MMJ Recs

MARCH 16, 2024

This burgeoning industry encompasses a wide range of activities, including cultivation, processing, distribution, and retail sales of medical cannabis products. The establishment of cultivation, processing, and dispensary facilities creates a diverse array of employment opportunities, spanning from agricultural roles to retail positions.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It will put a stop to the proliferation of so-called “gas station CBD stores” by requiring all CBD vendors to apply for retail licensing and subject themselves to the lengthy application process and undetermined regulations/restrictions to be promulgated by the OCM.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 1, 2021

Mendelson’s bill sets the cultivation, manufacturing and retailer license fees at $7,000. Both bills are open to but noncommittal about on-site marijuana consumption lounges. At least one advocacy group is supporting Mendelson’s bill. “We Each measure says it is something regulators can consider.

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Veriheal

MAY 19, 2021

Many states across the United States have chosen to legalize cannabis for either medical or both medical and retail consumption. According to Dr. Peter Grinspoon, a PCP at Harvard Medical School and a board member of the Doctors For Cannabis Regulation Advocacy Group Delta 8 has vast potential in the medical field.

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Veriheal

JUNE 6, 2022

Giving these smaller farmers opportunities at locally approved events to expose the public to their products increases consumer choice and offers farmers a better chance to reach retail shelves which is their ultimate goal. This is not about circumventing retailers but growing the industry overall.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The city’s Office of Cannabis issues permits for cannabis businesses, regulates cannabis retail sites, and assists organizations that want to sell cannabis at community events. “Being a good communicator, writing clearly, speaking accurately, and being informed are all things that are very helpful,” Schwartz said. “An

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 26, 2022

Hemp Roundtable, in conjunction with our intrepid Advocacy Partners, the Virginia Hemp Coalition, is now in discussions with the Governor’s office to urge him to use his unusually broad powers to amend SB 591. The Governor listened, and the U.S. Pennsylvania.

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

At the state level, Alaska regulators have voted in favor of plans to permit on-site marijuana consumption at designated retailers. The measures would regulate the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana by adults. Pre-filed legislation seeks to allow for the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana by adults.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Legislation is pending to allow licensed on-site cannabis consumption. Update : SB 165 was approved by the Senate on 3/12/20.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Testing of cannabis seized from illicit retailers in B.C. Cannabis Secretariat sent 20 dried cannabis samples, seized by the provincial Community Safety Unit from illicit retailers in the Metro Vancouver region, to a federally licensed analytical testing lab in February 2021. Here’s the BC Govt report.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. Then, it’s ebbed and flowed.”.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. Then, it’s ebbed and flowed.”.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) of Oklahoma signed legislation into law to permit the retail sale of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Legislation is pending, AB 1465, that would allow licensing of cannabis consumption cafés and lounges in California. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of cannabis consumption lounges.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 22, 2021

RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. Then, it’s ebbed and flowed.”.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Several mayors across the state of New Jersey are calling for automatic expungement provisions to be included in the state’s marijuana regulation bill, and are threatening to ban retail sales in their jurisdictions if state lawmakers pass legislation without it. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption sites.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 28, 2021

RELATED: A Snapshot of Nevada’s Cannabis Retail Market: Q&A with the Nevada Dispensary Association. The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. Then, it’s ebbed and flowed.”.

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Meadow

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Therefore, we proposed adopting a staggered approach to track and trace implementation across the supply chain whereby retailers and distributors are required to use a track and trace system only after it has been shown to work successfully at the level of cultivation. This requirement is overkill.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

Observational Data Collected On Long-term Consumption of Oral C BD Shows No Correlation To Safety Issues Raised by FDA. Hemp Roundtable, the hemp industry’s national advocacy organization. “The The time has come for FDA to regulate CBD and other hemp derivatives.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

This week, officials with the Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board issued their first-ever permits to retailers who wish to allow customers to consume cannabis on the premises. At a more local level, city council members in Springfield, Illinois approved the state’s first marijuana consumption space. New Hampshire. Update : S.54

