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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

NORML

This week, members of the Morgantown, West Virginia city council approved an ordinance to allow police to issue $15 fines to those caught with up to 15 grams of marijuana instead of making an arrest. The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act (HR 3884 / S. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. AL resident?

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Costa Rica: Will He Won’t He? President Alvarado Sitting On Cannabis Bill

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp Today Reports. Costa Rica’s president said he is studying a bill that would legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp, giving no clear indication if he will sign the measure into law or not. The law would limit marijuana to medicinal and therapeutic use, and does not legalize adult-use (recreational) marijuana.

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Constitutionality of Cannabis: Federal Lawsuit Against DEA, DOJ Proceeds

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Department of Justice, challenging the constitutionality of the federal law designating marijuana a Schedule I controlled substance proceeded recently to the next level with oral arguments before the U.S. He further argued that an extensive delay would result in irreversible harm to the patients, particularly the children.

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California Marijuana Lawyers Watch Local Elections for New Regulations

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

The statewide legalization of marijuana for adult recreational use as of January 1st thanks to Prop. Because while the Control, regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 gave the statewide blessing, it didn’t automatically open the floodgates. 64 wasn’t the end of California’s cannabis conversation.

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California Closer to Allowing Food Containing CBD

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Even Martha Stewart has taken on a role advising a marijuana company on CBD food products for both people and their pets. In Colorado, for instance, lawmakers last year expressly allowed any part of a hemp plant to be used for infusion in foods for sale. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Investment Interest in California CBD Companies is Rising

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

But CBD won’t produce a ‘high,’ as it lacks the psychoactive tetrohydrocanabidiol (THC), found in marijuana. This bill essentially relaxed restrictions, allowing licensed cannabis growers to produce hemp on an industrial scale, without fear of prosecution. It also relaxed restrictions around selling hemp-derived products interstate.

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California Cannabis Growers at Pains as License Renewals Drag

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

California marijuana farmers are facing a crisis. AB 97 not only opens the doors for a new wave of marijuana growers to join the legal cannabis landscape, but a second function of AB 97 also enables the renewal of provisional licenses for growers who have already obtained these. Call us at 714-937-2050. Assembly Bill 97.