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Far Beyond the Spanish Cannabis Scene: Spannabis 2019

Canna Law Blog

It’s amazing to experience such an impressive international gathering like Spannabis taking place in a country where, regardless of the massive cannabis culture and high social tolerance, legislation on the matter is way behind, and keeps criminalizing and punishing anything that goes beyond private consumption and self-growing.

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Article – Reed Smith: UK: Cannabis In The UK – A Regulatory Environment In Transition?

Cannabis Law Report

19 August 2019. Recently, three British MPs went to Canada on a fact-finding cross-party trip to consider the effects of a more relaxed regulatory environment in respect of cannabis. After the trip, the MPs predicted that the UK would follow Canada’s lead and legalise cannabis for adult use within a decade.

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Frost Brown Todd Update: The latest hemp laws state-by-state: September 2019

Cannabis Law Report

Alabama passed legislation , which took effect in June 2019, expanding its definition of hemp and removing hemp from the definition of THC. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment now requires that hemp food products be labeled with certain information. Alabama already exempted hemp from its definition of marijuana.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/1/18

NORML

In Congress this week Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers. Actions to Take. CO resident?

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Cannabis and climate crisis: Do consumers need to take more responsibility?

The Cannigma

If you live in Colorado, the emissions produced growing the weed an average Coloradan cannabis user consumes in a year is equivalent to 60% of the total household carbon imprint, according to a recent report. Adding to the market and botanical pressures, in many states regulators only allow indoor cultivation. But there’s a price.

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Cannabis Sustainability: GACP and GMP

Cannabis Law Report

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. THE DISCUSSION CONCERNING SUSTAINABLE CANNABIS. As the global cannabis industry grows exponentially, its rapidly evolving trajectory in the United States is commercial agriculture. Theories abound on how to make cannabis production more sustainable. AUTHOR: Heather Allman.

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CDFTA Cannabis Tax Increases Frustrate the Industry

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

On November 21, 2019, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDFTA) announced increases to both the cannabis excise taxes , which are taxes owed by the consumer upon the purchase of cannabis, and cannabis cultivation tax, which are owed by cultivators and are calculated by weight.