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How Medical Marijuana is Cultivated, Processed, and Distributed in the USA

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Medical marijuana in the United States has undergone a significant transformation. In this guide, we’re exploring the intricate journey of the medical marijuana cultivation process including distribution, various techniques, regulations, and trends shaping the industry.

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The Battle of Big Candy & Marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

For decades, the marijuana industry has been fighting stigmatizing rhetoric, the war on drugs, the smuggler and back alley feel, varying state laws, continued federal prohibition, lack of access to traditional banking, and on and on. To say that marijuana has fought an uphill battle is an understatement.

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Cannabis Laws & the Southern States

Cannabis Law Report

The program is a “limited license” regime, under which a set number of vertically integrated “Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers” are licensed to cultivate, process, and dispense cannabis to qualified patients. Arkansas also began its medical cannabis journey through a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution.

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Avoid Hemp Litigation with a Real Agricultural Production Contract

Canna Law Blog

In light of the breaking news that California has opened up for commercial hemp cultivation and that the Oregon growing season had just begun, this post concerns the more granular topic of agricultural production contracts – i.e. the contracts at the start of the supply chain between farmers and consumers.

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Franchising in the Cannabis Industry

SpeedWeed

For franchisors, it’s a solution to accessing the capital and labor needed to expand. According to the data in Cannabiz Media’s Cannabiz Intelligence, there are twice as many cannabis franchises in Canada, where adult-use cannabis is legal, as there are in the United States. . Washington : 1. The challenge for U.S.

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Lex Blog Article: Intellectual Property In The Cannabis Industry – Protecting Innovations And Products, Part II (Patents)

Cannabis Law Report

The cannabis plant (“marijuana”) remains a Schedule I drug under federal law, despite the increasing number of states legalizing cannabis. Relatively speaking, there is not a comparable, readily-accessible collection of prior art for cannabis-related inventions since historically the industry has hidden in the shadows.

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Cannabis Entrepreneurs: Know the Perils of ‘Accidental Franchising’

Cannabis Law Report

Denver-based ONE Cannabis and Florida-based Miracle Leaf each claim to be awarding franchises to catapult their growth, the former franchising cannabis dispensaries and the latter medical marijuana clinics. Undoubtedly, other cannabis franchisors are following suit to capture a piece of the $150 billion industry. Overarching Risks.