Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The California Legislature has passed a bill that will allow California consumers to purchase food, beverage, dietary supplements, and cosmetics manufactured with hemp-derived cannabinoids such as cannabidiol (CBD). Assembly Bill 45 (AB45), which is expected to be signed into law before Oct. Christian P.

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Food Cannabinoids Hemp Legalization 52

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? HI resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 164

NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 268 and House Bill 528, to allow those convicted of simple marijuana possession to petition the court to restrict access to their records. Legislation is pending, House Bill 847, that seeks to criminalize the possession and transportation of hemp flower in the state. GA resident? LA resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Patients THC 230

NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Leon Guerrero (D) of Guam signed cannabis legalization legislation into law. Governor Janet Mills (D) of Maine signed legislation into law to allow the production and retail sale of hemp-derived CBD products. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expanded medical access. CA resident? Update : H.

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Legislation Banking Hemp Compliance 185

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. House Bill 243, as well as Senate Bill 236, would provide registered patients with regulated access to medical cannabis via licensed providers. AL resident?

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Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 144

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan’s Law would allow patients in California with serious conditions to use non-smokable medical cannabis inside of hospitals. Hemp Roundtable claims that they’ve reached an agreement and expect Governor Newsom to sign the hemp-derived CBD bill.

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Patients Hemp Extraction Legislation 61

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2020

House allows children with autism to access MMJ. Senate approved bill to fix glitches in state’s hemp law. Bringing Hemp Into Prisons, Jails Could Become Felony. Why 2020 legalization failed in the Sunshine State. Pot, hemp bills advance. House Committee voted to kill Senate-passed hemp bill.

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Hemp Vaping Legislation Programs 95

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Under state law, adults face civil penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. Legislation is pending, House Bill 673 / Senate Bill 1430, to expand medical cannabis access. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 134

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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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 142

NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Medical cannabis sales kicked off in Arkansas last Friday as the first dispensary opened its doors. Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law to allow individuals with prior low-level cannabis convictions to apply to the sentencing court to have their record vacated. CA resident? LA resident? ME resident?

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 134

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 16, 2021

“The process was relatively secretive for these companies to go out and apply for and receive these licenses,” Ryan Ralston, executive director of Peachtree NORML , told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. In 2015, Georgia legalized the possession of cannabis oil containing a maximum of 5% THC. In 2019, Gov. Trulieve GA Inc.,

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Oil Dispensary Patients THC 52

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Notwithstanding section 3 of this 2021 Act, sections 1 to 14 of this 2021 Act do not apply to a person making a retail sale of an inhalant delivery system at a medical marijuana dispensary registered under ORS 475B.858 858 (establishes recreational cannabis establishments) or at a premises for which a license has been issued under ORS 475B.105,

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Dispensary Retail Conditions Cannabis 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 20, 2019

May 17, 2019 | INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, 401(K), CANNABIS, LEGAL CANNABIS PRODUCTION, INDUSTRIAL HEMP, IRS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEMP, DOL, ERISA, CONTROLLED GROUP, TAX, JEWELL LIM ESPOSITO, 280E, CBD, MARIJUANA. The 2018 Farm Bill gives Hemp/CBD companies access to 401(k) plans and related tax deductions. May 19, 2019.

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Hemp CBD Law Access 40

SpeedWeed

JULY 27, 2021

When you select a state on NCIA’s map, you can click to view more comprehensive details about the state’s legal cannabis program. Most of the information focuses on business laws and licensing rules. Number of dispensaries, manufacturers, cultivators, and testing labs allowed. NORML State Laws. Caregivers.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 20, 2021

We are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were just a quarter century ago, with at least 18 states having legalized adult-use cannabis , and at least 47 with some degree of medical cannabis laws on the books, even if only for Type III cannabis , otherwise called low-THC cannabis or hemp.

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Medicine Patients Cannabis Access 136

Veriheal

MARCH 31, 2022

Under New Jersey’s adult-use cannabis law, medical cannabis dispensaries that are currently operating across the state—where hundreds of thousands of people have enrolled to receive cannabis-based treatments—are readily licensed to carry out adult-use commerce. “If New Jersey Cannabis. New York Cannabis.

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Recreational Cultivation Conditions Agriculture 52

The Joint Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

After the Agriculture Act of 2018 was reauthorized, hemp, a species of the cannabis plant, has been legalized on the federal level. With this, hemp byproducts also began to flood the market. This hemp oil extract comes in many forms. Is CBD Legal in the United States? Hemp Plant State Laws.

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CBD Legalization Oil Hemp 36

SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

We expect MORE will be the baseline for the Schumer, Booker & Wyden efforts in the Senate,” said Dawson in an email to Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. The Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act. The Hemp Access act is designed to help bring clarity to a lucrative yet confusing industry: hemp and CBD.

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Banking Hemp Legislation Packaging 40

SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

We expect MORE will be the baseline for the Schumer, Booker & Wyden efforts in the Senate,” said Dawson in an email to Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. The Hemp Access and Consumer Safety Act. The Hemp Access act is designed to help bring clarity to a lucrative yet confusing industry: hemp and CBD.

