Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

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Policy 52

Policy Research and Development Advocacy Environment 52

NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support. Marijuana legalization is here to stay and it is time that federal policy reflect that.” ” said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri.

Legislation 251

Legislation Marijuana Policy Research and Development 251

NORML

JULY 17, 2019

Members of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs are scheduled to hear testimony next week regarding the need to provide greater access to financial services for state-licensed marijuana-related businesses. ” (Read NORML’s full testimony here.).

Banking 192

Banking Marijuana Access Legislation 192

NORML

MARCH 28, 2019

Currently, thousands of state-licensed and regulated businesses lack access to the banking industry and are unable to accept credit cards, deposit revenues, or write checks to meet payroll or pay taxes because federal law discourages financial institutions from engaging in such partnerships.

Banking 279

Banking Marijuana Policy Safety 279

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WM Technology, Inc. (“WM WM Technology” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MAPS), a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, has released its first data and insights report, titled ‘Cannabis in America’. New businesses, opportunities, and challenges continue to arise.

Data 52

Data Business Retail Dispensary 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2022

AUGUSTA – Today, the State of Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) released a report examining how cannabis consumption, market dynamics, and health outcomes vary by geographic region, cannabis market, and other variables.

Programs 52

Programs Policy Consumption Access 52

NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Thousands of state-licensed and regulated businesses lack access to the banking industry and are unable to accept credit cards, deposit revenues, or write checks to meet payroll or pay taxes because federal law discourages financial institutions from engaging in such partnerships. With 97.7% of the U.S.

Banking 229

Banking Marijuana Safety Policy 229

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Building the bridge between brands and the marketplace through testing and the importance of good data. If left to their own devices in Cannabis, a mixed bag of state regulations will continue to confuse the market as they rush to implement policies that are challenging for business and almost impossible for the consumer to understand.

Business 95

Business Data Wellness and Beauty Safety 95

MMJ Recs

AUGUST 30, 2021

Even though laws were put into place that legalized MMJ and made it possible for qualifying patients to access the medication, dispensaries and sales had not yet come into play. According to data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, there are 192 licensed dispensaries in the state.

Seed-To-Sale 98

Seed-To-Sale Business Marijuana Dispensary 98

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

Spotlight PA sought that data to better understand the impact of the agency’s unusual and controversial decision to endorse cannabis as a treatment option for opioid use disorder. The newsroom specifically requested aggregate data — information that would not identify individual patients.

Data 52

Data Treatment Patients Chronic Pain 52

Canna Law Blog

JULY 23, 2019

Kleiman was probably the most influential scholar on cannabis policy. His views were creative and nuanced, data-driven and humanitarian. For just a few of his greatest (and most accessible) hits, check out the following: “ We’re Legalizing Weed Wrong ” (Top 10 list for Slate). Federal cannabis policy is still a disaster.

Policy 72

Policy Advocacy Programs Data 72

SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

A new cannabis coalition made up of a wide variety of national corporations, including tobacco and alcohol firms, launched today with the purpose of influencing policy and potentially shaping the first federal cannabis regulations. Any one of which is enough to make anybody pause before they go forward with legalization.

Business 52

Business Legalization Policy Education 52

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Our client has asked us to publish this post as a public service announcement to other cannabis businesses. Other cybercrimes include data breaches, where hackers obtain sensitive information by breaching a company’s secured files and then use that information for identiy theft, blackmail, or to commit other crimes.

Business 85

Business Marijuana Retail Data 85

NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Today, we stood with Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young as they introduced the Ending Federal Prohibition Act and Marijuana Data Collection Act. This is not just good policy, but good politics. As long as marijuana remains a Schedule I substance, federal policy remains ignorant of this fact.

Marijuana 205

Marijuana Legislation Policy Collective 205

NORML

JANUARY 15, 2019

In Senate testimony today, nominee for Attorney General William Barr committed to not use the limited resources of the Department of Justice to prosecute state-regulated and compliant marijuana businesses. The enactment of these policies have not negatively impacted workplace safety , crime rates , traffic safety , or youth use patterns.

Programs 278

Programs Legalization Marijuana Policy 278

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 26, 2022

A 2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily found that 81% of American cannabis business owners and founders were white and 10% of cannabis business founders identified as Hispanic/Latino or Black. of business owners in the industry, per Leafly’s Jobs Report 2021. Many Black cannabis businesses can’t secure funding.

Business 59

Business Marijuana Programs Data 59

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

While we’re on the topic of dramatic legal changes, it’s probably a good idea to talk about a California privacy law that’s about to take effect and require many cannabis and hemp companies across the nation to dramatically change their business practices—the California Consumer Privacy Act (or “CCPA”).

Business 83

Business Hemp Law Collective 83

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

An Albany lawmaker has proposed a bill to make it easier for transgender and non-binary business people to participate in the emerging adult-use cannabis industry. Her concerns are borne out by MWBE data. However, Sen. Cooney said projections for the state’s cannabis market range from $2 to $7 billion annually. Source: [link].

