Cannabis Law Report

JULY 11, 2022

California Cannabis Cultivation Tax Eliminated. The budget trailer bill eliminated the cannabis cultivation tax beginning July 1, 2022. The harvested cannabis was first sold or transferred by a cultivator to a distributor on or after July 1, 2022. California Cannabis Excise Tax Capped at 15% for Three Years.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 3, 2023

While Illinois’ adult-use cannabis market continues to set records, the monthly cannabis sales totals for Illinois’ Medical Cannabis Patient Program continues to decline. Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $245,113,258.87. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42 March: $29,018,805.60

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 26, 2024

The legislation would not set up a retail market, but would decriminalize cannabis, allow home cultivation and possession, and allow for the establishment of “cultivation clubs,” which would start in July. As we reported last month, the program is facing a lawsuit, alleging that it illegally favors New York residents.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its November 2023 medical cannabis sales totals of $25,582,066.92. By comparison, in October 2023, licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,618 unique patients, who purchased 1,271,270 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2023: January: $27,621,022.42

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2022

France has officially permitted medical cannabis production and cultivation. Prior to the decree’s publication, France had already been busy importing cannabis products for its medical cannabis pilot program. The ANSM Has Been Fronting a Medical Cannabis Pilot Program . According to Statista, 1.5

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SpeedWeed

JULY 20, 2021

Senator Jeremy Cooney of New York introduced a bill on July 20 that would build upon the state’s recreational cannabis law with a focus on getting cultivation up and running. A provisional license would offer a cultivator the same benefits as a cultivator’s license for the time being. View original article.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 10, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its April 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. The current total number of active patients in the MCPP program as of April 30, 2023, is 137,498. Total 2023 retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $111,325,231.45. February: $26,652,042.97

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board said last week she does not anticipate the state will begin issuing industry licenses until the spring of 2023 at the earliest. Tremaine Wright’s comments came during a cannabis conference at Comedy at the Carlson in Rochester. That bill remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

For many, it feels like Alabama’s medical cannabis program has been a work in progress for years. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, tasked with issuing rules for cultivation activities, issued its proposed rule , “Medical Cannabis Cultivation,” on May 17, 2022. It was a year ago when this all started.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 9, 2023

Four Illinois House bills involving cannabis oversight and regulations were assigned to the Executive Committee February 28, 2023. Effective July 1, 2023.” was filed on January 25, 2023, assigned to the Rules Committee January 25, 2023, and then assigned to the Executive Committee February 28, 2023. Evans, Jr. ,

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 9, 2023

According to statistics from the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), starting with the cost of dry flower per gram from the beginning of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act , medical patients in Illinois paid $10.38 in July 2023. in July 2023. On June 25, 2019, Gov. On June 25, 2019, Gov.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cannabinoid Hemp Program Regulations (Finally) Finalized. While much attention is focused on New York’s adult-use cannabis market, the CCB and Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) are also responsible for overseeing both the Medical Marijuana and Cannabinoid Hemp Programs. cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract.” CBD products).

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Provides a conditional adult-use cultivator license to process and distribute cannabis flower products without holding an adult-use processor or distributor license; provides a conditional adult-use processor license to process and distribute cannabis products; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

A pilot program to allow the limited cultivation and distribution of recreational cannabis in the Netherlands has been hit with another major delay. The program, which is supposed to involve 10 cannabis cultivators supplying dozens of stores, was originally intended to launch in 2020. MJ Biz Report.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2023

Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act on June 25, 2019, and cultivators ramped up production for adult-use sales. Since its peak of $89.04, the price per gram of extracts has slowly decreased and as of July 2023 was $63.89. to the current price of $71.25 (July 2023), nearly a 43% decrease. April 2018.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2022

The state’s goal is for the dispensaries operated by “justice-involved” individuals to open by the end of 2022, with other dispensaries to follow in early 2023. THC for the upcoming adult-use market. THC for the upcoming adult-use market.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 29, 2023

Thanks to the New York Office of Cannabis Management, the idea of a legal cannabis showcase program is now a reality. On the 19th of July, 2023, the Office of Cannabis Management in New York approved plans to permit cannabis ‘showcases’ and sales at public events. billion and is projected to be valued at $7.07

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Why New York wants to let hemp licensees cultivate and process cannabis. This means future cannabis growers won’t be able to start operating until 2023, at the earliest, which will force adult-use dispensary licensees to wait even longer to fill their shelves.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

