Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Following the enactment of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”), there has been a huge interest in the use of hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp-CBD”) for our furry friends. FEDERAL POLICIES. Consequently, the sale and marketing of Hemp-CBD pet foods currently violates FDA policies. STATE LAWS.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Today, we cover Nebraska. 2-501 et seq.), ” NE St. §

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MJ Business Attorneys

MAY 29, 2018

On May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court chose to revive American Federalism when a seven-member majority of the Court held the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) to be unconstitutional. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible. The case, Murphy v. NCAA, et al.,

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 17, 2021

Since that time, while California employers have enjoyed some comfort in the ability to enforce their workplace substance abuse policies, lawmakers have been making efforts to amend state law to provide more protections to marijuana users.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As we previously explained , alcoholic beverages are regulated by federal and state laws. Cannabis is heavily regulated at the state level but unlike alcohol, it is—for the most part—strictly prohibited under federal law. And to be honest, we don’t know of any that have been approved.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Hemp cultivation is not legal, even after the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2019

On Wednesday, January 9, 2018, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Or) introduced the aptly designated H.R. It still makes clear that bringing cannabis into a jurisdiction would be unlawful where it would violate the laws of that jurisdiction. 420, or the Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol Act.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JANUARY 8, 2019

SPOKANE — Nearly five years on, regulators of Washington state’s legal marijuana industry say there’s more work to be done on keeping pot out of the hands of children and assisting growers facing falling revenues due to a glut of product. “We How do we get really smart about doing the things we can do now?”.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This Pennsylvania court now joins courts in several other states, including Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, which have allowed adverse action claims against employers by employees or applicants who used medical marijuana under state law. Allegations and Defenses.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

At the state level the problems are more generally bureaucratic inertia,” Eric E. Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation told The Cannigma during a Zoom call this week. “A Sterling, of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, said. (Rebekah Zemansky/Shutterstock). “At Sterling, J.D.,

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 4, 2019

The Minnesota Lawyer continues… The department has decided that persons on parole, supervised release or conditional release may use the drug in accordance with state law, which includes registration. The DOC said through its spokesperson, Sarah Fitzgerald, that the change was a result of the change in state administration.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 8, 2020

Since that time, California employers have enjoyed some comfort in the ability to enforce their workplace substance abuse policies. However, we never expected this to be the end of the saga in California.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Banking regulators recently clarified (including for credit unions ) that financial institutions should have no issue banking lawful hemp businesses pursuant to the 2018 Farm Bill. This is because the legal status of hemp-CBD federally is currently precarious at best. And here’s why.

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SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In my defense, 2018 has been a wild ride in the world of weed, a 12-month timespan which truly could be called “the best of times and the worst of times,” or perhaps just the highest and lowest of times. The Top 10 Cannabis Stories of 2018. But until then, here are the buzzes and bummers 2018 had to offer.

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The Joint Blog

MAY 3, 2020

One such program is Vanderbilt Law School’s Course on Marijuana Law and Policy Review. This well-respected school offers a course that will provide critical education regarding the ever-changing ins and outs of marijuana law and policy. May a state legalize a drug the federal government forbids?

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

This argument is no longer valid, since the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) was amended by the 2018 Farm Bill to carve hemp out from the CSA. In fact, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, which to some extent acts as a local enforcement arm for CDPH policies, issued guidance stating that Hemp CBD was an adulterant.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. In the early months of 2019, and after the recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, an increasing number of state and municipal agencies continue to pay close attention to hemp-derived CBD products, in some cases leaving products under siege by regulators. AUTHOR: Darren Kaplan; Garrett Graff.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Dave Clark, head of the multinational company’s consumer business, said in a statement that Amazon’s public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act). The first update I want to give you today is to a policy called Time off Task. we’ve changed course.

