Canna Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

As readers of this blog probably know by now, section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill allowed the cultivation of hemp for research purposes conducted under an agricultural pilot program or by a research institution, in states where hemp cultivation was legal.

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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).

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 19, 2020

In light of these legislative changes, we are presenting a 50-state series analyzing how each jurisdiction treats hemp-derived cannabidiol (Hemp CBD). On June 10, 2019, Texas enacted House Bill (HB) 1325 , now codified at V.T.C.A., Today we turn to Texas. Health & Safety Code § 443.001 et seq., California. Connecticut.

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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. I’ll be joined by my esteemed colleagues to shed some light on hemp laws both nationally and here in the Evergreen State. Some states also license the processing of hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The War on Cannabis continues through aggressive state and local enforcement and prohibition measures with no end in sight. This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. This left enforcement to state regulators. The enforcement v.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Gavin Newsom signed into law the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act, or Ryan’s Law – remarkable for the fact that he vetoed a similar measure in 2019 due to conflict with federal law. Their reticence is mostly due to the official discrepancy between state and federal law where marijuana is concerned.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ( DATCP ) oversees the regulation of hemp in the state pursuant to Wis. and 2019 Wis. Act 68 , which revised the state laws to align with the 2018 Farm Bill. However “licenses from other programs or departments may be required.”

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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. The proposed law had enough opposition in the government in 2019, however, that it was pushed back to the legislative session of 2020.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

A recent federal court decision addresses the relationship between the Controlled Substances Act, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), and state laws permitting the medical use of cannabis. The ruling is Albuquerque Public Schools v. Sledge , Civ. 18-1029 KK/LF, Civ. 18-1041 KK/LF (D.

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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. This guidance, though short, is fairly robust and provides ways for credit unions to verify that hemp clients are engaged in lawful business.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

POSTED BY MARGOLIN & LAWRENCE ON JANUARY 24, 2019. But that is not the end of the story, as the FDA continues to regulate CBD products through enforcement of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, and state governments also have restrictions. Many States Allow CBD and Other Hemp-Based Products to be Produced and Sold.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

When House Bill 19-1234 and House Bill 19-1230 were signed into law on May 29, 2019, allowing for marijuana delivery and marijuana hospitality licenses, no one thought it would take two years to implement. Ordinance Repealing the Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program. Ordinance Repealing the Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 18, 2019

New Jersey recently responded to public demand to revise and expand its medical marijuana program to address issues such as supply scarcity, employment and hiring concerns, and geographic access problems. The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019.

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TheAnswerPage

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to state laws, in order to purchase medical marijuana products, a patient must first obtain a recommendation (not a prescription) for medical marijuana from a clinician and enroll in the state medical marijuana program. Published 2019 May 6. Gardiner KM, Singleton JA, Sheridan J, Kyle GJ, Nissen LM.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

States have taken a widely different approach to regulating industrial hemp and not all states recognize any difference between industrial hemp and marijuana, regardless of the amount of THC present. from liability if the shipment is inspected by Idaho State Police. Even though Hemp Co.’s

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The Joint Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

“As a result, four congressional districts exist in Mississippi under a federal injunction for congressional elections, but five congressional districts exist under state law and may be used for anything but congressional elections,” the state attorneys wrote.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

The 2014 Farm Bill allows for the limited cultivation of industrial hemp, but that bill requires that hemp be grown pursuant to an agricultural pilot program in compliance with state law. That limited exception doesn’t cover other parts of the cannabis plant, including hemp flower.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Seems like not a month goes by in California where the Assembly isn’t trying to pass a slew of cannabis bills to help regulate the state’s industry under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). And October was no different. Social equity support. ” Vape Cartridges and Pens.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

On 18 June 2019, the U.K. Law Commission published a report, “Anti-money laundering: the SARs regime”, highlighting the need for guidance on transactions involving the legal cannabis industry in Canada and elsewhere. The law is stated as of July 2019 and is continually evolving. In the U.S., Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While it’s not at the level of the 2019 lung disease outbreak, the potential for serious harm to public health is impossible to ignore, and in many ways, delta-8 is a ticking time bomb that could damage the reputation of the cannabis industry for years to come. Is This Similar to the Vitamin E Acetate Crisis in 2019?

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 15, 2021

Before going deeper into it, make sure you have the license to operate legally in the state you are living in. Know your State Laws. State laws govern whether you can ope rate your cannabis growing business. And different states have different approaches to that. Washington. With that being said, S.A.F.E.

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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. Dispensaries are adopting in-store surveillance systems to protect profits.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2019

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives voted 267-165 to prohibit the United States Department of Justice from using appropriated funds to interfere with state-legal cannabis programs. The current version of the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment is in effect through September 2019.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

Those laws were the toughest drug laws in the nation at that time and served as a model for many other states on issues like mandatory minimum sentencing, elimination of plea bargaining, elimination of suspended sentences, elimination of parole possibilities, etc. The new laws are pretty lousy too. We could do 20 more.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The CTF, alongside Levine, are currently working endlessly to ensure legislative passage of the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act , a bipartisan bill made to fully protect state-legal marijuana programs and resolve banking and taxation issues. have opted out entirely.

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SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Perhaps my new year’s resolution for 2019 will be more rolling, less scrolling! All because federal law still sees him as a wonton criminal. Buzz: Cannabis Equity Programs Expand Opportunities. The effort has meanwhile inspired other municipalities and states to follow suit. So he ended up in a homeless shelter.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. laws of the 20 th century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. When it comes to cannabis, however, it is sometimes difficult to separate law and policy.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

The current flagship legislation for comprehensive cannabis legalization, the MORE Act was first introduced in the summer of 2019. The bill has now passed a full floor vote in the House twice: once in September 2019, and once this past April, after its most recent introduction by Rep. Perlmutter.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

The current flagship legislation for comprehensive cannabis legalization, the MORE Act was first introduced in the summer of 2019. The bill has now passed a full floor vote in the House twice: once in September 2019, and once this past April, after its most recent introduction by Rep. Perlmutter.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As noted by the AP, one proposal would create a medical marijuana program for patients with serious health conditions. The other would legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older and require the state Legislature to enact a hemp cultivation law. The secretary of state’s office will now begin certifying signatures.

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