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Manzuri Law Blog Post: The Cannabis Advisory Committee: Going from Puppeteering to Action

Cannabis Law Report

An-Chi Tsou is the principal at Tsou Consulting, LLC, specializing in state and local regulatory and legislative compliance, guidance, and advocacy. She was the lead staffer and drafter of the MCRSA at the California State Legislature in 2015. . Authored By: An-Chi Tsou.

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Cannabis Banking on the Horizon

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

In a press release published by the House Committee on Appropriations on June 2, 2019, a 2020 Financial Services and General Government Funding Bill was announced. Most recently, the House Appropriations Committee approved this resolution on June 11, 2019 with a vote of 31 to 21. By: Nabil Rodriguez, Esq. & & Victor Fox*.

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Article: Legal Pot: Manufacturing Storm Clouds (the Refrain)

Cannabis Law Report

A few months back, I posted some thoughts about recent efforts to legalize medical and recreational marijuana, with an emphasis on the potential issues such laws would have on manufacturers – particularly manufacturers in a space requiring a heightened concern for employee safety. See “ Legal Pot = Manufacturing Storm Clouds ” (May 29, 2019).

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California Just Got Closer to Allowing CBD in Foods and Licensed Cannabis Facilities

Canna Law Blog

I wrote that AB-228 didn’t go quite far enough under California law to allow CBD, and would have no effect on the FDA’s position—so ultimately it doesn’t look like that version of AB-228 would really change very much in California. The reference to being “adulterated” came from state law which was not even the basis for the FAQs.

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Beyond Pesticides Want Congress To Do Something About Cannabis & Pesticide Use

Cannabis Law Report

Here’s their blog post of 8 October. Beyond Pesticides , October 8, 2019) As medicinal and recreational marijuana continue to be legalized in a growing number of states, concerns about the safety of the burgeoning industry—how the substance is grown, harvested, processed, distributed, sold, and used—have emerged.

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Classifying California Cannabis Workers

Canna Law Blog

For example, according to the Department of Industrial Relations : California’s wage and hour laws (e.g., workplace safety laws, and retaliation laws protect employees, but not independent contractors. That test was codified into state law via Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) in 2019. Superior Court.

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California Employers Ease Zero Tolerance on Cannabis

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Two years after that, federal lawmakers passed the Drug-Free Workplace America Act, which allowed mandatory drug-testing of employees AND government contractors, citing safety concerns. More Blog Entries: 50k Los Angeles Marijuana Convictions to be Dismissed, Reduced , April 1, 2019, Los Angeles California Cannabis Lawyer Blog.

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