The Blunt Truth

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2022

DENVER – June 23, 2022 – Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) has launched a targeted entrepreneurial assistance program for aspiring cannabis business owners that is specifically designed to boost ownership among individuals disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The school will offer long term secondary school programs, including the VCE – Vocational Major and each classroom has a teacher and a youth worker to support students. Goals are…

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Veriheal

APRIL 16, 2024

A new report from Colorado-based marijuana staffing company Vangst and the analytics firm Whitney Economics discovered that cannabis-related jobs have increased about 5% over the last year, a slow but notable growth. Other states with new programs, such as Missouri, have added thousands of jobs in a relatively short time span.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Nearly half, or 48.7%, of OLCC retail sales are “useable marijuana” (dried leaves and flower). This follows a years-long trend of usable marijuana sales decreasing per capita in favor of other categories. At this time in 2022, wholesale useable marijuana had been sitting at $600/lb for months, bottoming out at $550/lb for December.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Further, after several failed attempts to legalize medical cannabis, there’s is finally enough steam to put an initiative on the state’s 2024 ballot. Indiana Indiana prohibits the possession, use, purchase, sale, or cultivation of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes. Like Idaho, CBD with less than.3%

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Oregon’s governor recently vetoed an effort to create a state bank for marijuana businesses, in another blow to the struggling industry. The lack of consistent, equitable access to banking has been recurring issue for Oregon marijuana businesses and those in other states.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 25, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. According to the First Circuit Court of Appeals , it also means that Congress has officially recognized that the medical marijuana industry exists. Might it prohibit social equity programs as well? Time will tell.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2024

Ohio’s medical cannabis program officially launched in 2018. Since then, any state residents wishing to obtain or renew a medical marijuana card were subject to a $50 fee paid annually. Effective March 4, 2024, all medical-card-related fees in Ohio will be drastically reduced to just one penny.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 4, 2021

14 Wyoming legislators are sponsoring a bill to legalize marijuana in the state. If House Bill 209 were to become law, anyone 21 years or older could legally possess retail marijuana (in amounts explained below) or cultivate marijuana for personal use (also explained below). The LSO says an estimated $30.7

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the United States, where cannabis is still illegal under federal law, there are currently 19 states and the District of Columbia that allow the recreational use of marijuana. There are 13 states that outlaw marijuana entirely. Additionally, 17 states have passed legislation allowing medical marijuana (MMJ). Starting Jan.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Medical and adult-use marijuana are illegal in Nebraska, though a first-time arrest for possession of one ounce or less is decriminalized to a civil infraction. There have been multiple attempts to create a medical and recreational marijuana program, all of which have failed. Nebraska does not have a medical marijuana program.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

When House Bill 19-1234 and House Bill 19-1230 were signed into law on May 29, 2019, allowing for marijuana delivery and marijuana hospitality licenses, no one thought it would take two years to implement. Ordinance Repealing the Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program. Ordinance Repealing the Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program.

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Veriheal

JUNE 12, 2023

If ratified as it is expected to be, the new CBA will take effect in the 2023-2024 season and remain in place until at least 2029. With a second violation, players face a $25,000 fine and in-patient or aftercare treatment in the Marijuana Program.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2022

The bill will inactivate all marijuana license applications received after January 1, 2022 and also allows the OLCC to refuse to issue any new marijuana license until further notice. Moratorium on Marijuana License Issuance. These provisions will be repealed on March 31, 2024. Marijuana License Assignment Program.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

After a rollercoaster open market experiment, Oregon finally raised the walls on its cannabis program earlier this year. Typically, there are two broad approaches a state may take in walling off a regulated cannabis program, dormant commerce clause issues notwithstanding. The “marijuana license reassignment program”.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ohio, often viewed as a bellwether state, now faces a defining question: Will it join the growing roster of states opting to launch legal recreational marijuana markets? We are eyeing long-term business opportunities should the marijuana prohibition fall in the Buckeye State,” he said. in recent years. Passions run deep on both sides.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legislators are busy writing a marijuana law. OHIO Last month, Ohio voters told the state legislature that they wanted legal adult-use marijuana. You provide the marijuana; they’ll handle everything else.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. In this post, I’ll sketch out some considerations for FIs looking at banking marijuana-related businesses – or, as they are known in the common parlance, “MRBs”. Here is my shorthand: “ Direct Marijuana Business.” Indirect Marijuana Business.”

