Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The CDU/CSU has pledged to repeal Germanys quasi-legalization law passed in 2024. Convincing these former traffic-light coalition members to reverse their stance on legalization seems unlikely. In this scenario, pilot programs for cannabis commerce might halt, but full repeal appears improbable. over drug control obligations.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 4, 2023

When I founded Illinois News Joint , I made a conscious choice to include an altruistic aspect to the publication but for the first year could not decide on a program that fit what we do. I collaborated with partners, built recourses, and officially launched the program in April 2022. For Illinois News Joint reviews, click here.

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Leafly

JULY 24, 2023

Since medical legalization passed in 2017, Maryland’s medical cannabis program has expanded to include over 100 medical dispensaries, with more patients getting medical licenses every day. Medical patients in Maryland […] The post The best rated weed dispensaries in Maryland for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ohio voters will get the chance to vote on recreational cannabis legalization this November. Ohio’s secretary of state announced the legalization initiative has gathered the 127,772 signatures needed to put it on the ballot. The bill would also legalize home growing for those 21+. If passed, Ohio will join twenty-three U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news is that Connecticut began legal adult-use cannabis sales. We have an update on the Minnesota legalization bill. Connecticut wasn’t the only jurisdiction to begin sales in 2023. CONNECTICUT.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 9, 2023

After reporting that Illinois adult-use cannabis prices were highest in the country , we decided to publish a 3-Part Series highlighting how recreational legalization in Illinois has affected price per gram for medical patients. in January 2020, the first month of legalization, to $10.03 in July 2023. in July 2023.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2023

In Part I and Part II of this 3-part series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for Dry Flower and Extracts before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. RSO, which was not tracked as its own category until adult-use legalization, started at $58.30

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2023

In Part 1 of this series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for dry flower before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. in March 2016 and, before adult-use legalization, topped out at $83.14 April 2018. Price per gram jumped to $75.12 in March 2020.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 30, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. MARYLAND Last of the capital area jurisdictions to legalize; first to have a retail market. Sales of cannabis for adult use will officially begin in Maryland on July 1, 2023. AND FINALLY The results are in!

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2022

The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

All eyes are on Georgia’s medical cannabis program as it continues to grow. The History of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Program Georgia’s medical cannabis program started sales this past spring. Finally, on April 28, 2023, the first licensed sales commenced with the opening of dispensaries in Marietta and Macon.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 14, 2023

Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week saw movement in two states: Maryland sent a bill to the governor that will set up a retail market, and the New Hampshire House passed a legalization bill that is now on its way to the state Senate.

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Cannabis Life Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

With a medical cannabis program that stinks of reefer madness and the decision to create COVID internment camps, Australia is the last country you’d expect to legalize medical psychedelics. Telling […] The post Australia to Legalize Medical Psychedelics appeared first on Cannabis | Weed | Marijuana | News.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. SOUTH DAKOTA Has South Dakota’s medical cannabis program been too successful? SOUTH DAKOTA Has South Dakota’s medical cannabis program been too successful? Ohioans will vote on adult-use cannabis in November.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today hosted the 2023 Tax Practitioners’ Meeting and PowerPoint presentation. 1, 2023, Cannabis industry businesses will be able to deduct business expenses that otherwise cannot be deducted federally pursuant to Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code.

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Recreational Use and Possession Limits As of 2023, cannabis is not legal for recreational use in Texas. Medical Use and Eligibility Texas does have a limited medical marijuana program. However, as of 2023, cannabis is still illegal for recreational and most medicinal purposes in Texas.

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Project CBD

JUNE 20, 2023

In a newly published survey of 162 IBD patients in Puerto Rico, where medical cannabis is legal but recreational use is punishable with prison time , about 25% anonymously reported using cannabis to treat their symptoms. As of March 2022, approximately 120,000 patients were registered in the program. 39,4 (2023): 301-307.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 18, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we return to South Dakota, where some people want adult-use to be legal and some want medical marijuana to be rescinded. We note that New Hampshire will now be studying legalization.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. ALABAMA As we reported last month, Alabama is having some difficulties with its medical cannabis licensing program. We provide an update on the Alabama medical marijuana licensing situation.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Not everyone on Capitol Hill is in favor of federal cannabis legalization; there’s also a new bill that would give Congress the opportunity to prevent the rescheduling of cannabis. But is that really true?

