Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Today I want to talk about what Hunter Biden’s indictment could mean for cannabis users. Controlled substances users can’t buy or own guns If you’re not up on the law here, here’s a summary from my most recent post on the matter, “ Federal law prohibits cannabis users from buying or owning guns.”

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its third meeting yesterday, November 3, 2021. As will be the case with all CCB meetings, it was broadcast live and a transcript of the meeting will be published here. when rules and regulations will be released). That did not happen. The CCB also approved a number of additional staffing hires.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 5, 2023

Just about everyone has been clamoring for increased enforcement against illicit cannabis dispensaries and, as we have repeatedly opined, without such enforcement it will be difficult, if not impossible, for New York to have a fully functioning adult-use cannabis industry. Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more New York cannabis updates!

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2022

On July 5, 2022, CDPH’s Food and Drug Branch (FDB) sent an industry stakeholder listserv email about the newly minted hemp registration program. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be sure to blog on this much more frequently. So stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In the past, numerous petitioners failed to overturn convictions under this law. In its modern form, [the law] thus strips a person of their fundamental right to possess a firearm the instant the person becomes an “unlawful user” of marijuana. Indeed, this is how the federal government interprets the law. That is now changing.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

It will also be interesting to see if or how this affects the overall roll out of adult-use licenses (a topic we recently wrote about !). It will also be interesting to see if or how this affects the overall roll out of adult-use licenses (a topic we recently wrote about !).

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The law is not settled, the text of the 2018 Farm Bill is anything but clear, and whole lot can ( and probably will ) change with the upcoming Farm Bill. The law is not settled, the text of the 2018 Farm Bill is anything but clear, and whole lot can ( and probably will ) change with the upcoming Farm Bill. That in my view, is wrong.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 20, 2022

Last year, California passed into law AB-45 , which paved the way for a regulated CBD market in the state. California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) has a separate registration for manufacturers of inhalable products for out-of-state sales, which I wrote about here. Today I’ll unpack that a bit further.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Some states have tried to pass laws that circumvent federal gun control law, which is a losing proposition. Bruen , simplified the test to determine whether a gun control law violates the Second Amendment. laws that it claimed are similar to the current law). At the same time, a 2022 U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The OCM and CCB have been open about receiving and incorporating feedback from the public, as evidenced by the numerous public meetings hosted by the OCM and CCB throughout New York State. The most recent notable event was the end of the adult use regulation public comment period, which closed on February 13, 2023.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I recently wrote a post for one of our firm’s sister blogs on the top 5 issues buyers face when buying businesses in regulated industries. Cannabis M&A (short for mergers and acquisitions) in California is much more complicated and problematic than in other states. Let me flesh this out a little bit more. And good luck with that.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

t’s been a while since I provided an update on the state of California psychedelics law, but there have been a few important updates in the last few weeks, so it’s now that time. Psychedelics are also illegal under California law. Generally, these only tell local law enforcement to make enforcement of local laws a low priority.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

When we talk about LA County, we mean unincorporated areas of the county – not places like Santa Monica, Pasadena, the City of Los Angeles, etc., When we talk about LA County, we mean unincorporated areas of the county – not places like Santa Monica, Pasadena, the City of Los Angeles, etc.,

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In the case of license applicants who are natural persons, the new law requires them to provide their nationality, which logically suggests that foreign nationals may be granted licenses; the bill is silent on whether Panamanian residence is requires. Regulations issued after the bill becomes law may provide additional clarification.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

We’ve written before about cannabis companies that have attempted to spoof well known marks and have paid a price for it. Roberto Conde, et al. , is nothing short of a cautionary tale and a powerful reminder to cannabis companies: Parody is NOT a defense to trademark infringement in this type of commercial context. The parties. The problem.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2019

These regulations are “final”, meaning cannabis operators and applicants no longer need to worry about discrepancies between emergency regulations (which as of now are no longer effective per the OAL’s statement) and whatever version of proposed regulations were then out in the ether.

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Canna Care Docs

APRIL 8, 2022

Canna Care Docs is here to help! What follows is everything you need to know about getting a medical marijuana card in MA. For patients under 18 years old, Canna Care Docs can provide medical cannabis certification with a signed recommendation from their primary care provider. Not sure if you’re eligible?

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This is a topic we have covered regularly on the Canna Law Blog, most recently by Mason Marks , here. We continue to see an uptick in ketamine clinic transactions (the complexities of which we have written about extensively ). The conference’s opening panel was on pathways to federal legalization.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

We spill a lot of ink on the Canna Law Blog talking about different types of business entities that cannabis entrepreneurs often use. In most cases though, the choice is between LLC and corporation. Today I want to examine a rare, though sometimes useful entity: the California close corporation.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As reported by NY Cannabis Insider , OCM Executive Director Chris Alexander responded to a question about growing and processing cannabis and provided this licensing timeline: Middle of next year. Here at the Canna Law Blog , we view Executive Director Alexander’s update as a positive one. Stay tuned!

