Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published workplace guidance for creating marijuana policies and drug testing procedures for employed drivers, including education for drivers on marijuana’s effects on safe driving. Uber Canada Announces Partnership With Tokyo Smoke for Cannabis Ordering in Ontario.

Cannabinoids 52

Cannabinoids Retail Policy Cultivation 52

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Ofc of Drug Control Policy: Low adolescent cannabis use rates threatened by legalization. Michigan To Phase Out Caregiver Sales To Dispensaries. Activists collected 50,000+ signatures for legalization ballot measure. State MMJ director previews changes. Family opens dispensary to improve neighborhood economy.

Hemp 95

Hemp Vaping Legislation Programs 95

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

California employers long have long availed themselves of their right – as affirmed by the state’s high court – to carry out zero tolerance policies against workers who use drugs – even if that drug use takes place off-the-job. The History of Employer Zero Tolerance Policies. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Policy Programs Banking History 45

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 18, 2019

In total, permits/endorsements will be accepted for up to five cultivation facilities, 15 dispensaries and four vertically integrated operators (including one cultivation endorsement, one manufacturing endorsement, and one dispensary endorsement). Applications for dispensaries are due August 21 at 3 p.m. Criterion 2.

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Law Marijuana Education Safety 40

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Approximately 80 percent of the state’s 482 cities have barred cannabis retailers from either setting up shop or selling the drug for recreational purposes. The Los Angeles CANNABIS LAW Group represents growers, dispensaries, collectives, patients and those facing marijuana charges. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Marijuana Retail Collective Recreational 40

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

In total, permits/endorsements will be accepted for up to five cultivation facilities, 15 dispensaries and four vertically integrated operators (including one cultivation endorsement, one manufacturing endorsement, and one dispensary endorsement). Applications for dispensaries are due August 21 at 3 p.m. Criterion 2.

Law 40

Law Marijuana Education Cultivation 40

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

215 opened the door for a collective model (i.e., a “closed loop system”) for enterprising patients and caregivers to essentially commercialize medical cannabis through large scale grows and dispensaries (with no government oversight or regulation). At the same time, Prop. 64 and MAUCRSA. Enforcement.

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Compliance Compliance Programs Collective 75

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

The nation collectively hopes that marijuana is indeed concurrently or subsequently re/de-scheduled out of the research-prohibitive Schedule 1 category into the Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 category. They are paying attention, slowly formulating bits and pieces of vital international, federal, and state public marijuana policy.

Marijuana 40

Marijuana Research and Development Programs Collective 40

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

It was business as usual for the ten member majority, but three dissenting judges of the United States Tax Court (“Tax Court”) broke new ground in Northern California Small Business Assistants Inc. , [1] finding section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code unconstitutional.

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Legislation Business State Laws Compliance 40

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. All data collection was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dispensary 52

Dispensary Research and Development Safety Recreational 52

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Harborside’s dispensaries in Oakland and San Jose serviced an average of 1,325 customers per day during the second quarter, with an average basket size of $86. Local state laws where the Company operates permit such activities however, these activities are currently illegal under United States federal law.

Retail 45

Retail Dispensary Research and Development Cultivation 45

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

Legislation 145

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 145

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. Assistance Collective Corp. Know your local laws. With this growth comes growing pains.

Marijuana 45

Marijuana Business Decriminalization Legislation 45

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The directors and officers and certain shareholders of Urbn Leaf, collectively holding approximately 69% of Series A shares and 96% of common shares, have entered into voting and support agreements to vote in favour of the Urbn Leaf Transaction. The Urbn Leaf Transaction has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of Urbn Leaf.

Business 52

Business Retail Cultivation Cannabis 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2019

Denver-based ONE Cannabis and Florida-based Miracle Leaf each claim to be awarding franchises to catapult their growth, the former franchising cannabis dispensaries and the latter medical marijuana clinics. Cannabis, the fastest growing industry in the U.S. This distinction has no relevance to culpability.

