Pritzker (D) has signed two separate medical cannabis expansion bills into law. Senate Bill 2023 expands the state’s medical cannabis program by adding several new qualifying conditions, allowing physicians assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, allowing minor patients to have up to three caregivers instead of two, among other changes. Illinois Governor J.B. MORE

This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. MORE

You can now get a license to grow and sell cannabis from the State of California That doesn’t mean it’s easy, or that most people will apply. And then you see the consumption version of that, where folks would be sold a small amount of cannabis or concentrate that they could use on site. MORE

The legislation adds chronic pain, autism, anorexia nervosa, irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, polycystic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis as new medical marijuana conditions. Under current provisions, the cannabis plants must be out of public view, and in a locked area. MORE

Pritzker signed into law the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (“CRTA”), making recreational cannabis use legal for adults 21 and older. Additionally, the CRTA addresses the following topics relevant to facilities currently operating under Illinois’ 2013 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act (the “MCPPA”): Early approval and secondary site applications for medical dispensaries; Early approval applications for medical cultivation centers; and. MORE

Winter Edition 2019 – Cannabis. WAC 315-55-018 prohibits discounts between the manufacturing and retailer tiers and WAC 314-55-017 prohibits processors from requiring the purchase of other products as a condition of a transaction. The expiration date of the Licensing and Enforcement System Modernization Project Account is revised from June 30, 2019 to September 1, 2023. Cannabis Law NewsHere’s the Table of Contents. Topics. Board Approves Jan. MORE

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. MORE

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Retail sales of medical and recreational cannabis in the United States are on pace to eclipse $12 billion by the end of 2019 – an increase of roughly 35% over 2018 – and could rise as high as $30 billion by 2023. MORE

market for CBD continues to skyrocket and companies competing in the cannabis space become more developed, they are being held back by the slow federal regulatory response at the Food and Drug Administration. CBD sales by 2023. As the U.S. MORE

Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed multiple cannabis reform bills into law that regulate cannabis delivery services and social consumption spaces, and reduce criminal penalties for the possession of large quantities of cannabis. MORE

On the medical side, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2023 , which expands and makes permanent the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act in Illinois. This brings the total qualifying medical conditions to 52. Authors Akshita Singh , Irina Dashevsky . MORE

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of allowing medical cannabis in schools. MORE