Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Before the 2018 Farm Bill, only a few states ran limited “research” pilot programs for hemp. This USDA study , figure 2, page 4, shows states reporting nearly 30,000 total hemp acres “licensed or approved” for cultivation in 2017. The study with 2017 data contains a disclaimer that “not all States reported data on the same basis.”

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Veriheal

JUNE 12, 2023

Thanks to a change in policy, should these NBA players decide to partake in a toke of one of these strains in the future, it may not come with the risk of losing their contracts, careers, or any other penalty for that matter. With a second violation, players face a $25,000 fine and in-patient or aftercare treatment in the Marijuana Program.

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 2019

First founded in 2017, the Caucus has been a pivotal element in our ability to build broad bipartisan support for legislation that would address every aspect of reform, from ending criminalization to research to veterans healthcare. A longtime supporter of reform efforts himself, Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This substance needs to be addressed as part of all workplace motor vehicle safety programs. Develop a comprehensive marijuana policy that accounts for current laws in each state where your company operates. A zero-tolerance policy for marijuana may not be possible, depending on your state’s laws. Update your policies as needed.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 4, 2019

However, the about-face came the day before a motion challenging the former policy was scheduled in Carver County District Court. The suit was brought by Darrell Schmidt, who was released from the DOC on Intensive Supervised Release on March 2, 2017. We’ve instructed them to have their court-appointed lawyer seek a motion,” he said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Commission has designated certain geographic areas in Massachusetts as DIAs for having historically disproportionately higher drug-policy enforcement and lower socio-economic status due to marijuana prohibition and the War on Drugs. These plans must outline examples of goals and programs that could benefit them.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Additionally, the NYSBA maintains the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act’s recent enactment legalized adult-use cannabis, expanded New York’s medical cannabis and cannabinoid hemp programs, and triggered a variety of criminal law reforms.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2021

Previously, she was Director of the Office of Cannabis for the City and County of San Francisco’s General Services Agency from 2017 to 2019, where she served as Project Manager in 2017. As the Director, he oversaw the implementation of the cultivation licensing, compliance and enforcement programs for medicinal and adult-use cannabis.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 1, 2021

Marijuana is not legal in France, and the country is seen as having some of the strictest cannabis policies in western Europe. France’s (experimental) medical cannabis program. In 2018, the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products launched a committee to probe how to implement a medical cannabis program in France.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Strand, a health care executive who joined the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission in December 2017, led the commission for nearly two years. Will Tilburg, the agency’s director of policy and government affairs, will serve as acting executive director, according to the release.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Our team visited with eleven offices regarding the Texas hemp program, the Texas Compassionate Use Program and penalty reduction ( See our handout ). It was a very different experience from 2017 and we were able to obtain feedback that we can work with. Team members also had printed copies of their personal stories to share.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The letters were sent to landowners whose properties “appear … to be used for cannabis cultivation or associated activities,” but for which “there is no record of any person associated with [the] property having enrolled in the State Water Board’s Cannabis Cultivation Program.”

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First published in 2017, and updated in 2019, the new 2021 Women & Minorities in the Cannabis Industry , is now available for download here. Since the first edition of this report was published in 2017, the cannabis industry has changed significantly—and with it the diversity landscape. We hold up the mirror. businesses.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Florida’s ever expanding medical cannabis program of over 700,000 patients has hit a major roadblock. The 2017 law which created the framework of the states medical cannabis program requires that the DOH grant new licenses to keep up with the increasing number of certified patients. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

He has worked exclusively in cannabis since 2017. He and his team designed and placed professional and executive liability programs for the largest law firms in the world. Prior to joining the OCA, Matt ran his own law firm in Chicago. He also formed and helped operate an infused dining company in Chicago that has since been sold.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

NMU began offering a degree in medicinal plant chemistry in 2017. The program debuted as “the only four-year degree program of its kind to combine experimental horticulture and advanced analytical chemistry with an optional entrepreneurial track,” said NMU’s News Director Kristi Evans. Northern Michigan University.

