NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 22, 2021

federal law as a Schedule 1 drug puts us far behind our international partners and scientific competitors, including the U.K., The commercialization of cannabis is here but federal legalization has not yet come to our shores. One statistic that has changed in the past ten years is public support for cannabis legalization.

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LifeCannMD

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In the recent November 2020 election, four states – Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota – have now joined 11 other states across the U.S. that have legalized recreational marijuana. A complicating factor is the federal law against the legalization of marijuana. Constitution.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

SEATTLE–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Leafly (NASDAQ: LFLY), a leading cannabis discovery marketplace and resource, today announced that shoppers visiting Leafly can now place orders for delivery in California and other delivery-legal states – available via the Leafly website and app. Tweet this. About Leafly.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Connecticu t’s legalization efforts looked all but certain to fail at the beginning of the week, but now it’s headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. Sales could begin in May 2022. In the state’s recent special session, the Senate approved a full legalization bill by a vote of 19-12.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

Happy 2022! In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. Below is a list of state law updates to look forward to this year. 1, Louisiana’s medical cannabis program allows patients to access smokable whole-plant flower marijuana.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Four members of Congress introduced a bill allowing the marijuana industry to access relief funds. The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in favor of CBD sellers in the state. A 2019 law legalized products below 0.3%

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2022

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, and Cory Booker unveiled the long-awaited Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) , which, if passed, would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and require various federal agencies to establish rules for regulating various aspects of the marijuana industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022. We have written many times over the past few years about how the bankruptcy courts are off-limits to state-legalized cannabis businesses. Legal Analysis. After all, federal courts will not assume jurisdiction over a dispute where the court will be required to order a legal violation.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 17, 2022

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leafly (NASDAQ: LFLY), a leading cannabis discovery marketplace and resource, today announced that shoppers visiting Leafly can now place orders for delivery in California and other delivery-legal states – available via the Leafly website and app. 1 Based on Leafly data from Nov 2018 to May 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

“State lawmakers took unprecedented steps this year to repeal marijuana prohibition laws and to provide relief to those millions of Americans who have suffered as a result of them,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. Over the past several months, state officials have vacated an estimated 2.2 LEGALIZATION.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Many thanks for all who attended our December 1 webinar on “Cannabis and International Trade Issues 2022.” However, the federal law also carves out an exception to the import and export ban for any person “authorized by local, State, or Federal law to manufacture, possess, or distribute such items.”

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SpeedWeed

JULY 17, 2021

This act would not immediately make weed legal in the entire US, though. Individual states would still be allowed to keep prohibiting cannabis if they choose, but the feds would be blocked from interfering with states that have chosen to legalize. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Letter from Senate Armed Services Committee Members Urges Committee Leaders to Keep House-Passed Bipartisan Bill Allowing Legal Cannabis Businesses to Access Critical Banking Services in Final Version of NDAA. Rosen Leads Bipartisan Effort to Ensure SAFE Banking Act Included In NDAA. Tuesday, November 23, 2021. WASHINGTON, D.C. –

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

MIAMI, May 24, 2022 – Ayr Wellness Inc. multi-state cannabis operator (“MSO”), today announced that the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC”) approved the Company for adult-use cannabis sales in the Garden State. million people which until now only had access to two adult-use dispensaries.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 4, 2021

being deluged by legalization bills, a tripartisan group of senators from the Senate Armed Services Committee have penned a letter urging President Biden to sign the legislation as is, and to keep intact the language already passed in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Here’s their letter. Source: [link].

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

NORML Key West Legal Seminar – Key Trends and Near-Term Forecasts for State Cannabis Programs | Friday, December 3rd at 11:50AM EST. Get your Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for practicing attorneys during this event! Join Harris Bricken attorney, Vince Sliwoski as he provides forecasts for state cannabis programs.

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Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

Collectively, this language has fostered a regulatory gap that companies are taking advantage of to sell highly intoxicating products, colloquially and misleadingly referred to in the national unregulated hemp marketplace as “legal cannabis.” The amount of hemp under cultivation in the U.S. has shrunk by 48 percent since 2021.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Commercialization & Patient Access · Any City, Any State, California. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a non-profit working for over three decades to develop medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from psychedelics. Executive Summary.

