Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

The Oregon legislature has been grappling with cannabis for five consecutive years. At this point, over a month into the 2019 session, a preponderance of legislators appear vaguely inclined to “let it ride” and drop the big ideas when it comes to cannabis. Talking with those in Salem trenches, one senses some fatigue.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2019

Prior to opening her own firm, she was appointed as Senior Policy Advisor at the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, where she developed regulations and negotiated with stakeholders regarding the implementation of the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA). Authored By: An-Chi Tsou.

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Otherside Farms

JUNE 18, 2019

Now that cannabis is going legal nationwide soon , you might be wondering what this means. That said, it’s important for you to understand what the law stipulates with regards to cannabis. So, what’s the biggest news for marijuana regulation and legalization in 2019? remains a hot topic of discussion.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Griffen’s article is just one of many parsing the language of the 2018 Farm Bill and a 2023 DEA letter on the topic. When Oregon adopted that standard in 2019, it seemed to fly under the radar, though we did our best to publicize it here on the blog. Oregon was the first state to sign a marijuana export bill back in 2019.

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Cannabis Life Network

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Cannabis edibles, topicals, shatters, and vape pens have slowly begun to roll out in Canada, known as Legalization 2.0. This second stage of legalization officially began on October 18, 2019, when producers started applying various products for approval. Health […].

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Cannabis Life Network

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau performed in blackface when he was a student and a teacher has once again made blackface the topic of the day — this time in the middle of a Canadian election campaign.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2020

As I wrote in a prior blog post , Utah’s cannabis market has special characteristics that you are unlikely to find in other states. Marry those qualities together and the parameters and developments of the Utah medical cannabis and hemp marketplaces make perfect sense. Here’s the overview on 2019 and looking forward in 2020.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered. I have opined on this blog that “ all businesses are marijuana businesses ” in the MRB context.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

For this reason, contacts I’ve spoken with in the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and elsewhere are reticent to forecast what may happen with cannabis laws. For its part, the reinvigorated Oregon Cannabis Association (OCA) has voiced a general request of “ do no harm.” HB 2019 – Marijuana tax transfer.

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Otherside Farms

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Finding quality information about nearly every Cannabis subject possible will soon be much easier. The “Cannabis or Else” Encyclopedia, Volume 1, will deliver all this and more. The book covers all the information covering Cannabis a person could possibly need, in a knowledgeable and entertaining way.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

A few weeks ago, California lawmakers quietly introduced SB-1326 , a bill that would amend the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act ( MAUCRSA ) to legalize interstate cannabis sales, notwithstanding the status of federal law. If this topic is of interest, you can read more about it here.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

36% of adults said they have had difficulty sleeping because of stress and worry about COVID-19; And 30% more adults this year had anxiety/depressive disorder compared to 2019.*. Perez Hilton is a blogger, columnist, and media personality known for his blog covering relevant topics on celebrities.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In that respect, Initiative 81 is similar to Measure 301, which passed in Denver, Colorado in 2019 and other measures passed in Santa Cruz and Oakland, California and Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more on the use of psychedelics for religious purposes, on that topic, see this excellent article by my colleague, Griffen Thorne, and this one.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2019

Irina Dashevsky is an Associate in Locke Lord’s Chicago office where she concentrates her practice on advising clients in the rapidly evolving cannabis industry. On June 20, 2019, the U.S. A similar amendment that protects tribal cannabis programs also passed. aptly remarked, “It’s past time we protect all cannabis programs….the

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The legalization of cannabis in some countries and states has brought about significant changes in the healthcare industry. However, with the increasing popularity of cannabis, many people are turning to marijuana as a safer and better alternative for pain management.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

On December 4, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Harris Bricken attorney Daniel Shortt and Cascadia Intellectual Property attorney Krista Wittman will be presenting at a seminar put on by the Washington State Bar Association’s International Practice Section titled “ U.S. and International Aspects of Cannabis Laws and Legal Practice.”

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Cannabis Life Network

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Legalization 2.0 – the most exciting time of 2019, for cannabis producers. Applications will be sent in for the approval of new edibles, topicals, and concentrates. The post Cannabis Seeds – A Demand Buried under Legalization 2.0 appeared first on Cannabis News | Lifestyle Tips | Expert Opinions | Stocks.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

This two-day CLE will take place in Napa California covering a broad range of winery related topics, seeking to arm businesses with up-to-date information from industry pioneers. Recreational cannabis is the newest industry affected by the strict land use regulations that state and local Californian governments set in place.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

As we wrote back in early 2019, the prohibition on interference ONLY applied to hemp cultivated under the 2018 Farm Bill. To be fair, the USDA did issue an opinion in mid-2019 that stated that states/tribes could not prohibit the interstate transport of hemp produced under the 2014 Farm Bill. appeared first on Harris Bricken.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

