The Blunt Truth

APRIL 23, 2020

For more on social equity issues, see our post from February that examines programs around the country. The marijuana industry has received on relief from federal relief programs. A group of 10 Senators have also put pen to paper , asking their leadership to include the cannabis industry in the SBA loan program. breaking news.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2022

On February 28, 2022, the Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS), a new section within the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), released results from a community interest survey concerning Oregon’s still-developing psilocybin program. The survey’s results show strong interest in the psilocybin program, particularly in accessing services.

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NORML

MAY 5, 2020

Cannabis programs have been deemed ‘essential’ in a majority of states that regulate its commerce, and multiple District Attorneys have deprioritized enforcement efforts in prohibition jurisdictions. A lot is happening right now. How did you celebrate 4/20? And how do you want to engage in reform efforts with NORML?

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 8, 2021

Advocates are calling New York’s legal marijuana program the best in the nation. How Great is New York’s New Legal Cannabis Program? . In the same vein, data shows that 94% of all weed-related arrests in the Big Apple impacted Black people and other people of color in 2020. Let me count the ways. Medical Marijuana. A Tribute

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The capital will also be used to optimize marketing efforts, grow its team with operational talent and support the growth of cannabis companies by providing robust, compliant gift card programs and related marketing services. Founded in 2020, Birchmount brings gift card and related marketing solutions to cannabis retailers in the U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 5, 2020

They see legalization as a solution to problems with the medical cannabis program. A group called Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol filed a petition to legalize recreational marijuana. For those of you wondering whatever happened to the man transporting hemp through South Dakota , prosecutors dropped the most serious charges against him.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 23, 2021

from 2012 to 2020 (from 2.2% In states with only medical programs or where marijuana is not legal at all, positive test rates also rose, but by roughly half that amount. . positivity rate in 2020. Overall, the study found a 16% increase in marijuana positivity among the general workforce in 2020, to 3.6%

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 14, 2021

McComas was indicted by a federal grand jury on January 28, 2020. The EIP SAUSA program allows law enforcement to utilize the federal criminal justice system – through the EIP SAUSA – to prosecute, convict, and sentence violent, armed criminals and drug traffickers. This program was created in January 2016. Attorney Rafael M.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 2, 2021

The Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a request for proposals for the 2021 Veteran Marijuana Research Grant Program on Tuesday, June 1. 30, the end of the 2020 fiscal year, the industry tallied more than $330 million in sales, according to the state Treasury. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 16. Between Dec.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 23, 2020

Meanwhile, in Idaho , the Secretary of State rejected activists’ request to collect electronic signatures. They will operate under Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis research program. Not everyone supports legalization, however. Arizonans for Health and Public Safety has filed suit against the initiative.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 5, 2019

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a consumer-friendly privacy law inspired by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, is set to take effect. This suggests that the Legislature anticipates passing an employer-specific information privacy law in 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Mary Hartnett, Director of Medical Services at Sarah Lawrence College, stated, “safeCircle was our choice given the convenience of its on-site sample collection process, access to high-sensitivity RT-PCR-based testing with rapid turnaround times, ability to scale with our needs, and capacity to ease our administrative burdens.

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2023

1, 2020, during which more than 77,000 customers shelled out $3.2 Illinois Is Benefitting From Cannabis Revenue and Reform Since recreational cannabis launched in the state of Illinois in 2020, it has seen a very successful run. billion worth of adult-use cannabis and collected $445.3 In 2022 Illinois sold over $1.5

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

SANTA FE – Tax dollars generated by legalizing recreational cannabis use in New Mexico could be used to pay for law enforcement training, mental health programs, drug addiction treatment and more, under recommendations being crafted by a state task force. Eleven states have legalized recreational cannabis. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Here’s a look back at 2019 and a projection of what’s to come in 2020 Cannabis Law. . It was further announced by the DCR that by Spring 2019, delivery applications were expected to be released, however, we have not seen the ability to apply for delivery just yet and are looking forward to that in 2020. . January 2019.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 29, 2021

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328, which represents more than 11,000 workers in a range of industries throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, filed for the Curaleaf Hanover union election April 20, 2020—during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. WCC (Women’s Cannabis Collective) .

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2020

And this isn’t for lack of want — in fact in 2017 some forward thinking dispensaries had collection boxes for these products, although without scale they wound up just hoarding them as well. The only way to achieve this scale is to use dispensaries as the collection points, much like some were already doing back in 2017.”

