Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

businesses are marijuana related businesses (MRBs). The closest we have to a federal framework is from this 2018 SBA Policy Notice , which categorizes MRBs as “direct”, “indirect”, and “hemp-related businesses.” These businesses are lower risk for banks than Tier I. All businesses are MRBs. That’s wrong.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The mission of the United Cannabis Business Association is to establish a comprehensive, statewide cannabinoid policy. It is in that same spirit that UCBA has spent the last three years advocating for responsible consumable hemp policy. Such a policy includes equal safety testing requirements to protect public health.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Complying with cannabis business regulations presents a challenge for start-ups and smaller firms. In the United States, many industries lack well thought out regulatory policy. Some industries, like cannabis, suffer from over-regulation, overwhelming smaller businesses with the legal costs of compliance.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Cannabis companies face the risk of operational losses as a result of fires, burglary, business interruptions, and myriad other events. Cannabis companies also pay hefty premiums on insurance policies to cover those very losses. This is a compelling statutory lever for any cannabis business to deal with a bad-faith coverage denial.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 1, 2021

The new Cultivar Collection from Trulieve demonstrates how a multi-state player can stay craft at its core. But that’s exactly what’s happening for this seed-to-sale leader that’s paving the way in the business. Crafting the Cultivar Collection. The proof is in the pudding with Trulieve’s new Cultivar Collection.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

According to the county Land Use & Environment department, the review process “would cover the broadest scope of cannabis operations … (and) begins the work to open the cannabis industry’s commercial opportunities to more businesses.” both in San Diego.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

SB226 | 280e Language in Jeopardy – Please Call You Legislator This AM To Save Tax Parity For Your Business . SB 226 has our tax parity language in it that allows us to deduct the same expenses as other small businesses in the state. Economic Impact : Medical marijuana businesses just began opening in mid to late 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 9, 2022

Director of Policy (Deputy Director, NS) #10901. The Policy Director will also oversee the development and implementation of the Office’s public health educational campaign as well as the monitoring, surveillance, and reporting on key metrics related to the impacts of cannabis legalization. Range From $112155 to $141538 Annually.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2021

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– $ACB #GENH –Generation Hemp, Inc., a Dallas/Fort Worth based midstream hemp company (OTCQB: GENH) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, GENH Halcyon Acquisition, LLC (collectively the “Company”), today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Gary C. Generation Hemp Chairman and CEO, Gary C.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Like companies in any other industry, licensed cannabis companies typically carry insurance and sometimes find themselves at odds with their cannabis business insurers. If you are unsure about what comes next with your cannabis business insurer, we can help you navigate coverage and maximize your collection on the premium you paid.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Marijuana regulators in Oakland, California, have begun referring a handful of social equity licensees to the city’s collections department after they defaulted on loans intended to help get their companies started. About half those are “only one or two payments behind,” the report states.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

While we’re on the topic of dramatic legal changes, it’s probably a good idea to talk about a California privacy law that’s about to take effect and require many cannabis and hemp companies across the nation to dramatically change their business practices—the California Consumer Privacy Act (or “CCPA”).

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 18, 2023

This new tax policy is a direct result of the political fallout from the La Mota scandal , which led to the resignation of the Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan. This tax policy may have a huge impact on the Oregon marijuana industry and the changes are coming fast ! What is the new tax compliance policy? And busy they are.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Since that policy shift, a drug with public safety stigmas has essentially given the city some advantage on bridging funding gaps in historically underfunded priorities, and has even earned praise from the Orange County Grand Jury in a new June 3 report.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

Attorneys Generals from 34 states and territories sent a letter today to Congressional leadership urging members to expeditiously pass The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act so that state-licensed cannabis business can explicitly engage in relationships with banks and other financial institutions.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

DEAD – ALIVE – COMATOSE – Are medical cannabis collectives dead or alive? What about adult-use cannabis collectives and cooperatives? If you can apply the advice to improve your business or your life, you get a benefit that cost you solely a little time. CPAs – Jordan S. PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Today, we stood with Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young as they introduced the Ending Federal Prohibition Act and Marijuana Data Collection Act. This is not just good policy, but good politics. As long as marijuana remains a Schedule I substance, federal policy remains ignorant of this fact.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 2, 2021

Hybrid Financial has agreed to comply with all applicable securities laws and policies of the TSXV, and any other exchange upon which the Shares are traded, in providing its services. EDMONTON, AB , June 2, 2021 /CNW/ – Nova Cannabis Inc. is available at www.sedar.com and the Company’s website at www.novacannabis.ca.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

AUGUST 6, 2019

The National Football League (NFL) preseason is upon us, and though the players may have changed, the league’s strict cannabis policies have not. According to a report from NBC Sports , “the NFL is prepared to make major concessions regarding the substance-abuse policy, especially as it relates to marijuana.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

The Fireside Chat series of NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinars are an exclusive monthly opportunity for NCIA members to hear from our government relations team and guests about the latest developments in federal policy LIVE. Clearly, policymakers are interested in cannabis tax policy, but to what end? How is the IRS enforcing it?