As those in the cannabis industry are fully aware, the option of bankruptcy has not been available to cannabis or many cannabis-adjacent businesses to date. A recent case highlights perhaps another specific scenario in which a distressed cannabis business was given the chance to pursue bankruptcy under federal law.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I’m pretty sure that more ink has been spilled on the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act (“SAFE Banking”), than any other proposed cannabis law. with bipartisan support since 2019. Most worrisome to me is that SAFE Banking could ultimately increase AML/BSA compliance burdens for financial institutions with cannabis clients.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2019

585, which generally went into effect on September 19, “hemp” means: the plant Cannabis sativa L. 585, which generally went into effect on September 19, “hemp” means: the plant Cannabis sativa L. If you follow our blog, you know it is wise not to make statements about the therapeutic value of Hemp-CBD products (see here and here ).

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

On November 20th, our own Alison Malsbury will lead a presentation on CBD & Cosmetics at the 2019 Emerging Issues Conference in Marina del Rey, California. Her presentation will focus on the contentious landscape of hemp and CBD topical products, which she has most recently written about here and here. We hope to see you there!

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The Cannigma

JULY 1, 2022

There’s no doubt that the amount of information that is available about cannabis is at an all-time high – in 2020 alone, over 3,500 scientific articles were published on the topic. These claims influence things like how consumers purchase cannabis or how doctors consult with medical cannabis patients.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2019

Owning a cannabis business can feel like you’re drowning in various regulation compliances and not actually spending time with your business. If you are a WSLCB licensed cannabis business with employees, please join us at noon (PST) on January 29, 2019 for the second of our lunchtime employment law webinar series.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

It’s important to remember that there are any number of approaches governments can take with respect to cannabis, and that the options are not merely prohibition, medical marijuana and/or recreational marijuana. Persons 18 years and older can buy and possess cannabis. The World Health Organization Steps Up on Cannabis.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Cannabis lovers enjoy products for a number of reasons. Cannabis has over one hundred of them! What Do Cannabis Derived Terpenes Affect? The particular combination of terpenes present in a cannabis strain will affect that strain in three major ways: Smell. What are Cannabis Terpenes? It’s terpenes, or “terps.”

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Young & Craig Simonsen on October 15, 2019. The move marked the first time the DEA removed any form of cannabis from Schedule I and was due to the FDA’s approval of Epidiolex, a non-synthetic cannabis-derived medicine used to treat severe epilepsy. By Jennifer Mora , Adam R. Medical Mar ijuana, Inc.,

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Our Wall St contact tells us this report is a big topic of discussion on the street today. Siegfried (Siggy) Eggert, Special Situations Equity Analyst ( Visit Siggy’s Blog ). December 17, 2019 13:28 ET | Source: Trulieve Cannabis Corp. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

On June 19, 2019, at 1:30 PST, the Washington State Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Section will be presenting an online CLE on hemp. 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.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

Our cannabis lawyers frequently write and speak on these and related topics. The parties entered into a contract in March 2019 to farm and cultivate industrial hemp for the 2019 season that included, at Jupiter’s option, the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The lead defendant (Lafayette) is a farmer residing in Oregon.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 22, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. . While 2016 saw the overwhelming passage of Amendment 2 in Florida, the new Medical Marijuana law left in detrimental language and regulations requiring a 90-day waiting period and a 45-day cannabis order limit. cannabis users and non-users alike. AUTHOR: Heather Allman.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 2, 2019

In 2017, the FDA warned four companies to stop making unproven claims that their cannabis-based hemp and marijuana products could treat cance r. The FDA sent the warning letters, which the FTC co-signed, on March 28, 2019. Last year, the FDA issued a statement banning CBD in food products. Full story. THE PRESS RELEASE.

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SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 27, 2018

With the federal government fulfilling a campaign promise to legalize and regulate the cannabis market, it is not an exaggeration to call 2018 the most important year in Canadian history for cannabis policy. Canada’s Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization to Be Delayed. Cannabis Act Passes Second Reading in Senate.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 3, 2019

In exactly two weeks, on May 17, 2019, our own Vince Sliwoski will co-chair an all-day continuing legal education (CLE) event in Portland called The Business of Marijuana in Oregon , along with Danica Hibpshman, Director of Statewide Licensing at the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). See you soon.

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MMJ Recs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

With a growing recognition of its potential therapeutic benefits, Iowa has established a medical marijuana program to provide eligible patients with access to cannabis-based treatments. The program aims to alleviate the suffering of patients by harnessing the potential benefits of cannabis while adhering to laws and medical regulations.

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