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Legislation Banking Hemp Packaging 40

WeedAdvisor

MAY 16, 2019

Unlike Canada, where CBD can only be obtained through a licensed medical provider, cannabis dispensary or government-controlled marijuana outlet, CBD products in the U.S. Extracting it from industrial hemp, not marijuana, allowed them to hide in a legal grey area. Hemp ( cannabis sativa L. ) marketing it as a health product.

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Retail CBD Sativa Research and Development 53

NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

When elected to Congress in the 1990s, he co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed for access to medical marijuana. While serving in the US House of Representatives, he co-sponsored several bills including; The Veterans Equal Access Act , The Respect State Marijuana Laws Act, The CARERS Act, and The Industrial Hemp Farming Act.

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Marijuana Legislation Policy Legalization 277

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Licensing Agreement with TerrAscend will provide New Jersey with access to Cookies branded products. Additionally, TerrAscend will debut “Cookies Corners” in all three Apothecarium dispensaries in New Jersey. federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against TerrAscend.

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Cultivation Seed-To-Sale Conditions Business 105

Canna Law Blog

JULY 22, 2020

Toys “R” Us Succeeds in Trademark Lawsuit for “Depreciation of Goodwill” Against Canadian Dispensary Herbs “R” Us. Hemp Trademark Litigation Update: National Grange Sues Oregon-Based Hemp Grange. Cases like this illustrate how critical it is for the industry to have access to a functioning means to protect intellectual property.

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Agriculture Cannabis Access Hemp 55

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 In all, state officials have vacated over 2.2 The law took effect August 1, 2021.

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Legislation Patients Retail Access 98

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. Dispensaries are adopting in-store surveillance systems to protect profits.

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Cannabis Access Patients Legalization 45

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. Image by Wesley Gibbs on Unsplash : Will I always have access to MMJ in my state, you may ask?

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Marijuana Decriminalization History Conditions 52

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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Banking Research and Development Legislation Programs 45

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Peak Dispensary : 6. Feel State : 2. Bottom-line, franchising makes sense in the cannabis industry, particularly for dispensaries and retailers where the franchise business model has been proven to work across diverse industries since U.S. franchise laws were first created in the 1970s. Uncle Sam’s Cannabis Ltd. :

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Supply Chain Business Data Cannabis 60

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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Vaping Research and Development Seed-To-Sale Hemp 45

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

JANUARY 12, 2019

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include a 12-year-old epilepsy patient, an 8-year-old Leigh’s syndrome patient, an Iraq war veteran and sufferer of post-traumatic stress disorder, a former NFL player who heads a hemp company hawking sports performance products and a non-profit that helps minorities get ahead in the legal cannabis market.

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DEA Patients Epilepsy Medicine 40

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We got 51 hemp-derived Delta-8 THC products tested by an independent lab, and found high levels of Delta-9 THC in most of them. in the Watermelon Pot Rocks from Hemp Living – right through to a massive 23.17% in the Blueberry Muffin disposable vape pen from Dope. That’s more than just oops! Oracle wrote 21 October 2021.

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THC CBD Legalization Vaping 96

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

And so we’re not throwing veterans into cages for trying to access a plant that grows in the soil they fought to keep free.” “There shouldn’t be any neighborhood that bans medical cannabis dispensaries or makes it more difficult for them to open. Cameron Pinkerton, Event Coordinator, DFW NORML.

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Decriminalization Patients Legislation Law 119

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

” According to the 2019 Marijuana Factbook, as of July 5, 2019, six vertically integrated MMJ businesses operated 120 of the state’s 142 dispensaries, with a projection: “MMJ sales in Florida will reach $425 million-$525 million this year, up from $225 million-$300 million in 2018.” People are not getting medicine.

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Policy Legislation Research and Development Business 63

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

In addition, the licensees must execute a management agreement with a third-party operator to manage and operate the remaining facilities that the department will continue to permit in compliance with state law. The bill still must pass the New York State Assembly before it can be delivered to the governor and signed into law.

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Business Marijuana Safety Banking 52

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Given the territorial nature of trademark law, it may even be that counterfeiters in illegal states have a head start as to priority, as compared with the original companies that created the marks but operated strictly in accordance with state law. The treatment of hemp trademarks is also instructive.

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Legalization Decriminalization Cannabis Packaging 69

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 26, 2019

Yet, in states like Ohio, these workers and businesses find it difficult to access the banking system. Congressman Merkley concluded the panel by highlighting the need to respect states’ rights. According to Pross, one in every two cannabis dispensaries has been robbed or burglarized with the average theft ranging from $20-50K.

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Banking Cannabis Business Safety 40

The Joint Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

It enabled the regulation of cannabis and medicinal marijuana items through a distribution chain with dispensaries supplying the product to patients. Through the course of 2018, only 169 retailers became authorized while over 1700 illegal dispensaries popped up around the City of Lights. The Current State of Marijuana in LA.

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Law Marijuana Seed-To-Sale Medicine 36