Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Furthermore, even if the contract violated the CSA, public policy under the Ninth Circuit decision in Bassidji argued for enforcement. Left Coast finally asked the court to refer the case back to state court or allow them to amend the initial pleading. 3) Not against public policy. Order to Show Cause 6:8-7:18, ECF No 21.).

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

The sudden ruling sent a shockwave through the state law enforcement community, and cops took to social media to vent about the decision. Some legislators are anxious to put prohibition back on the books, though, and are trying to amend the original felony drug law to only include people who “knowingly” possess drugs.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The hemp-derived cannabinoid market continues to grow and evolve despite lingering questions over federal legality and numerous state laws that try to keep pace. Policy definitions, endorsements, exclusions and application questions should therefore be revisited and updated as needed. Your LinkedIn Connections.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 22, 2019

In a joint op-ed in Fox Business today, American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols and Credit Union National Association President and CEO Jim Nussle called on lawmakers to resolve the existing conflict between federal and state law with respect to proceeds from cannabis-related businesses. Published July 18, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

More and more states across the South are adopting medical marijuana regimes. One such pain for marijuana businesses is the tension between following state laws on a product that is still illegal at the federal level. With this growth comes growing pains. Keep careful records. Patients Mut. Assistance Collective Corp.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

While you still can’t register trademarks with the USPTO for cannabis goods, there is now all kinds of intellectual property and brand strategy that goes into state law registration and registration for ancillary goods and services classes. At a minimum, licensees are often forced to get commercial general liability policies.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 24, 2019

[Note: while we don’t believe that anyone in Congress has proposed it yet, the Federal government could legalize cannabis for medical use [and perhaps for recreational use] and preempt many of the state laws. See The Murky Part of the STATES Act: Tribal Rights ]. for the same information. 199A Pass-Thru Entity Deduction.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This conflict between federal and state law has raised concerns among CPAs providing services to the marijuana industry. States Legalizing Marijuana. Barr also noted that Congress needs to make a decision as to whether federal law should be changed or followed. 15, 2019, [link] ).

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

MSO: You wrote a book called The Medical Cannabis Primer , which is aimed at sort of educating and giving the tools to people entering the medical cannabis world. So, he’s like, “We really got to put all this information together in a book and make it available to other people.” How did you get into this?

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The courts have consistently held that marijuana dispensaries operating in compliance with state law are trafficking in controlled substances and are subject to Section 280E.[11] Separate books and records should be maintained for each separate “trade or business.”. shareholders who are not C corporations. 5% withholding tax. (3)

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Connor & Connor PLLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In Nevada, the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) explicitly states that the Department of Taxation may not compel the “production of books or papers that contain individually identifiable health information.” [2] Like any new or emerging industry, governmental regulations and policies are constantly changing as time progresses.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2022

As stated by the United States Supreme Court: Where there is a significant encroachment upon personal liberty, the State may prevail only upon showing a subordinating interest which is compelling. The law must be shown “necessary, and not merely rationally related, to the accomplishment of a permissible state policy.”

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

ChatGPT seems to follow a dry book report format. This lack of research has made it challenging to create evidence-based policy around the legalization of marijuana and has contributed to political resistance to legalizing marijuana at the federal level. Ted Chiang’s recent article for the New Yorker on ChatGPT may explain why.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

Social network’s internal policy team elects to keep global ban on promoting pot sales or selling marijuana outright, after months of debate ,” according to Max Cheney at MarketWatch. DOWNLOAD » Cannabis Discourse- Jacob Levine’s free book here. , they react immediately by suspending – or deleting – the account.”

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Those fears were confirmed when Sessions formally rolled back the Cole Memo, a federal directive under the Obama administration not to pursue criminal actions or civil forfeiture against marijuana businesses that were abiding state law. As it now stands, 10 states (including California) plus Washington D.C.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s been tough to keep track of everything that’s gone on, so today I’m going to take a page out of legendary Italian director Sergio Leone ‘s book and break down the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in all things related to cannabis smoke. The Good. On September 13, 2019, the U.S. Why is this decision good? Preemption!

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 24, 2021

Then you compound that with the fact you’ve gotten federal law different from state law. And so what we do is we work to gather all that information together, understand the policy and how they define the ways that they’re going to mitigate risks. And so that adds a different level of risk and uncertainty.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. There are other avenues Congress can take besides rescheduling marijuana to ameliorate the seeming breakdown in federalism brought about by federal marijuana policy. It was not a policy priority of the Obama administration.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

States may have made it legal or decriminalized it, but federal law trumps state law, and for both medical and recreational use cannabis remains illegal.”. For non-US citizens, Malyshev explains, this can result in a lifetime ban from entry into the US under current policy. Transportation.

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NORML

JANUARY 15, 2019

. “It is encouraging that William Barr pledged not to enforce federal marijuana prohibition against the majority of US states that have reformed their laws. With this commitment, Congress has a clear mandate to take action and end the underlying policy of federal criminalization,” said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal. “In

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

State legislators in 2021 enacted over 50 laws liberalizing marijuana policies in more than 25 states, according to a report issued today by the National Organization of the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Many states also took actions facilitating the expungement or sealing of past marijuana convictions.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 3, 2021

However, given where state laws are moving across the U.S., Clark also revealed that, “because we know that this issue is bigger than Amazon,” the company’s public policy team would be supporting the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (the MORE Act), the Congressional bill that would end federal prohibition.

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