The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 18, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. But there’s also news from states where cannabis is already legal. New Approach ND collected signatures well in excess of the number needed to put the initiative on the ballot, and the Secretary of State certified the measure.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We reported last week that legislators failed to pass a legalization bill during the legislature’s special session. This week, we’ve got more info on ballot initiatives – probably a feature that will follow us into November.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Wave of State Legalizations Drives U.S. Market Forecast Up to $30B in 2022. Headset , the leading provider of data and analytics to the cannabis industry, today released quarterly updates to its long-term forecasts for the legal U.S. market growth will not slow in the near future, with a higher YoY growth rate expected in 2022.

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TheAnswerPage

AUGUST 23, 2022

A June 2022 research study conducted in Ontario Canada (where cannabis-based medicine is legal at the federal level), assessed how chronic pain patients view the use of cannabis-based products for medicinal purposes. This June 2022 study was published in Pain Medicine, the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 18, 2021

Californians are ready for legal psilocybin mushrooms — and it sounds like they’re not going to wait around for legislators to allow them to have it. While legalizing mushrooms may sound like a pipedream, politicians are actually on board with softening the laws around psychedelics prohibition.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Washington, DC: Legal cannabis markets generated an estimated $2.8 million in excise taxes in fiscal year 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022), according to an analysis provided by The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Meanwhile, in Nebraska, signature collecting continues for a ballot initiative. Congress removed marijuana banking from the COMPETES Act. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) called the move “critically important.”.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 26, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Effective January 1, 2022, most Philadelphia employers will be prohibited from requiring prospective employees to undergo testing for the presence of marijuana as a condition of employment. This rapidly evolving legal landscape presents new challenges for employers, especially multi-state employers.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2021

SEATTLE , July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Headset , the leading provider of data and analytics to the cannabis industry, today released quarterly updates to its long-term forecasts for the legal U.S. market growth will not slow in the near future, with a higher YoY growth rate expected in 2022. between 2020 and 2022 from 57.5%

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 6, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Hampshire’s Senate decided against legalizing. New Hampshire is surrounded by states where marijuana is legal for adult-use. The state Senate voted against legalization late last week. new hampshire.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Columbus, OH – PRESS RELEASE – Today, the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is formally launching its effort to legalize adult-use cannabis by submitting summary language of an initiated statute to the Ohio Attorney General’s office. “We They see marijuana legalization as inevitable. Ohioans want this,” continued Haren.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 24, 2022

23 March 2022. Welcome to our weekly roundup of CBD and hemp-related legal and regulatory news: CBD. State and federal law determine hemp is legal so long as it contains less than 0.3% Atlanta law firm seeks court order declaring chemical related to intoxicating ingredient in marijuana is legal. Star Tribune. .”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2021

Idaho marijuana activists have submitted revised text for a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in the state following a review by the state attorney general. Home cultivation would be prohibited, however, and there would be no legal and licensed system of cannabis retailers. Read the full report.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2022

Massachusetts municipalities have collected more than $53 million in “impact” fees from cannabis companies since the launch of adult-use sales in 2018, according to a Northeaster University study published by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association outlined in a Boston Globe report. The Franklin Observer writes.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed “ The Rhode Island Cannabis Act ,” which grants adults aged 21 and older the right to possess and grow certain amounts of cannabis for recreational use. Retail sales are expected to begin as early as December 1, 2022.

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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. As such, we thought we’d take a moment to round up the status of cannabis legalization in the South, an area worth watching. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rather than a ballot initiative , Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia legalized the plant for adult-use purposes via a legislative process. They follow in the footsteps of Vermont, which became the first legislative-driven legal cannabis state back in 2018. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales. Here’s what they say.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

MAY 16, 2022 BY DEANNA J. Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. To go into effect, the proposal must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the state legislature by June 15, 2022. Source: [link].

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 10, 2024

topped every monthly total since legalization. 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72 These figures do not include taxes collected. 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72 These figures do not include taxes collected. The December totals of $153,936,703.20 billion in 2023.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 20, 2022

As of July 1, 2022, there is no more cultivation tax. Arguably, all it really does is move the tax headache and collection burden around between licensees. On July 7, 2022, CDTFA published the following PSA for all California cannabis licensees: Cultivation Tax No Longer Applies.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we previously reported , on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law ( NJ A21 , NJ A 1897 , and NJ A5342/NJ S3454 ), formally legalizing the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden State. Other jurisdictions are catching up to the marijuana law frenzy.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

A new law in Philadelphia that keeps employers from making people take pre-hire cannabis tests goes into effect starting in January 2022. It also does not apply to positions where a collective bargaining agreement specifically addresses pre-employment drug testing of applicants. Studies Show Little Impact on Job Performance.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

January out-of-state resident sales dropped to its lowest total since February 2020, the second month of legalization. Illinois countered its low out-of-state resident sales with strong in-state resident sales to kick off 2024 with its highest January in-state resident sales since legalization. February: $120,488,569.91

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 3, 2023

Since legalization, July 2023 sales totals only trail December 2022 totals of $143,899,826.30. In-state resident sales totaled $104,256,118.22, outperforming December 2022 totals of $102,460,209.38. 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72 These figures do not include taxes collected.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022. 21 Pages Posted: 12 Aug 2022. Date Written: August 11, 2022. Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 721, 2022, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022, Available at SSRN: [link] or [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2022

10 March 2022. North Carolina is one of the few states and Indian tribes to transition into a USDA-controlled hemp production program , with that transition taking effect on January 1, 2022. by Erica B. Rogers , Tyler J. Russell and Amy Wooten. Ward and Smith, P.A. hemp production market.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

monthly figure topped each previous January totals since legalization. In comparison, the January 2022 sales total reached $117,251,759.72, while the 2021 January totals finished at $88,813,872.78. In comparison, the January 2022 sales total reached $117,251,759.72, while the 2021 January totals finished at $88,813,872.78.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

Colorado could legalize psychedelics. Activists collected over 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the ballot, showing significant support for its passing. If passed, those with criminal records pertaining to aspects that would now be legal would have the right to petition the courts to seal their records.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

August continued Illinois’ strong monthly sales, recording the third-highest monthly sales totals since legalization at $139,224,010.03. and December 2022 totals of $143,899,826.30. August in-state resident sales set a new record at $104,940,014.62, outperforming July 2023 and December 2022 in-state resident totals.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 11, 2023

June sales totals were the third-most monthly sales since recreational-use legalization began. in total June sales, only behind December 2022’s $143,899,826.30 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72 These figures do not include taxes collected. 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 5, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Several states may have ballot initiatives in 2022. Several states seek to join the list of adult-legal jurisdictions via 2022 ballot initiatives. Idaho supporters can start collecting signatures.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Cannabis legalization is a big hit! Despite what opponents of cannabis legalization have to say about it, it’s working. Cannabis legalization has increased job availability across many legal sectors of employment, including the agricultural industry. Americans have and continue to support cannabis legalization.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 2, 2023

Since March 2022 to the end of that year, the out-of-state resident sales totals hovered around $40 million. In contrast, Illinois finished with the second-most monthly items sold and second-most monthly in-state resident sales since legalization. 2022 total monthly sales include: January: $117,251,759.72 February: $120,488,569.91

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