Veriheal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the US, the laws determining the status of cannabis use vary from state to state and continue to change over time. Texas has one such cannabis program in flux, with a new bill being introduced that may change the legality of recreational marijuana within the state.

Recreational

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

Cannabis businesses are usually structured as limited liability companies (LLCs)and for good reason. Below, we look at a few critical reasons why cannabis LLCs shouldn’t operate without one. Below, we look at a few critical reasons why cannabis LLCs shouldn’t operate without one. But thats a major misstep.

Banking

Connor & Connor PLLC

MAY 12, 2025

Starting a cannabis business can be both exciting and challenging. With the rapid expansion of the cannabis industry, entrepreneurs face a range of legal and regulatory hurdles that can make the process daunting. Lawyers can notarize documents, ensuring that everything is legally binding and properly filed.

Business

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

For many cannabis brands, licensing their trademarks can be a savvy business move (for more information on cannabis trademarks generally, check out our webinar, Trademarking Cannabis: Cutting Through the Legal Haze ). Heres what you need to know if youre thinking about licensing your cannabis brand.

Compliance

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

Floridas cannabis and hemp industries are undergoing significant regulatory shifts. New recreational marijuana legalization initiative A new initiative , sponsored by Smart & Safe Florida , aims to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, allowing possession, purchase, and use for non-medical purposes.

Hemp

NORML

APRIL 2, 2025

"Marylanders already pay a premium tax on retail cannabis products. They will also hurt state-licensed businesses, many of which have already invested millions of dollars in up-front costs and are still struggling to break even." Raising these taxes even higher will undoubtedly drive prices out of reach for some consumers.

Marijuana

Veriheal

APRIL 17, 2025

When it comes to any hot-button issue like cannabis legalization, there are always two sides, often without much middle ground. For those looking through a pro-legalization lens, efforts to continue federal prohibition and bar states from legalizing should be a thing of the past.

Legalization

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

There are many ways to set up a cannabis business, and we like to think that we’ve seen them all. But there’s probably no worse category than 50/50 ownership of a business– a recipe for all sorts of disasters. Most partners are aligned at first, but over time a business will have its ups and downs.

Business

MaxQ Cannabis

JUNE 30, 2025

Here are some recent legal developments in the Cannabis Industry at both the State level and Federal level. This reporting comes from two major Cannabis industry trade publications, Cannabis Business Times and Gangapreneur.

Legalization

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

This isn’t legal speculation; it’s written into the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) itself. Yes, the DEA would need to do some light follow-up rulemaking—but that’s been done before , and the Office of Legal Counsel has already signed off on it. That’s an immediate tax win for state-legal businesses.

Marijuana

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

We always say we arent giving legal advice on this blog. If a broker is giving you a business agreement to use or to consider using in a cannabis business transactioneven as a template; even with disclaimersthe broker is either a) unscrupulous, or b) nave, and most definitely c) creating a hazard. Whats the hazard?

Business

Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

consumers and businesses, inflation dominates current news headlines because of how much it affects every one of our wallets. Since COVID-19 rocked the economy, cannabis businesses and supply chains claim to have been playing catch-up to get back to business as usual. This windfall shows no signs of slowing down either.

Supply Chain

Connor & Connor PLLC

JULY 15, 2025

Over the course of the 2025 Nevada Legislative Session, the legislature passed 7 bills impacting cannabis establishments in the State. A multitude of modifications have occurred, some regarding the Cannabis Compliance Board’s oversight, as well as the establishment of many definitions which could impact cannabis companies’ operations.

Legislation

Canna Law Blog

MAY 28, 2025

In cannabis contract negotiations, it’s common for the parties to execute an early-stage document called a letter of intent (“LOI”). An LOI may also be called a term sheet; naming it one over the other has no legal significance. Most cannabis industry transactions raise regulatory issues.

Wellness and Beauty

Canna Law Blog

JULY 17, 2025

What is the point of a cannabis deal term sheet? Why people should not draft term sheets unassisted A good lawyer who has done a certain kind of deal many times will be able to spot many legal (and even non-legal) issues that many clients might miss. Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more corporate cannabis law updates.

Cannabis

Connor & Connor PLLC

APRIL 9, 2025

Since cannabis remains federally illegal, many banks, who run on a risk-based assessment, refuse to do businesses with cannabis companies. and Guam having fully legal operating cannabis markets under their own laws, banks are put in an awkward position because of the inconsistencies between state and federal law.

Banking

MaxQ Cannabis

APRIL 9, 2025

The cannabis industry is booming across many U.S. states, but it continues to operate under a complicated legal framework due to its federal illegality. As a result, cannabis companies face unique challenges when drafting and enforcing contracts.

Cannabis

Veriheal

MAY 9, 2025

If you live in or around DC, you may have noticed some recent changes to the business landscapespecifically if you enjoy cannabis. There has been a sequence of closures of cannabis businesses over the past year, which potentially means less access to cannabis as well as changes to the cannabis industry.