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older. On April 12, 2021, New Mexico saw the legalization of recreational marijuana.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act (HR 3884 / S. 2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. HI resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

There has been a recent flurry of movement – both in the courts and in state legislatures – on the marijuana law front across several states. Other jurisdictions are catching up to the marijuana law frenzy. Here’s a round-up of the most recent developments: New Laws.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 15, 2021

Cannabis taxes can be a pain in the pocketbook, but they keep marijuana legal and well regulated. Many states tax medical marijuana at a minimal level or not at all. Many states levy a marijuana excise tax in addition to the regular state sales tax. Marijuana tax rates in Alaska. Marijuana tax rates in Arizona.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 13, 2022

Setting Allocation 3 funding for youth education/intervention/ treatment, environmental restoration, and state and local law enforcement programs at a baseline of $670 million annually for three years. The grant program will assist cities and counties that do not currently license storefront or delivery-only cannabis retailers.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Meanwhile, the governor asked the Pardons Board to speed up applications for those with low-level marijuana offenses. And Michigan is expanding the number of communities eligible for its social equity program.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

SB 66 – Increased local marijuana sales taxation authority. It increases the maximum percentage of tax that a city or county may impose on the sale of marijuana items, from 3% to 10%. The new regime would commence January 1, 2024. HB 2019 – Marijuana tax transfer. HB 2505 below. SB 354 – More OLCC homework.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2022

Driving the news: City officials are looking to address the issue by providing exclusive access to marijuana delivery licenses to “ social equity applicants ,” or business owners considered disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

New York State’s recently passed 2024 budget includes many cannabis-related provisions, addressing enforcement, licensure, and penalties, with the goal of curbing the state’s illicit marijuana market. Several of the new enforcement tools at OCM’s enforcement disposal include: Issuing civil fines for unlicensed sellers.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 12, 2022

After Germany announced plans to legalize the plant, Czechia followed suit, with the first draft of legislation expected early in the 2023 session and tentative legalization in 2024. Medical marijuana in the Czech Republic. Medical marijuana was legalized in the Czech Republic in 2013. Possible penalties.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2021

Governor Ralph Northam announced appointments to the three newly-created boards that oversee marijuana legalization in Virginia. On July 1, recreational marijuana became legal for adult use in Virginia. million in 2024 and $38.4 WTKR reports. Board members cannot have financial interests in the cannabis industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law. Although medical cannabis program was signed into law last year, it has yet to be fully implemented. Since then, the legislature has passed a number of laws that have expanded the state’s medical cannabis program.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 9, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. FLORIDA Could adult-use cannabis appear on the 2024 Florida ballot? The state’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will be eligible for grants to set up cannabis-related programs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Seyfarth Synopsis : Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older. Now is no different. Jennifer Mora. Connecticut. New Mexico.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

Gold Leaf is one of only 22 licensed centers and one of only 16 active operators in Florida, and the organization is planning to open 20 dispensaries in the state by 2024. Cumulatively, all of the 10-year agreements under Agrify’s TTK Solution program are currently projected to generate an estimated $850 million in total revenue.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The region has been instrumental in highly regulated industries, such as alcohol and tobacco, and the only federally sanctioned cannabis grow program has operated at the University of Mississippi since the 1960s. Although several Southern states have enacted medical cannabis programs, no states have embraced recreational use of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As entrepreneurs and consumers eagerly await the implementation of New York’s adult-use program, lawmakers are taking steps to allow New York to effectuate its adult use cannabis program faster. Vector illustration of a pattern of small marijuana leaves on a green map of New York.

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