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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. The 29 DIAs respond to the Commission’s equity mandates under state law ( M.G.L.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Financial institutions that work with marijuana businesses must conduct due diligence to ensure that marijuana businesses are complying with state law. The 2018 Farm Bill only regulates hemp production, and does not really discuss hemp processing or the sale of Hemp-CBD goods.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally-legal hemp and federally-illegal cannabis. The case involved an Oregon fire loss arising under a homeowner’s insurance policy issued by Country Mutual to Peter and Wendy Bogard.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

. State trademarks for cannabis goods and services have been an ongoing saga in California that we have written about extensively. As we’ve written before, it is not permissible to use an organic designation on cannabis products unless that designation is pursuant to state law or pursuant to a private certification, since the U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2020

Since the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill , a wide range of hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp CBD”) products have sparked the interest of American consumers, including CBD vaping devices. Any ENDS product that is targeted to minors or whose marketing is likely to promote use of ENDS by minors.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

Now that the law has finally gone into effect, however, human resources executives around the state are realizing that the real work of understanding and applying the law to their employees is just beginning. Benesch launched B-Sharp in 2018 as a networking and professional development platform for women corporate counsel.

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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. With the ever-changing laws and regulations, hemp businesses should expect to discuss the efforts they make to stay up-to-date on law and policy regarding hemp.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Furthermore, even if the contract violated the CSA, public policy under the Ninth Circuit decision in Bassidji argued for enforcement. Left Coast finally asked the court to refer the case back to state court or allow them to amend the initial pleading. 3) Not against public policy. 22, 23 (2018). 1] Richard P.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

In recent years, the United States has seen a proliferation of ketamine clinics. From 2015 to 2018, the number of clinics increased from 60 to 300; that number is undoubtedly higher today. Failure to follow these very specific legal directives can lead to immediate criminal liability under federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 12, 2022

Pittsburgh School of Law, US. Could doctors be punished by federal authorities for recommending marijuana to patients consistent with state law? Other issues arose at the intersection of novel drug laws and other state laws. Edited by: Katherine Gemmingen | U.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 12, 2019

During her employment Walmart had a drug testing policy which expressly stated that employees were prohibited from “[r]eporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including medical marijuana.” Plaintiff was aware of Walmart’s drug testing policy and acknowledged her understanding of the policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Williams filed suit against Eaze in May 2018, alleging the company had violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending her unsolicited text messages advertising cannabis sales. Judge throws out class action lawsuit against cannabis delivery giant Eaze. Eaze published the following press release. Tweet this.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2018, Utah officially joined forces with nearly three dozen other states around the country by legalizing medicinal marijuana. However, despite cannabis’s protected status, some localities in the state have refused to recognize the rights of medical marijuana patients. Escamilla said.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the memo, Washington is following the lead of many other states, most notably California , in prohibiting the use of hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”) in foods and beverages. Washington is essentially implementing the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) policy on Hemp-CBD as a food ingredient.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In addition, the state agency announced it would begin cracking down on the sale of CBD-infused alcoholic beverages manufactured in the state starting February 2020. As we previously explained, alcoholic beverages are regulated under federal and state law. Alcohol and Tobacco and Trade Bureau (“TTB”).

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

Fast forward to 2018, when Harvest of Arizona announced its plans to expand into California. At this point, Harvest of California, which owns California state trademarks for the HARVEST name, sued Harvest of Arizona in California Superior Court for trademark infringement and unfair competition in California.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

An insurance policy can consist of a couple hundred pages that include numerous coverage forms; lists of defined terms of great legal significance such as “occurrence,” “property damage,” and “bodily injury;” pages of exclusions; pages of endorsements that modify the coverage forms; and riders that condition or limit the coverage.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2020

The selected companies offer interactive programs, either live or online, that provide instruction on: Operating in accordance with state laws, regulations and local rules. Massachusetts Medical & Recreational Marijuana Policy. Seed-to-sale tracking compliance. Preventing diversion and sales to minors. Read the full article.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

In May 2018, he was employed by defendant in its Londonderry facility. In July 2018, plaintiff’s physician prescribed cannabis to treat his PTSD and plaintiff enrolled in New Hampshire’s therapeutic cannabis program. Plaintiff suffered from PTSD for many years which substantially limited a major life activity.

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