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In about a week Oregonians will begin receiving their mail-in ballots for the 2020 election. We at the Canna Law Blog encourage Oregonians to VOTE YES ON 109. The Canna Law Blog respectfully disagrees. The Canna Law Blog respectfully disagrees.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 1, 2019

We have been closely following California’s commercial hemp cultivation licensing law since it was proposed last year as Senate Bill 1409 (see here , here , and here ). storage), GPS coordinates and other information regarding the site, a boundary map, and certain information about seed cultivars.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2020

There are fairly robust requirements to get a permit unlike in some other states: owners must undergo federal background checks and submit detailed information about their business in order to get permitted. PDA also states , for what it’s worth, that products and product labels must comply with any applicable law, including FDA laws.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Ever since Congress passed the Agricultural Improvements Act of 2018 (or 2018 Farm Bill ), people have tried to find creative ways to sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. One example of this is THCA products, such as THCA flower, which contain very high levels of THCA. A primer on the 2018 Farm Bill and THCA For starters, Hemp may only have 0.3%

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Our corporate lawyers have seen deals fall apart over disagreements about what was in a term sheet. Even where a deal won’t fall apart, if the parties disagree about what a term sheet says, costs will skyrocket. For bigger or more complicated deals, or for deals with a difficult opponent, this can be a bad idea.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

What about small businesses that don’t have enough operations to justify a corporate secretary? What about LLCs or other non-corporation business entities? Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more information on cannabis corporate governance topics. And that cost can be defrayed relatively easily.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

In the past few weeks, I’ve published a few posts ( here and here ) about recent federal cannabis gun rights cases. These gun control laws are what have been at stake in the federal cases I described above. These gun control laws are what have been at stake in the federal cases I described above. Supreme Court.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 28, 2022

This blog has written extensively about the risks that present themselves with these kinds of partnerships, and more generally about cannabis partnerships. Ultimately, this decision is about compatibility. We’ve written on this blog before about entity selection.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I often write about various discrete aspects of cannabis M&A transactions. A full list of my posts, along with other Canna Law Blog contributors’ posts, is linked at the bottom of this post. Step 1: Find the Deal. Usually, one or both of the parties (buyer and seller) will use a broker or agent to connect them.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The law is not settled, the text of the 2018 Farm Bill is anything but clear, and whole lot can ( and probably will ) change with the upcoming Farm Bill. The law is not settled, the text of the 2018 Farm Bill is anything but clear, and whole lot can ( and probably will ) change with the upcoming Farm Bill. That in my view, is wrong.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Harris Bricken Canna Law Blog writes, Over the last couple of years, there has been quite a wide range of cannabis-related trademark disputes to write about on this blog, although most of those disputes have ultimately settled. Last year, Kiva Health Brands, LLC (“Kiva Health”) sued Kiva Brands Inc.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 14, 2023

But, there’s a huge controversy about whether it can be controlled, with agencies like the DEA saying it is. You can read more about that issue here or here. Indeed, the FDA maintains a web page warning about the supposed dangers of delta-8 products. These letters generally make similar allegations about adulteration.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

At the same time, lessors generally have zero experience with cannabis and are unfamiliar with cannabis laws. Lessors must be careful not to make promises about zoning, location compliance, buffer zone restrictions, or anything else. But things can get a lot more complicated in competitive license jurisdictions.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2022

This was the maximum allowable financial penalty under the law. Preceding this THC/CBD mixup, Curaleaf was hit by the OLCC with a $110,000 “dishonest conduct” penalty related to claims about vaping products. Published At The LexBlog Platform. By Jesse Mondry on August 26, 2022. The OLCC imposed a $100,000 penalty.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Anyone who knows anything about California cannabis knows that the regulators simply do not take enforcement seriously. Anyone who knows anything about California cannabis knows that the regulators simply do not take enforcement seriously. Under state law, CDTFA collected both a cultivation tax and an excise tax.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that CBD-infused foods and dietary supplements cannot be lawfully sold or marketed in the United States, we’re left with a patchwork of often inconsistent state laws. We’ve said for a long time that CBD companies need to deeply understand label laws in every state of sale.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

One of the most important business decisions cannabis businesses need to make is whether to lease or buy real estate. I have worked on too many cannabis real estate transactions to count. And in my experience, the vast majority are leases. Today I want to look the top three reasons why that’s the case. #1 Success is by no means guaranteed.

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