Canna Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Nevada, conversely, suffered from a nearly $115 million shortfall from FY 2022 to 2023 despite several millions more tourists than Arizona.) The only two states as of FY 2022 that had a lower per capita rate were both Maine and Michigan. increase from ‘22 to ‘23 to boot. million in 2023 excise tax revenue, and at what percentages.

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you’ve decided that this is the year you want to start using MMJ to alleviate your symptoms, read on for more information on how to get your Oklahoma MMJ card in 2022. The MMJ program in Oklahoma is considered to be well-developed and fair. Oklahoma’s MMJ program is among the best in the U.S appeared first on MMJRecs.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2022

On July 5, 2022, CDPH’s Food and Drug Branch (FDB) sent an industry stakeholder listserv email about the newly minted hemp registration program. California’s regulated hemp program is just kicking off. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be sure to blog on this much more frequently.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In December 2021, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) issued recommendations for a cannabis program. In doing so, OCM gave the County Board of Supervisors recommendations for creating a licensing and regulatory program. Our L os Angeles cannabis lawyers will continue to offer insights as LA County’s program is unveiled.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

With a new year, comes a new legislative session, which started on January 10, 2022 here in Washington state. In Washington, we have short sessions (60 days) in even-numbered years and longer sessions (105 days) in odd-numbered years, so in 2022 there will be a short session. HB 1667 -? Conduct research.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

August 16, 2022. To be eligible to apply for a conditional adult-use processor license, a processor must: Have applied for a cannabinoid hemp processor license before January 1, 2022; Hold an active cannabinoid hemp processor license issued by the OCM; and. The application window opened on June 28, 2022 and closes on August 31, 2022.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

decrease from $994 million in 2022, which itself was the first calendar year cannabis sales contracted in Oregon. At this time in 2022, wholesale useable marijuana had been sitting at $600/lb for months, bottoming out at $550/lb for December. This year’s harvest came in at an unwelcome 15% higher than 2022.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

JANUARY 21, 2022

Based on survey responses, in January 2022, the MRA sent form letters to various processors indicating that their responses to the survey contained information that would amount to one or more unidentified violations of Michigan’s natural resources and environmental protection act in violation of Mich Admin Code, R 420.203(3)(a).

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2022

On the morning of the Cannabis Control Board’s (CCB) June 23, 2022 meeting , the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) uploaded the meeting agenda, which included this important tidbit: a resolution approving a conditional adult-use processor license and opening an application window for said license.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

This year, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) likely will look at, to start: temporary rules it had adopted under the Governor’s clumsy tax compliance mandate; the 2023 legislative session’s new cannabis laws ; leftover business from the 2022 session; and certain COVID-era policies. But life must go on.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

The first year of legal adult-use cannabis in New York seems as good a year as any to continue the Canna Law Blog’s tradition of annual reflection on all things cannabis (and now psychedelics too !). We expect 2022 to be another year of pushing towards a fully functioning cannabis industry. On the horizon for 2022.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This Thursday, December 8, 2022, the City of Los Angeles will open Phase 3, Round 2 of storefront retail licensing. Law360 recently reported on a case filed by a Michigan resident seeking to halt LA’s program. Before analyzing LA’s retail licensing program, let’s look at why the Dormant Commerce Clause is important.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This blog post will discuss the rulemaking timeline and provide updates regarding policy recommendations from the five subcommittees. OHA will work off these recommendations when they hold rule making hearings on products and training from February 14 to 25, 2022. Rulemaking Timeline. Equity Subcommittee. Licensing Subcommittee.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

Now that we are approaching the start of spring, it seems like a good time to go over 2022 developments. The OCM will develop a license application process and open the program as soon as possible. The medical cannabis program has expanded. The social equity funding program is happening and will be funded.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

14 June 2022. By this effort, the Board has effectively advanced the regulations to the next phase of the legislative process: a 60-day public comment period, which will begin on June 15, 2022. Related Blog Posts. by David O. Klein Moynihan Turco LLP. What do the NY Marijuana Marketing regulations cover?

