MMJ Recs

MARCH 23, 2024

Legalization presents an opportunity to address historical injustices associated with cannabis prohibition, particularly concerning marginalized communities disproportionately affected by past enforcement policies. Additionally, legalization generates jobs in regulatory and compliance roles, such as inspectors and compliance officers.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Here’s their press release about the launch of the practice… With federal and state enforcement activities ramping up, the new EHS practice will focus on helping marijuana and hemp companies maintain compliance with environmental regulations that carry serious penalties. A full list of services is available at [link].

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Environment Safety Compliance Compliance 103

CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Current Florida medical marijuana patient? Either way, it’s important you stay up to date with Florida’s rapidly evolving legal landscape: Can you use medical marijuana at work? What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? How does Florida law define medical marijuana? Thinking about getting your card?

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Law Marijuana Patients Treatment 126

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

HR 420 (yes, you read that right): The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit. Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE.

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 195

NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Delaware prosecutors will no longer be encouraged to pursue criminal charges against those who possess marijuana for personal use, according to guidelines issued by the state’s new Attorney General. Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE. Actions to Take.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 180

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2019

The world of marijuana banking has been rife with compliance risks for years. While marijuana is still illegal federally, many states have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use. The Farm Bill changes the classification of hemp to an agricultural product. Bank Secrecy Act Compliance.

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Banking Hemp Marijuana Compliance 40

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines. For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019.

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Marijuana Agriculture Research and Development Education 65

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 146

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Marijuana Moment have the details. Marijuana Regulators And Stakeholders Hold Closed-Door Conference To Discuss Future Of Reform And Industry Challenges. 9:45-10:45 AM: Federal cannabis policy: Coalition views on state and federal roles in a future national marketplace. Beau Kilmer, PhD, Drug Policy Research Center, RAND.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 11, 2019

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), the U.S. While we have written on these agency policies individually, we thought it would be helpful to recap these opinions under one blog post. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. See the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.

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CBD Hemp Food Agriculture 86

NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

This week, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 co-sponsors has reintroduced legislation in Congress, The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), HR 1595, to allow state-licensed marijuana-related businesses to engage freely in relationships with banks and other financial institutions. Your Highness, Carly.

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Legislation Patients Access Seed-To-Sale 172

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York announced that marijuana legalization language will no longer appear in his budget proposal. Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE. Under state law, adults face civil penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses.

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 137

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE. The Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and to provide funding for the expungement of criminal records for those with past marijuana convictions.

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Legislation Hemp Agriculture Compliance 119

Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2019

A few weeks ago, we addressed the need for hemp sellers and purchaser to enter into agricultural production agreements (“APAs”), and in doing so, avoid unnecessary litigation. grower and/or processor), provide a copy of its license registration with the state department of agriculture in which the hemp is grown and/or processed.

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Hemp Agriculture Compliance Compliance 62

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 18, 2019

In New Jersey, there are nearly 50,000 registered medical marijuana patients and only six Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) currently operating. The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019. By: Kristin Jordan , Senior Counsel. Criterion 2.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Jennifer Mora is senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Los Angeles office and a key member of the firm’s Workplace Compliance Solutions Group. of THC, and the employee isn’t smoking or using other marijuana products, we generally would expect the employee’s drug test to return a negative test result.

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CBD Safety Compliance Compliance 59

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) will register hemp processors who elect apply for such registration. The WSDA issued a statement on hemp-CBD as a food ingredient back in August 2019 and SB 5372 does not change that policy. THC then it is marijuana, even if it’s derived from hemp. SB 5372 Section 2.)

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Extraction Hemp Seed-To-Sale Food 105

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Last week, the California Water Boards requested on Twitter to commercial cannabis cultivators in Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt Counties (the “Emerald Triangle”) that, “if you are among the 270 folks who receive a certified letter stating you lack appropriate permits, please respond to our Cannabis Compliance Response Portal.”

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Cultivation Policy Programs Agriculture 71

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 2018 Farm Bill ) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. total THC and are free of certain chemicals. total THC is strictly prohibited.

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Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale Agriculture 97

Canna Law Blog

MAY 21, 2020

On May 20, 2020, Marijuana Moment reported on a new development on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) position on hemp-derived cannabidiol (Hemp CBD). The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services tested a random sample and found the product to contain lead levels at 4.7 — U.S.