Business

Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

Programs

CannaEffect

MARCH 19, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of the cannabis industry, financial viability hinges on navigating complex tax regulations and maximizing available opportunities for relief. Overcoming Regulatory Hurdles Cannabis companies face formidable tax burdens due to the classification of THC products as Schedule I controlled substances.

Compliance

Veriheal

MARCH 27, 2025

In January, a bill was introduced regarding Iowas medical cannabis program, allowing vaporized cannabis to be added to the state-approved Tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC) products list. If passed, vaporizable dried raw cannabis would be included with the products available to Iowas medical patients.

Chronic Pain

Connor & Connor PLLC

MAY 29, 2025

After the 2016 election, Nevada legalized recreational cannabis, in addition to the states medical-marijuana program. As a result, possession and consumption of cannabis by adults became legal in January of 2017. The CCB oversees and regulates Nevadas legal medical and adult-use cannabis programs.

Compliance

Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In June, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and Division of Cannabis Regulation released a notice providing reminders and general information that focused on pre-operational deadlines and extension forms, including extending the operational deadline for (Group 1) Craft Growers to August 1, 2024.

Agriculture

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

This would be a good time to review the branding protection avenues available to cannabis business owners, and to discuss celebrity branding. So if you only sell your product within Washington state, a common law trademark would not prohibit someone from using an identical mark to sell their cannabis brand in Oregon.

Cannabis

The Cannigma

JUNE 27, 2025

Awareness Days, 2025) But what’s love got to do with cannabis advocacy? Love is the unifying force behind two movements often seen as separate: LGBTQ+ Pride and cannabis advocacy. Cannabis was one of the few effective treatments available, helping alleviate wasting syndrome, pain, nausea, and anxiety. Everything.

Medicine

LifeCannMD

JUNE 23, 2025

As a miami cannabis doctor practicing here in South Florida, I get asked about Florida’s medical marijuana laws almost daily. Patients come to me confused about what’s legal, what’s changing, and what their rights actually are. Right now in 2025, if you’re a registered patient, you can buy up to 2.5

Patients

Canna Law Blog

JULY 14, 2025

I have spent a lot of time engaging with clients who are dealing with cannabis investors on the front and back end of investments. Even early stage cannabis companies’ cap tables can get convoluted. Add a multistate patchwork of cannabis regulations over that, and the complexity increases. You need more.

Data

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Today I’ll stay in my lane, though, and focus on the cannabis state ballot measures. I’m aware of one other jurisdiction is doing work around the edges– namely, Oregon’s Measure 119 on unionization for certain types of cannabis licensees (more on that one here ). See Florida Cannabis Legalization Vote Q&A.

Supply Chain

Veriheal

MARCH 19, 2025

On July 1, 2021, medical marijuana became legal in South Dakota. However, South Dakota’s journey toward cannabis legalization has been anything but straightforward. South Dakota has had a very complicated past and present when it comes to legalizing marijuana, both medically and recreationally.

Dispensary

Canna Law Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Six bills passed with respect to cannabis. Of these, I covered SB 162 and SB 558 last month in Oregon Cannabis Roundup: June 2025 , so please head over to that post if you’d like a full recap. It permits water for growing industrial hemp as per ORS 571.281 , but no other cannabis plants. This may help certain small hemp grows.

Law

CannaEffect

JULY 12, 2023

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eCommerce

Canna Law Blog

MAY 20, 2025

BM 119 required most Oregon cannabis businesses to enter into labor peace agreements with approved unions, in order to renew or obtain licensure. UFCW 555 should have accepted the reality that their goal wasn’t legally viable, rather than put the question to Oregon voters.

Hash

Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2025

After attending the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin at the end of April, I was reminded, yet again, of how draconian U.S. Much of it was driven by Germanys newly formed government keeping its quasi-legalization policy intact, even if adult-use trials remain uncertain. Unfortunately, state-legal U.S.

DEA

Veriheal

MAY 2, 2025

This move comes just six years after the state legalized hemp, which makes this potential ban even more controversial. As the bill progresses through the legislative process, the impact on cannabis businesses, consumers, and the state’s growing hemp industry could be significant.

Hemp

CannaEffect

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Ups and Downs of a Booming Industry In recent years, the cannabis sector has undergone a spectacular transition as a result of the wave of legalization that has swept across numerous places all over the world. This shift in legal and social attitudes has given rise to a booming cannabis market.

Cannabis

Illinois News Joint

JUNE 8, 2025

The Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer (CROO) released a notice for cannabis business licensees concerning packaging and labeling products. 410 ILCS 705/55-21 [Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act Labeling Section] 8 Ill. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, subscribe to Illinois News Joint ’s newsletter here.

Packaging

Canna Care Docs

JUNE 24, 2025

As more people use cannabis for chronic conditions, it’s important to understand how workplace policies apply. Legal Protection for Off-Duty Use In Massachusetts, medical marijuana patients are protected when using cannabis outside of work. Massachusetts has protections for patients, but they can be complex.

Marijuana