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.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Germany goes to the polls Germanys snap elections on February 23, 2025, have the cannabis industry watching closely. The CDU/CSU has pledged to repeal Germanys quasi-legalization law passed in 2024. If Merz partners with center-left parties, repealing German cannabis laws would be difficult.

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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.

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Canna Care Docs

JUNE 5, 2025

The Changing Landscape of Me dical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know The Massachusetts medical marijuana program has been a cornerstone of cannabis access since its inception in 2012. MPAA) the states leading voice for patient rights and cannabis policy reform. decrease from peak enrollment.

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2025

The post NORML Op-Ed: Debunking Cannabis Potency Myths appeared first on NORML. Unlike alcohol (which is readily available in a variety of potencies, including highly-potent formulations like grain alcohol and absinthe), THC is incapable of causing lethal overdose — regardless of its potency or the quantity consumed.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 25, 2025

Chicago Police Department (CPD) officials recently agreed to revise new rules for investigatory stops, protective pat downs, and other searches that also included policy amendments for Illinois’ conflicting, and often confusing, “sufficient probable cause” laws dealing with burnt and raw cannabis odor.

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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.

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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.

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Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

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. However, the question remainsjust how bad has inflation been affecting cannabis prices, cannabis business closures, and jobs in the cannabis sector?

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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.

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MaxQ Cannabis

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As the legal cannabis market expands in the United States, some states are taking a hardline stance against illegal operators. States like California, New York, and Colorado are pursuing aggressive enforcement but are also evolving their policies to combat illegal operations.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 22, 2025

The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has just elected Sevil Atasoy, a well-known opponent of cannabis legalization. Atasoy’s conservative stance on drug policies signals a continued strict approach to international drug control — a pivotal moment amid growing global debates on cannabis reform.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 8, 2025

If the cannabis industry wants to truly normalize cannabis use in American culture, it’s time to start shaping public perception through entertainment, not just policy. Despite legalization expanding, the stigma is not fading quickly enough. That must change. The industry has an opportunity to change that.

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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. This policy helps maintain a safe work environment.

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Veriheal

MARCH 12, 2025

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that police are allowed to conduct searches of vehicles based on the smell of raw cannabis. This decision diverts from a previous ruling by the court in September 2024, which initially found that the smell of burnt cannabis is not sufficient grounds for searching a vehicle.

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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.

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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.

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Veriheal

MARCH 24, 2025

The cannabis lexicon is as diverse as the culture surrounding it, and cannabis language is continually expanding as public acceptance and medical use of the plant increases. This article will go over some commonly used terms found in the cannabis lingo that can be unclear and easily confused for many people. Ocean grown?

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A coalition of fourteen Democratic lawmakers signed a letter sent to President Biden and Vice President Harris in November 2024 urging the current leaders to expedite expanding pardons for those charged with cannabis-related offenses, as well as putting into effect updated guidelines deprioritizing federal cannabis convictions and prosecutions.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. law separates marijuana and hemp, its time for both the industry and regulators to stop using ‘cannabis’ as a stand-in for marijuana. Otherwise, be specific.)

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

As economists overwhelmingly question the Trump Administrations tariff policy , one has to wonder if there is a deeper strategy behind his seemingly chaotic moves? Nowhere might disaster profiteering end up being more devastatingor more opportunisticthan in the cannabis industry. The cannabis crash waiting to happen The U.S.

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Veriheal

JUNE 19, 2025

In theory, medical cannabis has been legal in the United Kingdom since 2018. These patients and their stories raise urgent questions about the UK’s medical cannabis system: Why must so many severely ill individuals break the law to access medicine?

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Veriheal

JULY 2, 2025

Jared Shaw, a former Oklahoma State University basketball player, has been arrested for cannabis possession in Indonesia. On May 7, 2025, police raided the 34-year-old’s apartment just outside of Jakarta, seizing 132 pieces of cannabis candy that Shaw said he had planned to share with his teammates. Shaw is from Dallas, Texas.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

It was produced by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). Most hemp growers dont care When the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing hemp, many growers moved into the ODA system with no intention of growing cannabis for fiber or grain.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 28, 2025

On the other hand, April 20th—commonly known as 4/20—marks a different kind of celebration, one deeply tied to cannabis culture and the grassroots fight for legalization and acceptance. The Spirit of Reform: April 20th Now consider April 20th, a day globally recognized by cannabis users, advocates, and wellness communities.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2025

The cannabis industry is expanding nationwide, but securing trademark protection remains a complex challenge due to federal restrictions and evolving state laws. If youre a cannabis business owner, lawyer, or entrepreneur looking to protect your brand, you wont want to miss our upcoming webinar on cannabis and trademarks.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2025

Marijuana Moment Ross Ulbricht—who was serving a life sentence over a conviction for running a dark web illicit drug market before being pardoned by President Donald Trump—is making the case that legalizing all drugs is a superior policy to prohibition, telling a roomful of conservatives at a conference that criminalization should end even if it’s (..)

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NORML

APRIL 19, 2024

“As more states have adopted legalization, public support for this policy has risen dramatically among voters -- regardless of party affiliation. Elected officials who refuse to take action to end cannabis criminalization do so at their own political peril.”

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NORML

APRIL 18, 2024

After a century of failed policies and “canna-bigotry,” the verdict is in. Legalization is a success, and the end of cannabis prohibition can’t come soon enough. The post NORML Op-Ed: State-Level Marijuana Legalization Has Been a Stunning Success appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

The enactment of adult-use cannabis legalization laws in Colorado and Washington is associated with increased tourism in both states, according to data published in the Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy. Authors reported a “large increase in hotel rooms rented in Colorado” immediately following legalization.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2020

“Virginians have long opposed the criminalization of personal marijuana possession, and Governor Northam’s signature turns that public opinion into public policy,” said NORML Development Director Jenn Michelle Pedini, who also serves as the executive director of the state affiliate, Virginia NORML.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

"Ohioans have seen similar legalization laws adopted in neighboring states and they know that regulating the cannabis market is preferable to the failed policy of prohibition.” The post Ohio: Ballot Initiative Legalizing Marijuana for Adults Favored in Multiple Polls appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

“Voters’ views on the subject of legalizing and regulating cannabis have evolved significantly over the past decades; however, the views of those seeking to represent them in Congress have not kept pace with this seismic shift in public opinion.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

More than two out of three US adults believe that the personal use of cannabis should be legal, according to nationwide polling data compiled and released today by the Pew Research Center. Sixty-seven percent of respondents say that the “use of marijuana should be made legal.”

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NORML

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Criminalizing cannabis is a failed Florida policy. The post NORML Op-Ed: Cast the Fear-Mongering Aside — The Sky Won’t Fall if Florida Legalizes Marijuana appeared first on NORML. Let’s end it.

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NORML

JANUARY 6, 2021

Senator Schumer's ascension to Majority Leader will mark the first time in US history that the upper chamber is led by a Senator who is openly calling for cannabis legalization. The post Likely Senate Power Shift and What It Means for the Prospects of Marijuana Policy Reform, NORML Responds appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2021

A bicameral conference committee approved the policy change as part of a broader omnibus bill related to healthcare. The post Minnesota: Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Medical Cannabis Flower appeared first on NORML.

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