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MJ Business Attorneys

JULY 24, 2019

It is a scenario that frustrates legal cannabis businesses and law enforcement alike. The surge in cannabis policy reform across the country and world may have caused many to anticipate a heavy blow to illegal operators, and black-market activity did experience an initial decline.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

Although not specifically about the cannabis sector this paper talks about developing agri-business policies that will work for Africa and not multinationals that are foreign-owned. Agenda 2063 is Africa blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global economic powerhouse in the near future.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2020

Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) issued a memorandum today explaining that medical marijuana businesses are deemed “essential” and may continue operating despite the spread of COVID-19. Governor Mills urged “non-essential” public-facing businesses to close but medical marijuana businesses are exempt from this guidance.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022. According to its sponsors and supporters, the Safe and Fair Enforcement (‘SAFE’) Banking Act would help address the challenges faced by small cannabis businesses that cannot currently access banking services or loans. Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. Cat Packer.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

For some reason, many cannabis businesses believe that because they’re already violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, they’re free to violate other existing federal laws. The latest legal debacle for unwitting cannabis businesses are violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“ TCPA “).

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Las Vegas NORML has once again found themselves busy with many types of advocacy for patient and consumer rights, both statewide and federally. Last Saturday at NuLeaf, Las Vegas NORML collected dozens of signatures from consumers who support such a comprehensively reformative bill. ” Learn more at www.lvnorml.org. .”

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WeedAdvisor

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

From opt-outs to gross limitations on the number of initial cannabis stores, “competent” is hardly a word we could use to describe Ontario’s marijuana policy. Ontario will not allow dispensaries to offer “click-and-collect” purchases or home deliveries. . No Click-and-Collect or Delivery Options.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

The ACLU of Maine says state regulators should eliminate a requirement that multiple video cameras be placed inside and outside adult-use cannabis businesses, arguing that doing so violates Maine’s ban on facial recognition surveillance. The Maine Press Herald reports. Read more at.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What constraints does the MRTA place on the location of these businesses? Applicants who do not qualify as social or economic equity applicants should be considering how their operations might meet the policy goals of MRTA, because the legislation’s licensing framework includes several criteria focused on social and economic equity.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2022

Move cannabis excise-tax collection and remittance to retail in 2023, establishing one point of collection and remittance and greatly simplifying tax requirements for the entire cannabis supply chain. Allow eligible equity retailers to keep a percentage of the excise tax they collect. Strengthen labor peace requirements.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cannabis entrepreneurs affected by the War on Drugs can have their license or renewal fee waived, following the approval of emergency regulations issued by the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). Emergency regulations for the equity license fee waiver program were approved today. SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2022

Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022. Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University. Raise evidentiary requirements and limit enforcement penalties for MDIs and CDFIs for servicing legitimate cannabis businesses.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

If you own a cannabis business, a major consideration is where to keep your money. Though many business owners may find banking to be a headache regardless of industry, few business owners have more hurdles to deal with than cannabis growers and dispensaries.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

The court sided with the government and is expected to charge Harborside between $11 million and $13 million in back taxes under a drug war-era tax policy that’s become the bane of pot company CPAs’ existence: Section 280E. This Big Mess’.

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WeedAdvisor

MAY 28, 2019

Medical professionals are now busy drafting a report stating their position on medical marijuana. His message is simple, explaining that the current cannabis policies are poorly thought-out and poorly executed. Hopefully, the Bahamian government will eventually open its collective mind. Not Founded in Common Sense. .

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2021

Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Dr Moeketse Majoro and six cabinet members visited Bophelo on 19 May 2021 where they met Louisa Mojela, Bophelo’s founder and now chairperson of its Toronto-based owners, Halo Collective. Bophelo is the first cannabis business globally to be part of a special economic zone that brings significant benefits.

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