NewsMunchies

JULY 30, 2018

After nearly three years of delays, limitations, and patient struggles surrounding Florida’s medical marijuana program, its head honcho – Christian Bax – is stepping down. Medical marijuana in Florida has been mired in controversy since 2016 when Florida voters approved Amendment 2 with 71 percent voting yes.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives. percent in 2016. times more likely.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

This is precisely what the City Council of Portland, Oregon, sought to accomplish last week, when it approved an amendment to a proposed budget for its underwhelming cannabis program.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

1] The Proposition, adopted in late 2016, generally legalizes adult possession of cannabis within California; however, it contains several exceptions meant to protect public health and welfare. [2] The 2016 passage of Proposition 64 did not legalize the possession of cannabis within California state prisons. 8, 2016) text of Prop.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 23, 2020

Polls show legalization is much more popular now than it was in 2016, when a legalization initiative was defeated. Arizonans for Health and Public Safety has filed suit against the initiative. They will operate under Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis research program. Not everyone supports legalization, however.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. 20210AB1885_99.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“This number also underscores the entire agency’s tireless efforts, particularly those of our hardworking staff, to thoughtfully regulate a safe, accessible, and effective adult-use marketplace that keeps critical tenets of our mission—public health, public safety and equity, among others—front of mind.”. million in gross sales.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

This means we are unlikely to see a full-scale merger of the medical and recreational cannabis programs in 2019 (too bad), and that most of the legislation will be maintenance oriented and reactive. The hope is that HB 2655 crosses over and the legislature looks at reasonable carve-outs for safety and employers reliant on federal grants.

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Medicinal Genomics

AUGUST 8, 2023

Aspergillus contamination is responsible for the only documented cannabis-related deaths, and Aspergillus testing is essential to ensuring consumer safety. Due to the increased risk of contracting aspergillosis via organ transplant, some transplant programs have removed patients who use cannabis from their donor waiting list.

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Medicine Patients Cannabis Therapy 52

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

On November 8, 2016, the voters of California passed Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which established a comprehensive system to legalize, control, and regulate the cultivation, processing, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis products, for use by adults 21 years and older.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

The MRTA created the Cannabis Control Board to develop regulations for the implementation of the adult-use licensing program. The letter condemns the company for failing to implement a sufficient fire safety plan and fulfill their ethical responsibility to the land.

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Agriculture Cannabis Programs Cultivation 105

Medicinal Genomics

JULY 18, 2023

Aspergillus contamination is responsible for the only documented cannabis-related deaths, and Aspergillus testing is essential to ensuring consumer safety. Due to the increased risk of contracting aspergillosis via organ transplant, some transplant programs have removed patients who use cannabis from their donor waiting list.

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Medicine Patients Cannabis Therapy 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 2, 2019

Since 2016 with pending state regulations and passage of Proposition 64 to legalize recreational marijuana, the County has worked on building a local regulatory structure to reduce, if not eliminate, illegal grows and many of the negative effects identified around cannabis cultivation. Tax revenue to fund enforcement and regulation.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 4, 2022

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 26, 2021

Australia has a legal medical marijuana program, and while recreational cannabis remains illegal on the federal level, the enforcement of cannabis laws and the penalties handed out can differ widely from one territory to another. This also means that the TGA has not accessed these medicines for their safety, quality, or effectiveness.

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