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 5, 2021

First, the Florida Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in the Florigrown case involving the licensing structure of the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana program. Second, the Court struck down two (2) separate initiative petitions seeking to place marijuana legalization for adult use on the ballot for the 2022 election.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Its main tasks are: To analyze the experiences promoted by different governments that have programs for the medical use of cannabis in place and to listen to as many actors and experts in the fields as it deems appropriate. The report will be submitted up to vote no later than May 20, 2022 in the Committee of Health and Consumer Affairs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

By Jasmine Wetherell on June 15, 2022. Companies should ensure that their compliance programs and policies address Proposition 65 issues. Blog: Cannabis Legal Highlights. Proposition 65 is a California initiative approved by voters in 1986 and enacted into law as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014, but the MD MMJ program was slow to get off the ground. The Maryland MMJ program is one of the newer programs in the US, but once it started, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing MMJ programs in the country. The program continues to grow in popularity.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The Social Equity Program. As all of our readers are aware (we assume), on November 21, 2022, the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) released almost all of the adult-use rules and regulations. The rules and regulations were published in the New York State Register on December 13, 2022, starting a 60-day public comment period.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

July 28, 2022. Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on the November ballot. Blog: Food Safety News. By Dan Flynn. His career as a…. Show more .

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The OLCC also did a nice job ramping up its streamlined licensing program this year. As to producers, the SB 2018 moratorium on new license applications sunsets in a few days, on January 2, 2022. Finally, with no bona fide export opportunities on the horizon – despite some noteworthy efforts – you can bet 2022 will be a grind too.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Unfazed by the federal leadership vacuum on cannabis, states continue to roll out cannabis proposals and programs. Another 32 proposals (some of them pre-filed in 2021) are up for discussion here in 2022. This is because racial minorities and victims of the War on Drugs generally fall behind at program launch.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As of 2022, cultivation tax rates increased to $10.08 to essentially freeze lower tax rates for a certain amount of time), this latest adjustment for 2022 is really what enraged licensees. The bigger change though is that this bill completely eliminates the current cultivation tax as of July 1, 2022.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Here comes more New York cannabis program litigation. Here’s what the “petitioner” is requesting from a legal perspective: a judicial declaration that the OCM’s creation of the CAURD program exceeded the OCM’s authority under New York’s constitution (i.e.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Governor Hochul made the announcement during her State of the State address last week, on January 5, 2022. Providing cannabis social equity applicants with the financial support and know-how necessary to succeed in the cut-throat world of cannabis production and distribution is critical to the success of a social equity program.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Who is a “qualified applicant” under Oregon’s new marijuana license reassignment program? Let’s examine the text of Section 4, which will become operative on July 1, 2022. MARIJUANA LICENSE ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM. First, some context. OLCC and social equity. SECTION 4. (1) 005 to 475C.525 Let’s hope we’re wrong.).

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

What: The next Cannabis Control Board Meeting When: September 12, 2023 at 10:15 AM (Live Stream Link in the Link) Why It’s Important: This is going to be the biggest CCB meeting since the November 2022 meeting during which the first version of the adult-use rules and regulations were released.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

If passed the bill will establish the “Task Force on Psilocybin Equity” that will research problems relating to access and equity in Oregon’s emerging psilocybin program. After the task force completes research it will submit a report to the senate committee of human services, mental health and recovery no later than November 1, 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Oregon statute currently forbids the sale of adult-use cannabis items to minors,[4] and the task force is pushing to give the OLCC authority to create a minor decoy program to test whether retailers are complying with the statute. 4th 682 (May 19, 2022). [2] The Legislature responded by giving the OLCC rulemaking authority under H.B.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

On December 1, 2022, the Los Angeles Controller released a report (PDF here ) with a pretty lame pun as a name: “High Maintenance: Review of the City’s Cannabis Regulation Efforts.” Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more updates on Los Angeles cannabis. LA has collected a LOT of tax money.

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APRIL 22, 2022

Posted on April 22nd, 2022 by Cloe Pippin. Back in February, we blogged about the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy (the “Committee”) releasing a cannabis bill (H. Cannabis and the Law. Foley Hoag LLP. 72) through Committee without any opposition.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As usually happens, on December 5, 2022, DCC dropped its second set of modifications to the proposed regulations. On August 30, 2022, DCC did its first set of modifications to the proposed regulations. on December 21, 2022. Earlier this year, DCC published proposed large licensing regulations (which I described here ).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Thus, as with medical marijuana in Florida, the best chance of legalizing adult-use marijuana in the state is through a ballot initiative for the 2022 election. Two adult-use marijuana initiatives fell short of making the ballot for 2020, but still have a chance for 2022. It is not too late for other initiatives.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

As part of New York Cannabis Control Board’s (CCB) meeting on August 15, 2022, the CCB proposed and approved John Kagia as the Office of Cannabis Management’s Director of Policy. From the OCM’s position posting , the Director of Policy’s duties will include (but will not be limited to!):

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PrestoDoctor

MARCH 2, 2023

Did you know that you can see a licensed medical marijuana doctor completely online for the Louisiana Medical Marijuana Program? On August 1st, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Health authorized telemedicine evaluations for Louisiana residents to get their medical marijuana card.

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