MMJ Recs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana in 2018, but now some big changes are coming to the program through the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. Here’s what you need to know about medical marijuana in Oklahoma for the rest of 2019 and beyond. The Changes to Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma in 2019 and 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 19, 2020

BLOG BUSINESS BUSINESS CANNABIS CANADA CANNABIS LEGALIZATION CANNABIS NEWS FEATURED MARIJUANA NEWS 264 VIEWS. The company’s stock was halted on November 28, 2019, ahead of an announcement that three of the board’s four directors had resigned. WHAT HAPPENED AT PASHA BRANDS? BRADEN MACCKE JANUARY 17, 2020.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 23, 2020

Given that cannabis remains federally illegal in the United States (despite the fact that more than a majority of states have some form of cannabis legal reform), we get pretty excited when we see other countries undertake legalization experiments at the federal level. Seems like the Netherlands is taking a page from the U.S.’s

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Despite California’s pioneering legalization of cannabis through Proposition 215 in 1996, just two years after the 1994 Crime Bill, the state legislature’s approach to cannabis legal reform was not as progressive as one might expect. One notable grantee includes San Jose’s Cannabis Equity Business Academy.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A new parliamentary intergroup was announced in Italy on October 24, 2019. Its primary objective is to set a schedule for the discussion of the 2016 citizens’ initiative for cannabis legalization. In just a few hours, the group gathered more than 50 members.

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Cannabis Life Network

JULY 31, 2019

There is already a huge nationwide shortage of legal cannabis and consumers have been complaining about quality control and price issues. Now the public is demanding accountability and we have seen in recent weeks that nobody is immune from negligence in compliance and regulatory probes.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

March 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DeJoy, Knauf & Blood LLP (“DKB”), a leading Upstate New York-based business advisory and CPA firm, has announced the launch of its Cannabis and Hemp Advisory practice area. The sale of hemp-based products is currently legal federally. ROCHESTER, N.Y.,

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2020

The purpose of that statement was to to help financial institutions deal with BSA and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in light of the fact that hemp is no longer a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law. The FinCEN Guidance clarifies and expands upon the 2019 statement. ” No surprises there.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As an aside, one former OLCC official commented that the audit “ reads like a Leafly blog ”, due to its general and specific recommendations to loosen regulatory strictures. New rules, highlighted by tax compliance (forever) and aspergillus testing (for a minute) The Oregon regulatory landscape is ever changing.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

It means that hemp farmers are going to face a bevy of regulations and compliance issues and protocol on the state, tribal, and federal levels in a way they haven’t had to before even under 2014 Farm Bill pilot programs. The effect of the USDA regulations on hemp-CBD and hemp-derived products.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

In addition, we provide proactive insight to help entities prepare for and adapt to regulatory changes and offer compliance services designed to meet annual governmental reporting requirements. March 12, 2019. Trends Watch: February 21, 2019. February 21, 2019. February 20, 2019. February 14, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Snyder distills her analysis of hemp testing during the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons. Alarmingly, she concludes that farmers in states that have not legalized marijuana will not be able to grow strains of hemp for CBD because the “Total THC” in hemp CBD strains by nature exceeds the 0.3% threshold at maturity. threshold at maturity.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This provisional licensing scheme was essentially intended to replace the temporary licensing scheme that only ran through January 1, 2019 per state law. Provisionals last for 12 months and can be issued through the end of 2019. Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for any other developments with provisionals.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 22, 2020

Cannabis isn’t federally legal. Even full compliance with state laws is no shield to federal penalties or enforcement. On September 20, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion unanimously disagreeing with Helix and holding conclusively that the FLSA does apply to cannabis businesses. It was not.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

It means that hemp farmers are going to face a bevy of regulations and compliance issues and protocol on the state, tribal, and federal levels in a way they haven’t had to before even under 2014 Farm Bill pilot programs. The effect of the USDA regulations on hemp-CBD and hemp-derived products.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

We have spilled a lot of ink on this blog related to the 2018 Farm Bill , which legalized hemp at the federal level. This blog post is going to cover financial institutions and hemp at about 10,000 feet. This means limited access to institutional lending, ongoing compliance reporting and audits, and short leashes overall.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 5, 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. The state will require licenses, testing, and compliance with USDA rules.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 19, 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. On June 10, 2019, Texas enacted House Bill (HB) 1325 , now codified at V.T.C.A.,

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

However, with each passing year, the legal status of cannabis and CBD products only gets murkier.” However, with each passing year, the legal status of cannabis and CBD products only gets murkier. Legal status medical cannabis in Italy. 2019 ushers in problems. What is CBD, and is it the same as cannabis?