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

The pending legislation seeks to establish a regulatory framework to permit the retail sale of medical CBD products to registered patients. Legislation is pending, House Bill 481, to allow for the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana by adults. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption sites.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

Observational Data Collected On Long-term Consumption of Oral C BD Shows No Correlation To Safety Issues Raised by FDA. Hemp Roundtable, the hemp industry’s national advocacy organization. “The Here’s their press release in full. NEW STUDY DEMONSTRATES CBD’S STRONG SAFETY PROFILE , AMPLIFIES CALLS FOR FDA REGULATION.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

After years of tireless advocacy and extraordinarily hard work, that time is coming to an end in New York state,” Cuomo said. Local governments are permitted to opt-out of retail dispensaries or on-site consumption licensing by Dec. The legislation proposes to establish a new cannabis tax structure.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

After years of tireless advocacy and extraordinarily hard work, that time is coming to an end in New York state,” Cuomo said. Local governments are permitted to opt-out of retail dispensaries or on-site consumption licensing by Dec. The legislation proposes to establish a new cannabis tax structure.

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NORML

APRIL 15, 2020

Furthermore, because NORML recognizes that cannabis consumers worldwide often celebrate 4/20 by engaging in some form of cannabis use, we are once again providing ‘best practices’ for consumers’ safety.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Retail sales are scheduled to begin April 1. State water managers also have noted that increasing production limits from no more than 200 total mature cannabis plants to 1,000 plants at any one time could increase a producer’s consumptive water use by fivefold. This would put our precious water resources at risk.”.

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NORML

MAY 31, 2019

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration is taking in-person public testimony with regard to the “manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale” of CBD-infused retail products. It also phases out retail sales taxes on medical cannabis, amongst other changes. NJ resident?

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

After months of negotiation, Governor Murphy of New Jersey and state legislators have reached a deal on what will be included in upcoming legislation to legalize the adult-use and retail sale of marijuana in the state of New Jersey. Alaska became the first state to permit on-site adult use cannabis consumption, as Lt. CT resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

New Jersey lawmakers have come to an agreement with Governor Murphy regarding retail marijuana tax rates, settling on charging sales tax by weight as opposed to a specific percentage. Legislation is pending, House Bill 356, to permit the use, possession, and retail sale of cannabis for adults 21 and over. MD resident? New Mexico.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 7, 2021

In late May, the New York State health department revised its regulations on the processing and retail sale of what it terms “cannabinoid hemp.” A survey released several years ago by the German public relations and communications firm ABCD found that the Big Apple led the world’s major metropolitan areas in cannabis consumption. “I

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Separately, House Bill 7371 would establish a regulatory framework for the licensed retail sale of adult use marijuana. CT resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 9, 2019

and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. He has been an approved Bar Advocacy Trainer for 10 years and was appointed as counsel at the United Nations (ICTR) in 2005 and Queen’s Counsel in 2010. Notable cases.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2019

Marijuana Markets: “The passage of medical and adult-use cannabis laws gives rise to an entirely new industry that creates tens of thousands of jobs in occupations as varied as management, cultivation, manufacturing, and retail. According to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics, the U.S. ” Almut Winterstein, Ph.D.,

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NORML

DECEMBER 10, 2019

At the time, the state’s legalization bill was one of the most progressive, which included protections for home growers, preservation of one of the nation’s best medical marijuana programs, and a social consumption clause that would’ve made Maine one of the first states to host licensed cannabis bars and lounges.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Janet Mills (D) of Maine signed legislation into law to allow the production and retail sale of hemp-derived CBD products. Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption.

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NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. AB 1465 (Bloom) would allow licensing of cannabis consumption cafés and lounges in California. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption lounges. AL resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states. For example, consider headlines associated with increasing citations for public marijuana consumption, in and around major cities.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

At the state level, a bill to allow licensed social consumption spaces in Oregon was defeated for this year. Legislation is pending, House Bill 19-1230, to allow the social consumption of cannabis by adults in licensed and regulated establishments. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption sites.

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