NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

“Given the tremendous amount of uncertainty in the broader economy, the hundreds of thousands of American workers who are employed by the state-legal marijuana industry must be respected and protected by the emergency actions being taken by elected officials,” said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

As our firm’s prior information memos on cannabis have shown 1 , the legalization of marijuana for recreational or medical use in states still poses legal issues in higher education due to marijuana’s illegality under federal law.

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NORML

JUNE 10, 2019

For the first time, the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations has included language seeking to protect the employment of federal employees who consume cannabis in legal jurisdictions. Crist stated: “Voters across the country are saying yes to legalization. In a release , Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

The road to Illinois becoming the 11th state in the country along with the District of Columbia to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis was a long and winding one. In this matter, the Colorado Supreme Court eventually ruled that the employer did not violate the state’s anti-discrimination statute for firing the employee.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Posted by Alexa Steinberg, Esq. | Dec 20, 2019 . It has been two years since California began licensing yet operators still struggle with compliance and are all still de facto, breaking one law or another. Here’s a look back at 2019 and a projection of what’s to come in 2020 Cannabis Law. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2019

Wake Up California Cannabis Growers Its 2019 and the world you may have grown up and worked in since the late 1990’s was changed forever on January 1, 2018 due to the passage of SB 94 [Proposition 64]. 2] See Implementing Proposition 64: Cannabis Policy In California. [3] The exact language of Proposition 215 added §11362.5

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SpeedWeed

JULY 20, 2021

Maryland state lawmakers announced last week that the legislature will turn to the voters on the issue of cannabis policy reform by placing a marijuana legalization measure on the statewide ballot next year. Maryland Work Group To Study Cannabis Legalization. Maryland Medical Marijuana Already Legal.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. These states haven’t made major headlines for their progressive cannabis policies, but together they constitute a major market that has, nevertheless, dipped its toe in the water. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 23, 2022

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a policy order repealing a three percent “Community Impact Fee” tax on recreational marijuana in a meeting Monday evening. Under the current law, the community impact fee compensates the city for “additional expenses and impacts” on municipal services such as law enforcement and public health.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Monday, September 23, 2019. As early as September 23, 2019, the United States House of Representatives is expected to vote on the widely anticipated Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Raybon , involves five inmates in a California state prison who were convicted on felony charges after being found with marijuana in their cells. The state supreme court weighed in after a challenge from the state attorney general. Instead, it’s the court’s responsibility to interpret the statutory language.

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NORML

JUNE 17, 2019

Known as the Blumenauer-McClintock amendment after Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Tom McClintock (R-CA), this bipartisan language would restrict the Department of Justice from interfering in the 11 states that have legalized and regulate adult-use marijuana. TELL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO VOTE YES!

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Weekly Legislative Roundup of 2019! Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Pennsylvania.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 was a record year for marijuana reform, with more NORML chapters holding lobby days than ever before. With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Florida NORML Lobby Days.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Network of Trial Law Firms – July 29, 2019. Over the last several years, attitudes towards marijuana use have rapidly changed in the United States. respondents said marijuana use should be legal, compared to 31 percent who supported legalization in the year 2000. [1] Background on Marijuana Legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal distinction between federally-legal hemp and federally-illegal cannabis. The fire occurred in January 2019, while Mr. Bogard was making a batch of CBD salve in his garage.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

— Second quarter 2019 revenue of $12.7 Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter 2019 totaled $2.5 Company issues 2019 guidance of $55 -57 million of revenue and positive Adjusted EBITDA. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Harborside Inc. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Harborside Inc. dollars unless otherwise stated.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Regulate Like Alcohol : The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2019 — (HR 420) seeks to deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. Your Highness, Carly. New Mexico.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 13, 2019

104-annual-2019. The American Bar Association (ABA) adopted a resolution on Monday that calls on Congress to allow states to set their own marijuana policies and recommends rescheduling or descheduling cannabis under federal law. Watch the video of the motion being proposed. The Motion Is Forwarded. FINAL RESOLUTION.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

For those engaged in the legal cannabis industry in Oregon, the 2019 Oregon Legislative Session is of the utmost importance and relevance. . Similarly, this proposed bill provides for the operation of cannabis lounges, which consumers and retailers have been yearning for since recreational cannabis became legal in Oregon.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. Study explores automatically sealing records on cannabis crimes that are now legal. million) have awarded $1.2

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. CO resident? FL resident? NJ resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Amazon on Tuesday announced its support for legislation that seeks to legalize marijuana at the federal level and also said it will stop screening certain workers for use of the drug. . We hope that other employers will join us, and that policymakers will act swiftly to pass this law,” Clark said in the statement.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

In this post, I’ll walk through exactly how we got into the current mess we are in and why transporting hemp can be such a massive risk—even though hemp is technically federally legal (or at least no longer a controlled substance). Many state law enforcement agencies simply mistook hemp for an illegal controlled substance.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2019

The latest hemp laws state-by-state: May 2019. Hemp growth programs took root in four different states, expanded in two states, and legislation awaits the governor’s signature in another state in the month of May. Below is a review of the latest changes in the hemp listed by state.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But purchasing an insurance policy, as most of us know, is not the same as having coverage for certain kinds of losses. Plaintiffs owned a home in Grants Pass, Oregon, (the “Property”) which was insured by homeowner’s policy (the “Policy”). The Policy defined “controlled substance” pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 811 and 812.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. MD resident? NV resident?

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 20, 2023

Since 1915, when the first city ordinance was passed banning cannabis in El Paso, [i] the legal landscape in Texas and the rest of the country continues to evolve at different rates. This has resulted in widely varying defined legal guidelines and consequences from the use and possession of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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NORML

MARCH 21, 2020

However, the work of reforming our nation’s failed marijuana laws is not suspended therefore we’re still updating you policy efforts across the country. Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. AK resident?

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. They are: AS21/S21 , which sets forth the rules and regulations for the legal industry.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2020

In an emailed statement to MarketWatch, a Weedmaps spokesperson stated: “Given our role as the largest technology company in the cannabis sector, from time to time, Weedmaps receives requests for information from government agencies. We cooperate with these requests as we do with all lawful inquiries.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

Federal cannabis prohibition and a culture of law enforcement antagonism has cut off access to medical marijuana for prisons, including in states where it is legal — and even long after inmates leave the prison walls. Marijuana is currently legal for medical use in 37 states. Rebekah Zemansky/Shutterstock). “At

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. In 2019, there were reportedly 3,000 illegal cannabis businesses in California.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The NDAA is now before the Senate for consideration and is highly likely to be passed this year—in some form—in order to set annual defense policy priorities and authorize Defense agency spending for 2022. Despite bipartisan support and broad support by the business community, these efforts have never resulted in the bill becoming law.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 4, 2019

On May 29, 2019, forty-seven members of Congress wrote a letter to Attorney General Bob Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan registering their disagreement with the application of USCIS policy guidance to those who have been employed in the legal cannabis industry. A link to the letter is here.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 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. Each Sunday, we summarize a new state in alphabetical order. 2-501 et seq.),

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