Cannabis Law Report

MAY 8, 2020

Here’s what the report is outlining… PULLMAN, Wash. Increased drugged driving, greater youth access to marijuana and insufficient officer training are a few of … Read More.

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State Laws Law Marijuana Access 72

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 15, 2022

National parks abide by federal law and cannabis remains illegal under federal law, however cannabis containing less than 0.3 An additional note: national parks in the United States abide by their own separate regulations that may vary. These laws and regulations are designed to protect the parkland, wildlife and visitors.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The NYSBA actually issued 3 separate determinations, each of which is incorporated into the New York Rules of Professional Rules of Conduct for attorneys: First, attorneys may now ethically provide legal services to assist clients in compliance with New York’s recreational marijuana law (the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act).

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Cannabis users have no gun rights even if they live in states that allow medical and/or recreational marijuana. These gun control laws are what have been at stake in the federal cases I described above. The law takes a more circuitous aim at federal intervention via gun control laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 28, 2023

At Manzuri Law, our California cannabis attorneys have successfully represented many clients who have faced disciplinary actions against their cannabis operations from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC).

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State Laws Cannabis Law Legalization 52

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Governor Newsom signed AB-195 into law, which came with sweeping changes specific to the cannabis sector — including changes to cannabis tax & relief, compliance, and oversight. Additionally, the state released its first-ever applications for manufacturing commodities from industrial hemp. Read the full article here.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 20, 2023

These legal guidelines/laws related to cannabis continue to be enacted, repealed, and debated in the Texas Legislature today, evidencing strong public sentiment for more accepted, legally permissible uses of cannabis and cannabis products. [ii] iv] Texas State Law Library – Cannabis and the Law – [link]. [v] viii] Id.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Network of Trial Law Firms – July 29, 2019. Over the last several years, attitudes towards marijuana use have rapidly changed in the United States. 1] As of the date of this article, thirty-three states and Washington D.C. 1] As of the date of this article, thirty-three states and Washington D.C.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

has made it difficult for cannabis businesses to protect their brand identity, even when they are operating legitimately under state law. Partner Teresa Lee , who co-chairs Pryor Cashman’s Trademark Practice, also contributed to the article. The federal prohibition of marijuana in the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Although several Southern states have enacted medical cannabis programs, no states have embraced recreational use of cannabis. This article reviews cannabis laws in effect in Southern states, cannabis laws that will go into effect in the future, and examines states that haven’t passed legislation legalizing cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

This tension between federal and state laws directly impacts attorneys with clients in or interested in entering state-authorized marijuana business activities,” according to the report, submitted by the association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. And yet it still remains illegal at the federal level.

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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. Federal Laws Restricting Controlled Substances on Campus.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As expected, it will be highly regulated and can only be used by registered, qualified patients who have been diagnosed with a specific condition listed within the law by a medical practitioner. So where does that leave an employer who may have workers who want to take advantage of this new law ? Not under this law.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 7, 2021

Under current state law, any individual school or school district can prohibit their students from using or storing medical marijuana on school grounds. The new law , which will take effect this fall, will remove that authority, effectively requiring schools to accommodate their students’ medical needs.

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Access Law Marijuana Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 6, 2022

” None, she repeatedly explained, had Delta-9 THC, the cannabinoid that is illegal under federal law. Unlike CBD Kratom, many cannabis companies sell products that while legal under state law are illegal under federal law, making it impossible to find a 401(k) plan provider willing to work with them. ” Ms.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2019

Here’s their article in full published via JD Supra. The article is authored by. The City Council passed the bill in April by a vote of 40-4, and it became law on May 10, 2019, with an effective date of May 10, 2020. Source: [link]. Aaron Colby. Michael Goettig. The Statute.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? How does Florida law define medical marijuana? SHORT ANSWER: Low-THC cannabis , defined by Florida law, only contains 8% or less THC and more than 10% CBD. Law enforcement. (And, if you still need your card at the end – we’ve got you covered there, too!).

