Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

New states continue to come online, legacy states continue to refine their programs, and the federal government is looking harder at cannabis than ever before — starting with a purported recommendation by Health and Human Services to move the plant to Schedule III , and renewal of the (extended) 2018 Farm Bill.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

New states continue to come online, legacy states continue to refine their programs, and the federal government is looking harder at cannabis than ever before — starting with a purported recommendation by Health and Human Services to move the plant to Schedule III , and renewal of the (extended) 2018 Farm Bill.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2020

1 deadline to train managers and employees under a new compliance and safety program that is the first of its kind in the nation. The state’s Responsible Vendor Training Program is designed to support licensee compliance and enhance the safety of customers and employees. We trained over 1,000 people between Oct. 16 and Dec.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2019

Three new laws intended to expand patient access to and the therapeutic value of Virginia’s medical cannabis program take effect July 1, 2019. Now, patients can expect to see products typical of compounding pharmacies, like capsules, topicals, lozenges, lollipops, and suppositories, with an allowance of up to 10 milligrams of THC each.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

On December 12, 2018, the WSLCB passed Board Interim Policy (BIP) 06-2018 which allows marijuana licensees to spend personal funds on their marijuana business prior to the Board vetting the funds. The training program would be developed by the LCB and would be good for two years. Here’s the Table of Contents.

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MMJ Recs

MAY 29, 2024

Pennsylvania, among many states, has embraced this change by implementing a medical marijuana program. This program allows individuals with qualifying medical conditions to access marijuana for therapeutic purposes upon obtaining a medical marijuana card.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Also… Pennsylvania Expands Medical Marijuana Program. In July, Pennsylvania significantly expanded its medical marijuana program. Pennsylvania has nearly 116,000 patients certified for participation in its medical marijuana program. The program is relatively new, coming online in February 2018.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 16, 2019

The Arizona medical marijuana program reached a record breaking high in 2018 with patients consuming nearly 61 tons of cannabis products, according to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program Report released by the state Department of Health Services on Monday, January 14. Program Growth. Sales Breakdown.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Hot Topics in New York State Hemp Law. Topics include: A Federal and State Overview of New York State Hemp Law, How Hemp Nonprofit Organizations are Leading the Way, and Clinical and Chemical Analysis of Hemp/Deciphering the Certificate of Analysis. Topics include: CBD, Hemp and the 2018 Federal Farm Bill.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Another study published in 2018 found that adult-use legalization was associated with improved crime clearance rates. Just like the efforts of the new study, the 2018 study assessed the crime clearance rates in Colorado and Washington. Cannabis Regulation and Crime Reduction.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

We’ll cover a host of topics, but will start with the 2014 Farm Bill, which first allowed for the legal cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, state departments of agriculture and universities could undertake agricultural pilot programs to permit the cultivation of hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

To date, while taking input from the public on the topic, the FDA mostly has engaged in enforcement, sometimes in tandem with Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), against CBD retailers. 2018 Farm Bill. The 2018 Farm Bill didn’t regulate CBD though. States do their own thing.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

Georgia has a limited medical program but doesn’t consider itself a “medical marijuana” state as growing, possessing, or smoking any form of the plant is still illegal. The program was legalized in 2015 and patients with qualifying conditions can get a prescription for up to 20oz of low THC oil, capsules, patches, or lotion.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Unlike hemp licensees and other businesses, they aren’t allowed to take advantage of the truck-sized, intoxicating loopholes that were created by the 2018 Farm Bill. Both Oregon and California (and now Washington) have THC program export bills, but those laws are anticipatory and mostly symbolic. That would change here.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The USDA is particularly interested in comments on certain topics and, in my prior post, I discussed one of those topics, Liquid Chromatography Factor, 0.877, and its importance to the Hemp-CBD industry. Today let’s discuss another topic, Sampling Methodology – Flower v. The 2018 Farm Bill Does Not Support the DEA Interim Rule.