Business 52

Business Decriminalization Access Legislation 52

MMJ Recs

MARCH 16, 2024

Understanding these trends is vital for businesses to effectively meet consumer needs and stay competitive in the market. Regulatory Framework and Policy Implications The regulatory framework governing the medical marijuana industry has profound implications for businesses, consumers, and society as a whole.

Supply Chain 105

Supply Chain Research and Development Marijuana Seed-To-Sale 105

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2019

Author Griffen Thorne writes by way of introduction…… The aspect of track-and-trace with the biggest potential for disaster isn’t the fact that it’s so complex, but rather the fact that loss of access to the system could be devastating for licensees. Read the full article at [link].

Data 40

Data Access Compliance Compliance 40

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Political and business leaders surveyed by audience segmentation platform Tunnl are strongly pessimistic about the outlook for the U.S., We wanted to make this important audience available as a highly-influential group of individuals for brands and association to have access to for engagement.”.

Business 52

Business Supply Chain Advocacy Media 52

Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 22, 2019

We’ll hand them an iPad, and ask them to fill out a couple quick surveys,” said Michael McDonell, chair of WSU’s Collaboration on Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach. McDonell said research institutions are limited in their access to cannabis users by federal laws that could affect funding.

Medicine 140

Medicine Research and Development Data Collective 140

Canna Law Blog

MAY 25, 2019

The aspect of track-and-trace with the biggest potential for disaster isn’t the fact that it’s so complex, but rather the fact that loss of access to the system could be devastating for licensees. This leads me to a post I wrote several months ago on how data breaches are likely to ravage the cannabis industry.

Data 81

Data Seed-To-Sale Access Compliance 81

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Leafly , the world’s leading cannabis marketplace and resource, released Seeds of Change : Strategies to create an equitable cannabis industry , a first-of-its-kind report that measures states’ efforts in making social equity a foundational part of cannabis legalization. Methodology.

Legalization 76

Legalization Data eCommerce Policy 76

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2021

The Seeds of Change Report , released by Leafly for the first time this month, is an examination of how social justice, equity, and inclusion policies are implemented across the United States’ 19 legal cannabis markets as well as how cannabis legalization can implement eight key strategies to make the industry more fair and equitable.

Data 111

Data Access Policy Legislation 111

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Theme 3 involved access to capital.

Policy 105

Policy Research and Development Collective Banking 105

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

WHEREAS, for those individuals who were formerly incarcerated, a recent analysis by the Prison Policy Initiative shows that more than 27 percent are unemployed, which is a higher rate than the overall unemployment rate during the Great Depression; and. WHEREAS, a 2017 snapshot of the U.S.

Policy 98

Policy Research and Development Access Cannabis 98

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2021

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Programs 100

Programs Data Events Collective 100

Illinois News Joint

MAY 12, 2023

Another paragraph added, “During hours of operation, dispense all cannabis from the restricted access area, a drive-through window of the restricted access area, or a pickup location in close proximity to the restricted access area. Illinois has 17 such regions. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

Packaging 102

Packaging Agriculture Cannabis Cultivation 102

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2022

Dear MED Stakeholders: The MED is issuing this notice to inform stakeholders of its ongoing efforts to enhance the accessibility of information open to public disclosure. Beginning Monday, August 8, 2022, the MED will begin publishing all Marijuana Business Final Agency Actions on its website. What is a Final Agency Action?

Data 52

Data Access Compliance Compliance 52

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Also missing: hard data about it. It is written in three parts: The Current State of Diversity in the Cannabis Industry (includes data on ownership, exec positions, breakdown by sector, employees, select states’ data, etc). business landscape. businesses. We hold up the mirror. Minority Leadership.

Data 52

Data Programs Business Banking 52

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Under the supervision of the Executive Director of the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission. This position is responsible for enforcing state laws, rules and regulations through application review, inspection and data reports, and regulatory compliance and enforcement. Advance statutory and industry standards.

Compliance 105

Compliance Compliance Seed-To-Sale Data 105

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Weedmaps , a leading online listings marketplace for cannabis consumers and businesses from WM Technology, Inc., Apple’s updated policy now allows Weedmaps customers to conduct their entire cannabis shopping experience from within the iOS app on their mobile device. IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS

Retail 105

Retail Business Strains Policy 105

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. . Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized over 5.5 million cultivated cannabis plants last year – a 20 percent increase over 2020’s totals.

DEA 52

DEA Marijuana Programs Data 52

MJ Business Attorneys

JUNE 20, 2018

Last Thursday a bipartisan group of lawmakers lead by Colorado Senator Cory Gardner and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed the measure that would completely reform federal marijuana policy in America. Marijuana Business Attorney Charles Feldmann helps his clients establish strict regulatory compliance protocols.

Banking 100

Banking Compliance Compliance Marijuana 100

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 6, 2022

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Policy 59

Policy Environment Education Data 59

Veriheal

AUGUST 14, 2023

However, this rigid federal stance contrasts starkly with state-level policies. Lastly, the absence of card transactions severely restricts the financial data available to these businesses for analysis and strategic planning. In 38 states , cannabis has been legalized to varying degrees for medicinal and recreational use.

Banking 98

Banking Dispensary Cannabis Recreational 98