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The 2020 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Panel Study found that 44% of college students reported using cannabis in 2020, compared to 38% in 2015. In addition, the study found that 8% of college students reported using cannabis on a daily or near daily basis in 2020, as opposed to only 5% in 2015.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 18, 2021

million worth of legal weed, more than was sold during any month in 2020. These record-breaking months brought the state $86,537,000 in legal weed tax revenue, topping the $72,281,000 collected from liquor sales in that same timeframe. . Last year, the state Department of Revenue collected $205.4 Last summer, the state used $31.5

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In 2020, New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge M. These statutes should be read harmoniously, to give effect to their commonality of purpose.” – Zamora, in her 2020 opinion, via the AP. Others in the industry estimate that the state has collected between $25 million and $30 million in gross recipes from medical cannabis producers.

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The Cannigma

JULY 24, 2022

Back when the US was still a collection of colonies under British rule, South Carolina had a booming industrial hemp industry. A 2020 report found that South Carolina had the second-most cannabis arrests in the nation, only following South Dakota. South Carolina medical marijuana program. Cannabis in South Carolina.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law. Although medical cannabis program was signed into law last year, it has yet to be fully implemented. Since then, the legislature has passed a number of laws that have expanded the state’s medical cannabis program.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Turning to appropriations, protections for state-legal medical marijuana programs were once again included in the recently passed funding bill. Protections for recreational programs were not. On the state level, New Jersey legislators passed a bill to put legalization on the 2020 ballot.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 18, 2023

If you’ve not been following this saga, South Dakota legalized adult-use via ballot initiative in 2020. There’s also a measure that would repeal the state’s medical marijuana program. The AG has released a final summary of that, so those backing the measure can begin collecting signatures.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

PsiloThers’s Tele-Mental Healthcare & Microdosing Platform will provide specialized programs which significantly increase the access to focused-evaluation and life-changing therapy for Veterans, 1 st Responders and Patients with treatment resistant mental illnesses. ” The U.S.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Thursday that it had initiated the second required transfer of revenue from the state’s new medical marijuana program to the Missouri Veterans Commission. The first dispensaries in the state opened their doors to customers in October of 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2020

Just over two years after commercial cannabis sales became legal in California, the state has collected more than $1 billion in taxes from commercial marijuana activity. Last week, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) announced that as of February 18, 2020, cannabis tax revenues have totaled $1.03

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 8, 2022

I am the founder of the ECS Wellness Collective. In 2018 I attended The 7th Annual Masterclass Medicinal Cannabis in Ottawa Canada hosted by Dr Arno Hazekamp which is an intensive program with experts from around the world. I am an also Educator in this space. An immediate moratorium on all arrests of cannabis consumers.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

At the time (March 2020), the NFL finally relaxed its marijuana and player testing policies. Per the New York Times : “Under the new collective bargaining agreement [which was ratified on March 15, 2020], players who test positive for marijuana will no longer be suspended.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Turning our attention back to the US, we see that South Dakota voters are less than delighted with the way the 2020 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis has turned out. Supporters of legalization are hard at work collecting signatures for the 2022 ballot. south dakota. The initiative was struck down earlier this month.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Eight states reported a full year of tax revenue generated from cannabis sales in 2020, totaling $2.3. $1 who haven’t yet sold a year’s worth of legal cannabis are predicted to collect $601 million in new annual tax revenue. Education programs. Substance abuse education and treatment programs. Programs for conservation.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

– Company’s safeCircle™ Testing Program to Monitor for COVID-19 Among On-Campus Unvaccinated Populations –. The Contract contains no minimum testing requirement; it stipulates a fixed monthly fee for sample collection site services and a separate fixed fee per individual COVID-19 test. STONY BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The remaining seven regions, namely CT, MT, NY, NJ, NM, VT, and VA, don’t collect any taxes on the sale and purchase of cannabis products. For instance, in 2020, the two states collected total tax amounts of $387 million and $474 million respectively. However, it is taxable in only 11 states. State-wise Taxes.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 17, 2022

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) on Monday released the 15th report of its National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program. tonnes of methylamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and heroin was consumed in 2020-21, the fifth year of the Program. An estimated 15.7 The drop of approximately 4.7 An estimated 15.7

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

And tax dollars collected from the cannabis industry are already showing great impact across a variety of sectors. million in cannabis tax revenue would be allocated to social services for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Marijuana Tax Revenue Expenditures in California (Fiscal Year 2019-2020). And this is just the beginning.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Another hearing is scheduled for Thursday, where the Veterans Affairs Committee will discuss various bills that are pending regarding medical cannabis programs and veterans access. Activists in Mississippi have collected approximately two thirds of the needed signatures to qualify a medical cannabis ballot initiative in 2020.

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SMPL

MAY 27, 2020

Legalization might not have happened as planned during New Mexico’s regular 2020 legislative session, but the governor said in February that she’s open to letting voters decide on the policy change via a ballot referendum.

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