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Hemp CBD Agriculture Food 71

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2021

With hemp already federally legal, a primary policy issue is how marijuana and hemp—two varieties of the cannabis plant—would be distinguished under a federal regulatory regime. We strongly encourage participation in this important opportunity to shape federal cannabis policy. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FDA.

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Hemp Law Seed-To-Sale Food 105

NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE. Regulate Nationally : The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2019 — (HR 420) seeks to deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit.

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 164

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

In New Jersey, there are nearly 50,000 registered medical marijuana patients and only six Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) currently operating. The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019. By: Kristin Jordan , Senior Counsel. Kristin Jordan.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As predicted in our first Operation Table Rock post , Oregon law enforcement is leveraging misleading hemp enforcement statistics to seek more taxpayer money for further criminalization of the marijuana industry. Oregon law enforcement and policy makers long theorized that Oregon’s illicit marijuana market only grew post-legalization.

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Law Hemp Agriculture Compliance 52

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

An activist group in North Dakota filed paperwork to begin petitioning for another adult use marijuana legalization ballot initiative in 2020. Members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission have decided to advance plans to regulate social marijuana use facilities. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. LA resident?

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Legislation Hemp Access Patients 170

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2022

Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both medical and recreational marijuana. Catherine Graziose. Barbara Lee, Ph.D. Certification Requirements.

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Research and Development Education Programs Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Beyond Pesticides , October 8, 2019) As medicinal and recreational marijuana continue to be legalized in a growing number of states, concerns about the safety of the burgeoning industry—how the substance is grown, harvested, processed, distributed, sold, and used—have emerged. Pesticide use on marijuana is illegal. Letter to Congress.

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Environment Safety Medicine Policy 55

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There are remaining concerns as to the state health department’s treatment policy towards these products as well. Darren has worked on several legal issues in the cannabis space, specializing thus far in industrial hemp, regulatory compliance (hemp and marijuana), and civil and commercial litigation.

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CBD Food Compliance Compliance 71

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This is because some states are hostile towards hemp and do not recognize a difference between hemp and marijuana. The 2014 Farm Bill allows states to implement agricultural pilot programs to research the cultivation of industrial hemp. State departments of agriculture can issue licenses for the cultivation of hemp.

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Hemp Agriculture Cultivation Business 81

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon change its tune on hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) thanks to a bill recently filed by chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) and cosponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), James Comer (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME).

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Hemp CBD Food Cannabinoids 98

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2019

In a recent post, we explained that “the 2018 Farm Bill modified the Controlled Substances Act (the ‘CSA’) to exempt hemp from the definition of marijuana. We represent a handful of banks (and a larger handful of credit unions), and we give those outfits advice on banking hemp and marijuana. Seems easy, right?

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Banking Hemp Environment Access 72

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A new article by Joe Mozingo of the Los Angeles Times delves deeper into Barry Brand’s marijuana operation and how it ties into botched legislation and approvals by County Supervisors. Both families are now growing marijuana in many of their greenhouses, wrote Mozingo. That amount of crude oil would be worth between $1.1

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Data Oil Access Agriculture 59

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2022

The commercial regulated cannabis industry, which includes both industrial hemp and marijuana, is in its infancy. No one really knows whether the substance Griner was caught with was a derivative of hemp or marijuana. We have also seen that many states have enacted marijuana delivery licensure. By Robert Hoban.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today’s cannabis industry encompasses the growth, processing, distribution, and other ancillary services related to both hemp and marijuana. While hemp and marijuana are both derived from the plant Cannabis sativa L, they are legally distinguished on both a federal and state level by their THC content.

Banking 40

Banking Law Compliance Compliance 40

NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Another great way to stay up to date is Marijuana Moment’s daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to HERE. The Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and to provide funding for the expungement of criminal records for those with past marijuana convictions.

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Legislation Access Banking Hemp 111

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The latest “drop” comes in the form of an August 1 memo from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (“WSDA”) titled Restrictions on the use of hemp CBD as a food ingredient. Note that the WSDA’s memo does not apply to Washington’s regulated marijuana market. Epidiolex contains CBD.

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Food Hemp CBD Seed-To-Sale 85

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. 1, Montana permits retail marijuana sales for adults 21 and older. 1, Louisiana’s medical cannabis program allows patients to access smokable whole-plant flower marijuana. Happy 2022!

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