County commercial cannabis is finally coming in 2023. County plans to allow the following businesses in in its borders in 2023: 25 retail, 25 delivery, 10 cultivation (indoor or mixed light only), 10 distribution, and 10 testing licenses. Nonetheless, the local approval process should be in place by 2023.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 21, 2019

During August alone, Illinois has passed new legislation expanding and cementing its medical marijuana program, and shown necessary flexibility as it attempts to get its recreational market off the ground by January 1, 2020. The law also now allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to certify applicants for the program.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Starting July 1, 2023, the ballot initiative will legalize personal possession of up to 1.5 This legislation also allows adults to cultivate two cannabis plants for personal use. 1, 2023, possession of marijuana will become a civil offense. North Dakota passed a medical marijuana program in 2016. ounces but less than 2.5

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

County commercial cannabis is finally coming in 2023. County plans to allow the following businesses in in its borders in 2023: 25 retail, 25 delivery, 10 cultivation (indoor or mixed light only), 10 distribution, and 10 testing licenses. Nonetheless, the local approval process should be in place by 2023.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Hochul signed legislation creating a conditional cultivation and processing adult-use licensing structure. Cultivators can maintain up to 20 artificial lights in an indoor greenhouse, and can only operate in the same county in which they are licensed to grow hemp, and in counties adjacent to it.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. The 15% excise tax on cannabis sales would remain, and the collection and remittance of that tax would be limited to retail sales beginning January 1, 2023.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The Webber Wellness Conservatory will include marijuana operations and training facilities, along with a cultivation facility, dispensary, and consumption lounge. Green Thumb Industries’ Cannabis Campus To Open by 2023. “We understand what happened with the war on drugs.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

SB 57 – which passed both houses – would have created a pilot program for overdose prevention sites in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles as an evidence-based intervention to curb drug overdose deaths. Senator Wiener will look to re-enter both the overdose prevention and a revised psychedelic decriminalization bill next session.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

County plans to allow the following businesses in in its borders in 2023: 25 retail. 10 cultivation (indoor or mixed light only). Cultivation : $7/sf of canopy (indoor artificial light). $4/sf Cultivation : $10/sf of canopy (indoor artificial light). $7/sf Back in August, I wrote about the cannabis tax measure in L.A.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

While Missouri is a limited-license state, with 60 cultivation, 86 manufacturing and 192 retail licenses available, the state is less restrictive than other markets with license caps, Brodsky says. We offer incentives in two-month blocks that if they finish all the coursework in that program, we give them a little cash bonus.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Cultivation Licenses. The Social Equity Program. We’ll also be diving into the nuances in the regulations in our promised series of webinars starting in January of 2023 (details to come!). We’ll also be diving into the nuances in the regulations in our promised series of webinars starting in January of 2023 (details to come!).

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The Cannigma

MARCH 18, 2023

Medical: early stages Recreational: illegal As of March 2023, cannabis is illegal for both recreational purposes in Barbados. The possession, cultivation, sale, and trafficking of cannabis are all illegal and punishable by law. While medical cannabis laws were introduced in 2019, the program is still in its early stages.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

Georgia has a limited medical program but doesn’t consider itself a “medical marijuana” state as growing, possessing, or smoking any form of the plant is still illegal. The program was legalized in 2015 and patients with qualifying conditions can get a prescription for up to 20oz of low THC oil, capsules, patches, or lotion.

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Veriheal

JUNE 12, 2023

Jason MacLean isn’t new to cannabis cultivation and genetic breading. He has been immersed within the cannabis community in Denver for over 15 years, working as a horticulturist and cultivator. And he also led the efforts that granted Cherry the Best Wholesale Cultivation award in the 2021 Best of Denver awards.

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The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

Alabama law does not allow the consumption, possession, or cultivation of marijuana for recreational purposes, but has approved the establishment of a medical marijuana program in February 2021. Alabama medical cannabis program. The medical marijuana program in Alabama is limited, and not open.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2022

The cannabis tax reform trailer bill will: Indefinitely suspend the cannabis cultivation tax effective July 1, 2022. Move cannabis excise-tax collection and remittance to retail in 2023, establishing one point of collection and remittance and greatly simplifying tax requirements for the entire cannabis supply chain.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 25, 2023

The added language states, “In addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, on July 1, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $40,000,000 from the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund to the Cannabis Business Development Fund.”

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 13, 2022

The statute: Legalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana and cultivation of up to three mature and three immature cannabis plants per dwelling for personal use. If approved by voters, the amendment would take effect on July 1, 2023. MDARD will continue to regulate hemp cultivation. May 25, 2022. April 1, 2022.

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