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The Cannigma

JULY 1, 2022

Iowa has not legalized adult-use cannabis, but it does have a medical cannabis program. Medical marijuana was legalized in May 2017 with sales starting in December 2018. The program is quite limited, with only manufactured products that have a small amount of THC allowed every 90 days. Iowa Medical Marijuana Program.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2021

However, the number of states that will authorize qualified patients from out-of-state medical marijuana programs is still relatively small. . That doesn’t mean you can’t access a green state’s medical marijuana programs, though. Let’s take a look at which US states that have a reciprocity program for guests that are cannabis patients.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

Far-reaching state programs like alcohol and drug treatment, education, job training, veterans’ service, and reinvestment in communities have been experiencing positive growth. Massachusetts launched its adult-use market in 2018 and has recorded over $4 billion in sales as of January 2023. billion that was obtained in 2021.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In light of the recent federal legalization of industrial hemp, Washington lawmakers are taking a hard look at the state’s hemp program. As such, the Washington State Department of Agriculture (“WSDA”) would need to submit a plan to US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) pursuant to the 2018 Farm Bill.

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Oklahoma medical marijuana program is one of the newest MMJ programs in the US. The OK MMJ program only came into effect in the summer of 2018, but already the state has a thriving MMJ industry and a great many satisfied MMJ patients. Image by pixundfertig on Pixabay : MMJ has been legal in Oklahoma since 2018.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

HB 4121 is much more than that, however– especially when it comes to two big topics: law enforcement and hemp products. A similar situation occurred back on May 31 st , 2018, when OLCC announced a June 15 th “pause” of application processing. Over 1,000 new applications flooded the portal in a two-week period.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

JUNE 3, 2022

This is why we make it easy for new patients to sign up for the MMCC program by offering free patient signup assistance every Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm! When we opened our first location on Snow Hill Road in Salisbury Maryland in 2018, we became the first medical dispensary on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

JUNE 3, 2022

This is why we make it easy for new patients to sign up for the MMCC program by offering free patient signup assistance every Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm! When we opened our first location on Snow Hill Road in Salisbury Maryland in 2018, we became the first medical dispensary on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

On November 8, 2018, Missouri became the 31st state to legalize medical marijuana. Amendment 2, which became effective on December 6, 2018, legalizes marijuana for medical purposes, allows home growing, and imposes a 4% marijuana sales tax. Problems plaguing the medical cannabis program in Missouri are three-fold. million votes.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Puerto Rico legalized medical cannabis in 2015 and the program was refined and expanded in 2017 and 2018. Available products include concentrates, oil, edibles, topical products, and capsules. Smokable products are not allowed, but patients can vape flower.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 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. Accordingly, the MDA has yet to issue licenses under the program.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

When the 2018 Farm Bill was inked, one of the biggest perceived wins was a provision prohibiting states from interfering with interstate transport or shipment of hemp. Many hemp transporters today face just as much risk when transporting hemp as they did before the 2018 Farm Bill was signed—and in some cases, even more risk.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014, but the MD MMJ program was slow to get off the ground. The Maryland MMJ program is one of the newer programs in the US, but once it started, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing MMJ programs in the country. The program continues to grow in popularity.

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MMJ Recs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However, the state took a monumental step towards medicinal cannabis in 2018 when the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation permitting the use of medical marijuana for qualifying patients. Patients diagnosed with specific medical conditions are eligible to participate in the state’s medical cannabis program.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

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. Consumption” means “to ingest, inhale, topically apply to the skin or hair.”

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 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. Last year, MDA issued hemp regulations to govern its program.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

On Tuesday, October 29th the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) dropped its interim hemp rules pursuant to the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill).

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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. of the state’s population.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 22, 2019

According to the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, that total volume generated $75,000 in sales. There are 60 licenses available in Ohio, but only four dispensaries were fully approved and stocked with product on January 16, 2018, the historical first day of legal sales. Do you still need to apply to the program?

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 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. This week we head south to Florida. Hemp-CBD in Food.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. It’s also not defined in the 2020 National Credit Union Administration Guidance on banking hemp-related business (“HRB”s) (which we helped create) or the 2020 FinCEN Guidance on that related topic. Locally, new state cannabis programs continue to come online.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The fifth and final ruling came on October 31, 2018, and it required Mexico’s Congress to provide the framework for a legal adult-use environment within one year. Luxembourg reportedly plans to expand upon its medical marijuana program to pursue a Canadian-style model, although sales will be limited to the Grand Duchy’s 600,000 residents.

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