Cannabis Law Report

JULY 21, 2022

To keep our drivers safe, it became necessary for the Minnesota Legislature to pass a state law to reduce the speed limit to 60 mph. However, it was the federal government that left this highway unregulated, and it then fell to the state to add important safety regulations. It is a privilege to serve as your state senator.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. Typically, the FI will shortcut this inquiry by requiring the MRB to produce its application and license records with the state.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2020

It happens more often than you might think depending on the topic (see, for example, the NLRB ). One agency, though, that has surprisingly never lifted a finger against state-legal cannabis–though it is taking a closer look at CBD–is the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ). See here for our various posts on these topics.

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MMJ Recs

JANUARY 20, 2021

In November of 2018, citizens in Missouri voted to make medical marijuana legal. A short while later, the state’s first medical marijuana dispensaries opened, ready to serve the nearly 60,000 people already approved for MMJ in the state. The Department of Health and Senior Services oversees Missouri’s MMJ program.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

Those posts, however, were more geared towards the manufacture and sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) products than the actual cultivation of hemp, which is becoming an increasingly important topic in the hemp industry in the wake of the federal Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (or “2018 Farm Bill”).

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I’m a pretty tough critic of California in general if you read any of my writings on the topic. Also, of course, the point is to get voters to vote in favor of cannabis initiatives, and tax revenue that will deliver on things like infrastructure, government programs, education, etc. On the 25th anniversary of Prop. Enforcement.

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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. For example, a credit union needs to know how to verify the member is part of the pilot program.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

The subcommittee on cannabinoid products focuses on three issues: (1) new licensing and testing requirements for adult use cannabinoid products, (2) curtailing sales of cannabinoid products to minors, and (3) changes to state laws regulating hemp products. Law Enforcement Subcommittee.

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The Joint Blog

MAY 3, 2020

Although it may come as a surprise to many in the mainstream and those who don’t pay attention to marijuana-related topics, many public and private universities offer both courses, certificates and degrees related to marijuana and its many compounds including CBD. May a state legalize a drug the federal government forbids?

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MMJ Recs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Colorado blazed a trail with early legalization of MMJ, and by 2018 even more traditionally conservative states such as Oklahoma have legalized medicinal marijuana and implemented liberal MMJ programs. But the law on possession of MMJ buds is not uniform across all legal MMJ states.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have enacted medical marijuana programs. 10] Although VHA Directive 1315 states that veterans must not be denied VA benefits solely due to participation in a state medical marijuana program, marijuana use must be entered into the patient’s electronic medical records. [11]

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

She is currently a law school professor teaching Marijuana and the Law at California Western School of Law and researcher under a contract with NHTSA and NORC on the topic of the prosecution of drugged driving cases. Oral fluid testing although growing in popularity [viii] is not without some stated issues.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

She is currently a law school professor teaching Marijuana and the Law at California Western School of Law and researcher under a contract with NHTSA and NORC on the topic of the prosecution of drugged driving cases. That is another topic to be explored. [i] marijuana companies. i] [link]. [ii] Deshpande, M.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The 2018 Farm Bill, which federally legalized hemp (formerly a Schedule I drug like its close cousin, marijuana), opened the gates for mass hemp production—well, almost. Alternatively, the rule establishes a Federal plan for producers in States or territories of Indian tribes that do not have their own USDA-approved plan.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Department of Health conducted a formal study on this topic in 2018. In 2018, the New York legal cannabis market reached $1.8 According to the NYPD , they arrested over 1,300 people for weed possession in 2019, which is three times less than the number of arrests in 2018 and almost 14 times less than in 2017.

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Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

But today’s “hemp” market has moved way beyond CBD, as noted by several commentators who expressed concerns about the unregulated proliferation of high-dose THC consumables and novel synthetic intoxicants thanks to loopholes in the 2018 Farm Bill, which is up for revision and renewal in the coming months.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

limit set by the 2018 Farm Bill, making them indisputably federally illegal. indicated by the 2018 Farm Bill, while another had 0.31%. More specifically: Illegal Levels of Delta-9 THC: 76% of tested products contained delta-9 THC at greater than the 0.3% Of the 51 products tested, 11 had delta-9 levels definitively below the 0.3%

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It’s admirable of California to make it official that financial institutions (and accountants) don’t commit any crimes under state law by virtue of servicing cannabis businesses. There’s one issue though: federal law. The bill further specifies what can be done in the appellations program.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

Knowledge compels most people, organizations, companies and even communities to more actively participate in all levels of the Florida government medical marijuana program at the local, state, and federal levels. What growth and setbacks are happening in our current state program, and ultimately, on the national front?

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In the event a Tribe or State doesn’t develop a plan or the plan is rejected by USDA, then growers will just follow the overall system put together by USDA (these directives are very similar to the standards set out in the 2018 Farm Bill, legalizing hemp). State prohibition is OK. Age limits (21). ” SBA fairness.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Laws protecting patients and their providers vary from state to state and, in some cases, may vary from county to county. Many individuals choose to break outdated state laws that do not account for medical use or their access. tend to focus on industries such as technology and health care.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Retailers such as Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Kroger, Safeway, Nordstrom, and DSW are selling or plan to sell CBD-infused topical lotions, cosmetics, and even edibles where they are legally able to do so. billion in 2018, and with a compound annual growth rate of 23.9%, is predicted to reach $66.3 North America at the Forefront.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Politico first reported on Monday night that the House Financial Services Committee was planning a hearing on the topic, which cited “sources familiar with the matter” as saying it could be scheduled for Wednesday, February 13—though nothing is formally on the calendar yet. MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING – AGENDA.

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