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Veriheal

JULY 6, 2021

I was born and raised in East Tennessee, and I moved to Oklahoma because medical cannabis is not legal nor accessible in Tennessee. What Tennessee does have are relaxed laws surrounding some high CBD products and low THC products. In 2016, the law was once again reformed to allow up to 0.9% This is news to me.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 13, 2022

We finally found a THC that is gentler enough to be legal and still has medical properties similar to CBD, which aids in better sleep and helps with anxiety and stress. This is the Delta-8 THC, which a federal court in California has recently ruled lawful and even permitted to go through trademark protection last May 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On September 21, 2021, the House voted to include the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2021 (SAFE Banking Act) 1 in the annual National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). ” This can be difficult, considering that state laws are detailed, evolving and vary from state to state.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This article reviews cannabis laws in effect in Southern states, cannabis laws that will go into effect in the future, and examines states that haven’t passed legislation legalizing cannabis. By way of quick background, here are a few of the Southern states who have implemented cannabis legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

By Mark Salzberg on January 31, 2022. We have written many times over the past few years about how the bankruptcy courts are off-limits to state-legalized cannabis businesses. Legal Analysis. The court held that it could fashion a remedy without violating the law by simply awarding IHH monetary damages.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 23, 2022

CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verano Holdings Corp. Verano and its affiliates are proud of their strict compliance with, and adherence to, state laws and regulations, and any insinuation to the contrary is completely fictional.”. Here’s what Verano say in their release. About Verano.

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Veriheal

MARCH 31, 2022

New Jersey and New York — which legalized cannabis on Feb. 22, 2021, and March 31, 2021, respectively — have yet to officially get the ball rolling in terms of launching their legal markets. Phil Murphy stated that adult-use cannabis sales will start “within weeks.” 22, 2022, New York Gov. New Jersey Gov.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

June 15, 2022. In addition, the licensees must execute a management agreement with a third-party operator to manage and operate the remaining facilities that the department will continue to permit in compliance with state law. The CDTFA plans to escalate tax enforcement against legal cannabis businesses. SOURCE: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Despite the growing public acceptance of marijuana and the fact that a majority of states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (37 states and the District of Columbia have enacted medical marijuana legislation), federal law still treats marijuana cultivation and sale as a criminal offense. See 21 U.S.C. §

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

“The growing bipartisan momentum for cannabis reform shows that Congress is primed for progress in 2022, and we are closer than ever to bringing our cannabis policies and laws in line with the American people,” Reps. Other bills would allow the development of a legal cannabis market in Washington, D.C.; Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

1 following several months of deliberation over how to execute a new state law meant largely to limit young people’s access to and abuse of high-potency THC products. Colorado will impose stricter rules for the purchase of medical marijuana starting Jan. 211110 REDLINE Final Adopted Rules. The past session was anything but.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

California’s SB 1326, on the other hand, seems to suggest that even a DOJ memorandum – think: the Cole Memo of 2013 – which “tolerates” interstate transfer of cannabis would be sufficient for California operators to begin exporting their products across state lines under the proposed law.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today, I intro’d the #StatesReformAct a turnkey federal tax and regulate framework for existing state laws. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is sponsoring the bill—titled the States Reform Act—along with a handful of initial Republican cosponsors. The States Reform Act proposed by Rep. The Official Press Release. — Rep.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 10, 2021

“It puts in place what I believe to be an appropriate mechanism to deal with the issue of driving under the influence, something that is I know of particular interest to this committee, particularly given the fact that neighboring states are undertaking legalization.”. Included in S.B.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 9, 2021

“It puts in place what I believe to be an appropriate mechanism to deal with the issue of driving under the influence, something that is I know of particular interest to this committee, particularly given the fact that neighboring states are undertaking legalization.”. Included in S.B.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2021

The transfer of the remaining 15% equity of Calma is expected to occur in 2022. The brands we build together will pave a new path forward for a legacy rooted in equity, access, and justice. federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against the Company.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 8, 2021

. “It puts in place what I believe to be an appropriate mechanism to deal with the issue of driving under the influence, something that is I know of particular interest to this committee, particularly given the fact that neighboring states are undertaking legalization.” ” Included in S.B.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 5, 2022

Young and Joyce also question the federal government’s motives, stating, “To be clear, we do not negate the benefit of traditional therapies, but question why the federal government continues to bar access to innovative, proven—and in many cases—safer alternatives.” What Is the Congressional Cannabis Caucus?

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The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

JUNE 14, 2022

“Of all the litigation we’ve had to pursue over the last decade, this class action may be the single most significant issue we brought forward, and I think it is our strongest legal position to date,” Rodriguez told NM Political Report. Lujan Grisham, in a press release, said she was “proud and grateful” to sign the “priority measure.”

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