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Veriheal

APRIL 28, 2023

To do this, Ben’s Best Blnz plans to commit 80% of its profits to a grant program for Black cannabis entrepreneurs. Maryland Reevaluates Its Cannabis Policing Policy Maryland is taking a major step toward curbing a long-held discriminatory policing practice. Suppiah was arrested back in 2017 for conspiracy to traffic 1,017.9

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MJ Business Attorneys

APRIL 29, 2019

The cannabis industry is heavily regulated and the testing programs are unlike the public safety regulations for any commodity in the world. Cannabis businesses are already taking proactive steps to ensure that their employees are protected, such as voluntary OSHA inspections as well as Good Manufacturing Practice certifications.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The New York State Bar Association today is announcing the launch of its Cannabis Institute, an ongoing series of programs on New York’s recently-enacted Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which has been widely hailed as one of the most progressive cannabis laws in the nation. She co-chairs NYSBA’s Committee on Cannabis Law.

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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. times more likely. times more likely.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2022

While there were spikes in the number of notices issued in 2014 and 2017, there has otherwise been a slow increase in the claims relating to cannabis products since 2018. Companies should ensure that their compliance programs and policies address Proposition 65 issues. Source: [link].

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MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

Problems plaguing the medical cannabis program in Missouri are three-fold. Second, the program has experienced controversy and claims of disparities from its inception. A 2017 report by the Colorado Department of Revenue says that the average time from seed to harvest is 132 days. Randal Williams, et al.

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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. But justices ruled that doesn’t make it lawful.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Processors are required to participate in a mentorship program for social equity applicants and an environmental sustainability program. The Board will continue to review applications on an ongoing basis and will be making subsequent recommendations for licensure under the Conditional Cultivator program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

While there were spikes in the number of notices issued in 2014 and 2017, there has otherwise been a slow increase in the claims relating to cannabis products since 2018. Companies should ensure that their compliance programs and policies address Proposition 65 issues. Posted in: Cannabis , Featured Posts.

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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. Patient Application Approval – August 21, 2017. Each day, the Medical Cannabis Program receives hundreds of patient applications. Applications.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 11, 2019

In 2017, The State of Washington collected $315.2 Between 2018 and 2017, Washington State saw an increase of $48.3 They added the revenue went to fund substance programs and mental health services across the state. More than $20 million of cannabis income was used to fund grants that supported Building Bridges programs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

42 of July 9, 2017, also known as the Act to Manage the Study, Development and Research of Cannabis for Innovation, Applicable Standards and Limits (Medicinal Cannabis Act). Therefore, its interaction with employers’ validly established drug-testing and anti-discrimination policies was a topic of public and legal debate.

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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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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 21, 2021

The department, which is overseeing the implementation of the new recreational marijuana program, will accept applications for those licenses from December 1 until December 14, and a random lottery will determine who is awarded the licenses.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

42 of July 9, 2017, also known as the Act to Manage the Study, Development and Research of Cannabis for Innovation, Applicable Standards and Limits (Medicinal Cannabis Act). Therefore, its interaction with employers’ validly established drug-testing and anti-discrimination policies was a topic of public and legal debate.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

For the first year since program launch, regulated cannabis sales fell in the state. Seven years into regulated, adult use cannabis, Oregon’s program remains as dynamic as ever from a regulatory perspective. And then there are all of the changes within OLCC, on everything from policies to personnel. That’s a wrap.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 26, 2022

A 2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily found that 81% of American cannabis business owners and founders were white and 10% of cannabis business founders identified as Hispanic/Latino or Black. An appalling statistic and one that must be improved upon. Fortune write.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of protecting compassionate care programs. John Fetterman, Lt. CA resident? Update : S.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “ repressive ” drug policies belie the country’s progressive image. Sweden legalized medical marijuana in 2012 but the program is highly restrictive and the Scandinavian country has yet to legalize recreational marijuana. How do Swedes generally view marijuana?

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