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced. In January 2023, Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

state with a legal cannabis program to add lessons about cannabis impairment to its driver’s education programs, WCVB5 reports. Very interesting report via Ganjapreneur and a smart move on Massachusetts part Starting next year, Massachusetts will be the first U.S.

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Project CBD

JULY 28, 2023

Project CBD: Your presentation with Allyn Howlett at the International Cannabinoid Research Society conference in Toronto (June 2023) discussed the chemical conversion of CBD into Δ8-THC (delta-8 THC) and “numerous additional THC isomers. with unknown pharmacological and safety profiles.”

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 1, 2024

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today released a notice of funding opportunity to provide Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) programming in historically underserved Illinois communities. ICJIA actively recruits community-based application reviewers as they are primary stakeholders in the R3 program.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

New York Recreational Licenses Not Coming Until Spring 2023. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, announced during a symposium on Wednesday that state licenses for recreational dispensaries most likely will not be issued until spring 2023 at the earliest, according to WXXI. Despite the U.S.

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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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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. In the state’s recent special session, the Senate approved a full legalization bill by a vote of 19-12. Sales could begin in May 2022. Governor Stands Firm.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 22, 2023

On November 8th, 2022, Maryland passed a new law legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older, opening up a whole new industry for the state. Effective July of 2023, the new legislation aims to regulate medical and recreational cannabis as similarly as possible, holding them to the same standards.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the two remaining states, Maryland and Missouri, voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana. Arkansas (Issue 4, Recreational Legalization): REJECTED. Arkansas voters rejected Issue 4, which would have legalized adult-use cannabis. Arkansas legalized medical marijuana in 2016. . Starting Jan.

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Veriheal

JUNE 10, 2025

This act is significant for making the cultivation, possession, and usage of natural medicines like psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline legal in the state. How this industry operates and succeeds will be a bellwether for future states to adopt similar programs. What Does the Colorado Law Legalize Specifically?

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Veriheal

JUNE 7, 2023

On April 21, 2023, Delaware became the 22nd state to legalize marijuana—despite the governor’s opposition. John Carney (D) passed two bills to legalize cannabis into law without his signature. They have been advocating for legalization because of the economic potential of the industry to bring in huge tax revenue.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wyoming does not have a legal medical or adult-use cannabis program. The state has brought forth several legalization initiatives since 2015 , but all have failed. Though the laws in Wyoming are slow to change, state residents are not immune from the wave of legalization sweeping the country. Possible penalties.

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Veriheal

MARCH 8, 2022

Adults age 21 and over have been legally allowed to purchase a maximum of one ounce of recreational cannabis in Montana since January 1, 2022. Montana’s Legal Cannabis Market Produced Millions in Tax Revenue. The Montana Marijuana Legalization and Tax Initiative, A.K.A. million during its launch month. Introduced by Gov.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. California.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

JUNE 7, 2023

On May 30, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed legislation to legalize recreational use of marijuana for persons 21 years of age and older. The bill legalizes the production and sale of marijuana flower concentrates, topical and edible products, immature cannabis plants and seeds, and hemp-derived THC products.

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Veriheal

MAY 22, 2023

In April 2023, Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) reported an exodus of about 1350 cannabis primary caregivers from the state’s medical marijuana market between 2021 to January 2023. This survey makes clear that the biggest issue facing the medical program is oversupply,” John Hudak, director of the Office of Cannabis Policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2022

territories and tribes that have legalized marijuana. While lawmakers had pushed Appropriations Committee leadership to include the cannabis language in the base Fiscal Year 2023 spending legislation for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CSJ) as introduced, that didn’t end up happening, much to their disappointment.

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