NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, which expands medical cannabis access to eligible military veterans. Department of Agriculture held a hemp listening session this week as regulators work to establish rules and regulations for production. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production.

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MMJ Recs

MAY 16, 2020

Back when the United States first came into being, cannabis was widely grown for hemp. As other crops such as cotton became more popular, hemp fell out of fashion and cannabis plants were no longer encouraged to be farmed. More and more states are decriminalizing marijuana, while a few others have made medical marijuana legal.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

“This would be a big deal in terms of changing our policies to follow states like Colorado, Washington, California, that we’ve seen move forward ending prohibition, not only stopping the arrests, as we’ve done significantly in Illinois with our decriminalization laws, but to open up the marketplace.”

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization. The treatment of hemp trademarks is also instructive. 11, 1935), aff’d sub nom.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2022

Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both medical and recreational marijuana. 1 Despite what would appear to be increasingly lawful access to cannabis, it is still classified by U.S. 14 The Farm Bill removed low-THC hemp, which contains 0.3%

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program. Earlier, a similar bill was overwhelmingly passed in the State House. DE resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law to allow those with certain misdemeanor cannabis convictions to have their records automatically expunged. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law. CA resident? Send a DE resident? Update : H.

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NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

At the state level, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed legislation into law to facilitate regulations governing the licensed production and distribution of oils and other products containing limited amounts of plant-derived THC. Governor Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas signed industrial hemp production legislation into law.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 24, to expand access to medical cannabis in the state. Under state law, adults face civil penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of juvenile decriminalization. CT resident? DE resident? HI resident? ID resident?

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to deschedule hemp and hemp-derived CBD from the state’s list of controlled substances. CA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

So while the actual practice or use of a patented cannabis-related invention may be illegal under federal or some state laws, such illegality should not preclude issuance of a patent, if all of the requirements of patentability are met. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. 3] Diamond v. 18-cv-1922 (D.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Governor Chris Sununu (R) of New Hampshire signed legislation into law allowing physicians assistants to recommend medical cannabis to their patients. Governors Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. New Mexico’s new decriminalization law takes effect this coming Monday July 1.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week: The National Credit Union Administration affirms that credit unions may provide financial services to hemp businesses. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released new data indicating a substantial increase in the growth of US hemp production.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96 / Senate Bill 98, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident? AL resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Although cannabis remains federally illegal, as a medical or recreational user of cannabis, you still have rights when it comes to your personal healthcare, law enforcement encounters, your employment, your housing, transportation, and your individual privacy. PERSONAL RIGHTS. tend to focus on industries such as technology and health care.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

States prepare hemp plans for submission to the USDA. The House Education & Labor Committee approved a bill to repeal the Higher Education Act Aid Elimination Penalty, a federal law that has stripped college financial aid from hundreds of thousands of students with convictions for cannabis or other drugs.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Florida Ag Committee Advances Industrial Hemp Bill. Iowa House passes bill making some changes to medical cannabis law. DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa House on Tuesday approved a bill that would make changes to the state’s medical cannabis law in an effort supporters say will expand access. CONNECTICUT.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The 131-page bill is essentially focused on preserving state’s rights while implementing a much lower federal excise tax than we’ve seen in either the MORE Act or the CAOA. State prohibition is OK. If states want to prohibit commercial cannabis activity within their borders, they are free to do so. Age limits (21).

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As more countries legalize or decriminalize the cultivation, manufacture, sale, and use of cannabis, companies across a variety of industries are looking for opportunities to capitalize on this emerging market. Hemp has been used for these purposes for centuries in cultures around the world. how the segments are defined (e.g.,

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Large cities across the country have also adopted decriminalization measures for psilocybin and other entheogenic (psychedelic) plants, including Ann Arbor, Denver , Oakland, Santa Cruz, and most recently, Washington, D.C. but we note that decriminalization is not legalization). State law doesn’t change this.

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MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Congress must now take action to ensure that state law is respected , and that Americans who legally use marijuana are not subject to federal prosecution,” she said in a press release earlier this year. Congress should now consider expanding the provisions to cover those states that have decriminalized marijuana generally.”.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

While serving as mayor of Burlington, Vermont in the 1980’s, he called for decriminalizing drug possession and treating substance abuse as a public health issue. When elected to Congress in the 1990s, he co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed for access to medical marijuana. Quote: “Prohibition doesn’t work.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Over the past several months, state officials have vacated an estimated 2.2 Numerous states in 2021 also enacted legislation expanding medical cannabis access and stimulating greater diversity among licensed marijuana businesses. “As DECRIMINALIZATION. In all, state officials have vacated over 2.2 LEGALIZATION.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 11, 2022

.” Last April, Fried sued the federal government “over federal cannabis policies that prohibit Floridians from purchasing a firearm on the sole basis that they are a state-law-abiding medical marijuana patient.” There is no indication, though, that Ayala supports wider decriminalization, let alone legalization.*.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 21, 2021

Counseling clients on regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters, Havens has companies in the cannabis industry turn to him for advice on how to get and keep their products on the market, where access to banking comes in handy. According to the U.S. Read the full text of the bill below.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 20, 2021

Counseling clients on regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters, Havens has companies in the cannabis industry turn to him for advice on how to get and keep their products on the market, where access to banking comes in handy. According to the U.S. Read the full text of the bill below.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 18, 2021

Counseling clients on regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters, Havens has companies in the cannabis industry turn to him for advice on how to get and keep their products on the market, where access to banking comes in handy. According to the U.S. Read the full text of the bill below.

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Banking Compliance Compliance Business 52

SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

Counseling clients on regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters, Havens has companies in the cannabis industry turn to him for advice on how to get and keep their products on the market, where access to banking comes in handy. According to the U.S. Read the full text of the bill below.

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Banking Compliance Compliance Business 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 14, 2022

Large Majority of Americans Favor Legal Recreational Cannabis Under Federal Law – Nearly two-thirds of Americans want recreational cannabis use to be legal under federal law and in their own state. MI – Michigan cannabis regulators axed a plan to allow hemp to be synthetically converted to THC.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2022

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, and Cory Booker unveiled the long-awaited Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) , which, if passed, would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and require various federal agencies to establish rules for regulating various aspects of the marijuana industry.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

All cannabis transported across state lines shall, upon arrival, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of that state. We applaud the introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis,” said Wana Brands CEO Nancy Whiteman in a public statement. “We

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

All cannabis transported across state lines shall, upon arrival, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of that state. We applaud the introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis,” said Wana Brands CEO Nancy Whiteman in a public statement. “We

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

All cannabis transported across state lines shall, upon arrival, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of that state. We applaud the introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis,” said Wana Brands CEO Nancy Whiteman in a public statement. “We

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SpeedWeed

JULY 14, 2021

All cannabis transported across state lines shall, upon arrival, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of that state. We applaud the introduction of legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis,” said Wana Brands CEO Nancy Whiteman in a public statement. “We

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Application of the law is applied to persons who own, nurture, or distribute cannabis in enormous quantities. State Law The law on cannabis use varies from state-to-state and penalties differ depending on the gravity of the violation. Let us take a look at some California state laws.

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