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 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. According to the USDA website , Oklahoma is currently drafting a hemp cultivation plan.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2019

We are committed to keeping our knowledge of international cannabis news current, and as legalized cannabis has become an international reality, our lawyers in Spain and in China are naturally seeing more of this work. Cannabis legalization and regulation in Mexico is imminent. CANNABIS: UN VISTAZO AL NUEVO ENTORNO LEGAL MEXICANO.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The companies are advertising it as a legal way to get high, touting medical benefits and generally making big promises about what they can deliver, but an investigation from the US Cannabis Council has found illegal levels of delta-9 THC in products for sale around the country. Is This Similar to the Vitamin E Acetate Crisis in 2019?

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CannaTech

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

CMTREX is an IT-driven trading platform which lies at the core of the emergence of a transparent and efficient trading ecosystem for the global legal cannabis and hemp industry. Today, in our blog, we are joined by Saul Singer, CEO of CMTREX, to discuss the future of the global cannabis economy. GET YOURS TODAY!

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 26, 2019

While in some countries cannabidiol is legal, it is illegal in other countries. There is a lot of constraints attached to the legal status of cannabidiol. The legal status of CBD oil in Spain. There have been recent regulatory changes in the legal status of CBD oil in Spain. It is considered a criminal offence.

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WeedAdvisor

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The first year of legalization saw its share of scandals. But while CannTrust stole the spotlight in the summer of 2019, Winnipeg-based licensed producer Bonify was arguably worse. As we covered in our article from early 2019 , Bonify’s most egregious offense was when it sourced and sold illegal cannabis into the open market.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Six years after it was initially introduced, the House Financial Services Committee released the latest draft legislation that would create a “safe harbor” for banks to serve the rapidly expanding cannabis industry on February 7, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

POSTED BY MARGOLIN & LAWRENCE ON JANUARY 24, 2019. But is it legal to buy, sell, and produce them? The Rohrbacher-Farr amendment creates a limited exception, preventing the DOJ from prosecuting anyone in strict compliance with state medical marijuana laws (adult-use or recreational uses of CBD products may still be prosecuted).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2019

By David Stauss on March 7, 2019. The CCPA will require thousands of businesses, including cannabis businesses, to undertake significant compliance efforts or risk substantial penalties. For cannabis businesses, however, compliance efforts must be considered in light of other applicable privacy laws.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

On October 31, 2019, USDA published its interim hemp regulations and opened them up to a 60-day public commenting period. While the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp federally, USDA’s regulations highlight potential issues for hemp producers with regard to new testing requirements in state or tribal plans.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 23, 2019

(reported in our blog here ) that even though New Jersey’s Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (the Act) did not “require … an employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace,” it also did not “immunize an employer’s obligation already imposed elsewhere” — such as in discrimination statutes.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

This was true even here in California, where medical marijuana has been legal since 1996 and even with the passage of Prop. 64 that legalized recreational use. Attorney General said he’d favor a new bill protecting cannabis businesses and users from federal prosecution as long as they were in compliance with federal law.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. 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.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 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. According to a February 8, 2019, NCDA press release.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered. HRB” A business trafficking in hemp which “can demonstrate that its business activities and products are legal under federal and state law.” It isn’t a legal framework, after all. Again, my shorthand.)

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 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. 459 in March 27, 2019. 459 and S.P.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

investors in cannabis-related entities, where the activity is legal in its jurisdiction but not legal in the U.K., That said, the legal position is not clear cut. investment community as to the boundaries of legal risk and compliance. On 18 June 2019, the U.K. Legal Status of Cannabis in the U.K.,

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MMJ Recs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Let’s take a look at the current state of medical marijuana dispensaries in Texas, examining the legal framework, patient access, and the potential impact on the healthcare landscape. However, the availability of different product types may vary, and the THC content must remain below the legally defined limit of 0.5%.

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