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019. Greenspoon Marder is a national full-service business law firm with 240 attorneys and 26 locations across the United States. ABOUT GREENSPOON MARDER. since 2015.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The ruling suggests that hemp laws allowing trace amounts of THC may not protect people who possess hemp-derived liquids in any form, including popular extracts such as CBD oil. On September 13, 2021 , the appellate court upheld a drug conviction based on evidence of an unspecified amount of THC in vape liquid.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Proposition 64 changed marijuana laws. What many do not realize is that it did not change employment laws. In 2016, California became one of the few states also to legalize recreational cannabis with the approval of Proposition 64. Proposition 64 changed individual, commercial, and regulatory laws regarding cannabis.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 4, 2021

New York’s off-duty conduct law prohibiting employers from taking action against employees for lawful activity done while off the clock now includes cannabis, a byproduct of the state’s legalization of pot last month. Here’s the gist, which comes via a helpful primer published by The National Law Review.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Experts in the field say M&A in the cannabis industry has been difficult largely because of the volatile ever-changing cannabis market, federal prohibition and a patchwork of state laws. Read full report (Paywall).

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Rogoway Law. On July 1, 2021, when the State of Virginia’s and the State of Connecticut’s cannabis legalization took effect , 18 states across the nation had legalized adult-use cannabis. Educational programs in the fields of cannabis, including for health benefits, state laws, etc.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 11, 2019

The Supreme Court just ruled that states can’t enact protectionist alcohol laws. Congress should ensure that the same is true of cannabis in states where the drug is legal. July 10, 2019 1:00 PM. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., November 27, 2017. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters).

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. For a full guide to cannabis laws in New Jersey, see Leafly’s guide to marijuana in New Jersey.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

First introduced in both chambers of Congress in 2017, re-introduced in the House in March of 2019, and amended this past June, the SAFE Banking Act has garnered bipartisan support as a necessary solution to the dilemma created by conflicting federal and state cannabis law regimes, particularly as it relates to financial service providers.

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The Joint Blog

MAY 3, 2020

One such program is Vanderbilt Law School’s Course on Marijuana Law and Policy Review. This well-respected school offers a course that will provide critical education regarding the ever-changing ins and outs of marijuana law and policy. May a state legalize a drug the federal government forbids?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

While this decision may set back any challenge to the residency requirement under the Washington State Constitution, it does not settle open questions as to the residency requirements constitutionality under the US Constitution. The case then continued in Thurston County Superior Court.

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Retail State Laws Cannabis History 90

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Their article argues that the judgement is in fact about federalism. Calling the broader situation a “contradictory and unstable state of affairs,” Thomas wrote that the current legal landscape “strains basic principles of federalism and conceals traps for the unwary.” Read the full article at. MSNBC write.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 11, 2023

This included a press release by National Concessions, which advertised itself as “The Largest Cannabis Company in the US” as well as news articles describing “dabbing” as a new way to get high – which is what the oil dispenser was primarily linked to. The TTAB similarly found that NCG did not qualify for the second exemption either.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Many in the industry have bemoaned the law claiming it is a prohibition tax law still in place during a time when cannabis is growing into a billion-dollar industry. Marijuana Business Daily recently wrote in an article that cannabis companies should expect a “tsunami of 280E audits.” The IRS has not gotten the memo.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

. “Make sure your engagement letters are appropriately written to clearly describe your scope of services and include provisions requiring your client to affirm it is operating legally under applicable state laws,” she said. Know the applicable laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

This provision is colloquially known as the “Drug Preclusion Provision.”. “…a product that contains an article that is an approved new drug or licensed biologic cannot be a dietary supplement unless the article was marketed as a dietary supplement or as a food before its approval as a new drug or licensing as a biologic.

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Project CBD

MARCH 8, 2019

Although the federal legality of these products has been a matter of debate, the 2018 Farm Bill signed into law last year officially took hemp and CBD from hemp off of the federal controlled substances list. In response, veterinarians and others concerned for patient safety promoted a change in state law.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 25, 2019

In the succeeding 13 years, 32 states followed with full legalization for medicinal purposes, and 14 states passed laws allowing for low THC/high CBD forms of medical marijuana. Today, only three states (Idaho, South Dakota and Nebraska) prohibit all forms of medical marijuana. Full article at [link].

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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. Below is a list of state law updates to look forward to this year. 1, out-of-state medical marijuana patients may access Arkansas’ program to purchase cannabis for up to 90 days. Happy 2022!

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

A few months back, I posted some thoughts about recent efforts to legalize medical and recreational marijuana, with an emphasis on the potential issues such laws would have on manufacturers – particularly manufacturers in a space requiring a heightened concern for employee safety. See “ Legal Pot = Manufacturing Storm Clouds ” (May 29, 2019).

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