Supply Chain 40

Supply Chain Programs Business Retail 40

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Harborside’s dispensaries in Oakland and San Jose serviced an average of 1,302 customers per day during the third quarter, with an average basket size of $83. d/b/a LUX Cannabis Dispensary (“LUX”). The Company also operates two dispensaries in Oregon and a cultivation facility in Salinas, California.

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Legalization Retail Research and Development Cultivation 59

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We wanted to investigate, so after collecting samples from online stores and brick-and-mortar smoke shops, we commissioned FESA Labs to perform independent testing on 51 delta-8 products. We’ve collected the results under these headings to make it easier to navigate to what you’re looking for. Illegal Limits of Delta-9 THC.

THC 96

THC CBD Legalization Vaping 96

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 ].

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Legalization Collective DEA Banking 58

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] ).

Marijuana 59

Marijuana Business State Laws DEA 59

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

In addition, the licensees must execute a management agreement with a third-party operator to manage and operate the remaining facilities that the department will continue to permit in compliance with state law. California Steps Up Tax Collection Efforts. On June 8, 2022, the U.S.

Business 52

Business Marijuana Safety Banking 52

The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

A lot of the adult use, legalization has built upon the medical dispensary infrastructure, logistical infrastructure, the inspections and laboratory requirements in some states, and I imagine that also the political power of massive industries plays a role in pushing for further advancement. Now, some states have different tax rates.

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Legalization Patients Education Dispensary 128

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a grant notice to encourage research on the effects of changing US cannabis laws and policies on public health. An Arizona ballot measure to legalize cannabis for adult use was filed with the Arizona Secretary of State last week, which begins the ballot process for 2020.

Banking 45

Banking Research and Development Legislation Programs 45

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The regulations provide inventory accounting rules for resellers (Dispensaries) at section 1.471-9 and for producers under the “full absorption method” at section 1.471-11.[8] 11] The courts have also held that the paraphernalia and T-shirt component of a dispensary isnot a separate business and it is also subject to section 280E.

Business 72

Business Cannabis Seed-To-Sale Law 72

NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. Allows licensed dispensaries to sell edible cannabis and cannabidiol products. A subcommittee of the U.S.

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Legislation Decriminalization Patients Access 176

The Blunt Truth

APRIL 9, 2020

This week, North Dakota joins the ranks of those states that seem unlikely to see cannabis on the ballot. As does Idaho , where social distancing measures have made signature collection all but impossible. Even in states where cannabis is legal, the virus is causing problems. Massachusetts is a prime example. handy dandy chart.

Business 118

Business Programs Collective Marijuana 118

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

All it takes is a rival dispensary budtender or former employee to go to a profile and report it. 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. BANKING: The growth?

Banking 49

Banking Marijuana Media Patients 49

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

1 following several months of deliberation over how to execute a new state law meant largely to limit young people’s access to and abuse of high-potency THC products. Dispensaries must enforce the daily purchase limits by inputting patient ID numbers found on medical marijuana cards. All data collected must be kept confidential.

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Concentrates Patients Access Conditions 52

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Specifically, LD 1402 would allow state-chartered credit unions to obtain private deposit insurance, which would in turn make it possible for state credit unions to provide financial services to dispensaries and caregivers that have been registered under Maine’s medical marijuana program.

Access 45

Access Marijuana Legislation Education 45

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office has asked retailers to pull products grown by Houston cultivator Calm N Collective from shelves, and put them in quarantine pending further information. Calm N Collective co-owner Ronald Bass claims that the tip is baseless and originated from a disgruntled former employee.

Vaping 45

Vaping Research and Development Seed-To-Sale Hemp 45

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.

State Laws 40

State Laws Policy Decriminalization Marijuana 40

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.

Compliance 52

Compliance Compliance Banking Data 52

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2020

Ultimately the antitrust Division collected over 5 million documents from these investigations and in every case, no antitrust violations were uncovered. This was such a strain on the DOJ’s Antitrust Division resources that staff from other offices such as telecommunications, technology, and media were brought in to assist.

Cannabis 82

Cannabis Business Law Marijuana 82