Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.

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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 tension between state and federal laws is and remains untenable. This legislation is about accepting political reality. This is not just good policy, but good politics.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

Importation, cultivation, production, and other activities conducted for medicinal and scientific purposes are lawful under federal Australian law when the necessary licenses and permits have been obtained. Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 State and Territory Laws oversee advertising, distribution, and other local requirements.

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NORML

MARCH 12, 2019

Some highlights include expedited expungement for past misdemeanor marijuana convictions, a three-percent tax to be collected by or paid to municipalities wherever retail stores exist, and provisions to incentivize socio-economic, racial, and gender equity in the state’s cannabis industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The case, Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. MSC16-01426 (California Superior Court for the County of Contra Costa), involved a dispute between medical marijuana collectives in Richmond, California. Koziol, et al.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

As a member you’ll be the driving force behind meaningful marijuana law reform efforts on the local, state and federal levels. you’ll find an extensive collection of recent studies and fact-based information that will reinforce your position in NORML’s Online Library. adult-use, patient access, decriminalization etc.)

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Veriheal

JANUARY 21, 2025

Thats what Ballot Measure 119 is all about: a law that requires cannabis businesses to allow employees the chance to unionize without interference. This push led to significant changes, including the introduction of labor laws designed to safeguard worker rights. The post What’s Going On With Cannabis Labor Laws?

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Although permitted under state law, a Nevada employee may still face discipline under a company’s drug policy. To address that concern, the Nevada Legislature passed a law requiring employers to attempt to make reasonable accommodations for its employees’ use of medical cannabis outside of the workplace.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

To qualify for the November 2020 ballot, advocates must collect 86,185 certified signatures, with at least 17,237 certified signatures from each of the state’s five congressional districts. Thirty-three states currently permit access to plant-derived medical cannabis.

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NORML

MARCH 16, 2020

For the past 50 years, we have worked together to combat our nation’s unjust marijuana laws. Avoid direct sharing and continually keep your personal collection clean, using 90%+ Isopropyl Alcohol is an effective and affordable way to clear any germs or pathogens off your pieces. By doing so, we have also fostered a community.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 19, 2019

The email was released by the county under the state’s public disclosure law. But in a follow-up interview, Cooke said that despite the potential for more money, it was “distasteful” to have funding for law enforcement tied to sales of a drug linked to addiction, property crime and harmful effects on kids.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level. There are numerous positions and industries exempt from the law. Now is no different. Below are some highlights of what happened in 2021. Connecticut. New Mexico. New Jersey.

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NORML

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There are 2 provisions of New York’s Penal Law that relate marijuana-related offenses. Penal Law 220 relates to “controlled substances” offenses which include possession of “concentrated cannabis” which is defined as being more than 2 1/2% by volume of the total volume of cannabis seized. Legal Provisions.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For example, academic research institutions “shall notify the Department at least seven business days prior to collection of samples.” And the Department may assess a fee of up to $500 per sample if the sample is collected by the Department. Further comments concerning these rulemakings should be addressed to JCAR at jcar@ilga.gov.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Also introduced was The Marijuana Data Collection Act of 2019 , which would study the effects of state legalized medicinal and non-medicinal marijuana programs from a variety of perspectives, including state revenues, public health, substance abuse and opioids, criminal justice, and employment.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Academic research institutions must specify which testing laboratory they will use and consent to DOA collecting and forwarding requested data to USDA, which may include background checks, disposal reporting, and real-time information. Further comments concerning these rulemakings should be addressed to JCAR at jcar@ilga.gov.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 22, 2019

McDonell said research institutions are limited in their access to cannabis users by federal laws that could affect funding. Research into the effectiveness of medicinal marijuana has been hindered by the federal government’s classification of marijuana as illegal in all instances under drug enforcement laws.

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The Cannigma

APRIL 6, 2021

Law enforcement “should use the best available, scientifically validated, roadside presumptive drug testing technology for possible drug-impaired driving investigations,” the task force wrote, but did not specify what those tools are. That type of data isn’t currently being collected in any centralized way.

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NORML

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The information collected in this survey is kept confidential and will only be used for NORML’s internal organizational purposes to better improve our programming. P.S. Our efforts are supported by thousands of people throughout the country as we work to advance marijuana law reform in all 50 states and the federal level.

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NewsMunchies

MAY 8, 2023

During a Q&A following my lecture, several jurists used a collective label for cocaine, heroin, and cannabis … that word being “drugs.” Florida’s medical marijuana law, passed in 2016, allows a qualified physician to authorize medical marijuana for patients for a variety of physical and mental conditions.

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NORML

JUNE 5, 2020

While privately most of these volunteer supporters were also marijuana smokers, they had to be especially careful to conceal their use in order to avoid being targeted by local law enforcement who might find their pro-legalization advocacy threatening. It was considered a moral offense that rendered the individual unqualified to practice law.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

Regulatory Questions Do your states cannabis laws mandate a specific type of entity? What is the anticipated impact of IRC 280E on your business model? If you are or intend to become a licensed cannabis entity, 280E will likely apply. Some states require licensees to be nonprofits or to operate on a not-for-profit basis.)

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 28, 2025

According to the press release, dispensaries must adjust cash register and any computer program so that beginning on July 1, 2025, dispensaries will collect and pay the correct tax rate. To verify new combined state and local retailers occupation tax rates (i.e.,

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Cannabis Life Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

That’s the latest data collected by the law firm Miller Thomson. Of the total 183 publicly traded licensed cannabis producers, they collectively lost $131 billion. Investors have lost billions investing in Canadian cannabis. Or, as one Redditor put it, High quality marijuana cost $7.69 grams of marijuana in them.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Collectively, the ten dispensaries owe more than $14.4 The Los Angeles Police Department collected bongs, cannabis manufacturing equipment, and furnishings including a snow cone machine, artwork, TVs, cameras, a refrigerator, and other miscellaneous office supplies. Ten Los Angeles-based cannabis businesses were recently raided.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Hawthorne Collective to Invest $150 million in Canadian-based RIV Capital. To that end, The Hawthorne Collective will provide a $150 million convertible loan to Toronto-based RIV Capital (TSX: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF), a cannabis investment and acquisition firm currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Aug.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 8, 2023

Reuters Palo Alto, California-based international law firm Cooley and its client United Cannabis Corporation (UCANN) do not have to pay their opponent’s legal fees in a patent lawsuit over CBD extraction technology, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.

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MJ Business Attorneys

JULY 24, 2019

It is a scenario that frustrates legal cannabis businesses and law enforcement alike. Some illegal stores lean on the fact that Toronto law enforcement may not have the resources to launch an investigation and obtain a warrant to enter the premises, although mayor Mark Sarga has recently pledged to crack down on the illegal operations.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law giving patients the option to inhale medical cannabis through vaporization. Governor Doug Ducey (R) of Arizona signed legislation into law to establish medical cannabis testing standards. New Hampshire. North Carolina. Update : S.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 25, 2021

However, employers still must be mindful of the state law protections currently available to medical marijuana users including, among other things, not taking adverse action or otherwise discriminating against someone based solely on their status as a qualifying medical marijuana patient or their possession of medical marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The brief was filed Monday and focuses on three cases currently consolidated before the board and says the commission’s ruling will “directly impact many law-abiding Michigan workers who may be terminated for the use of marijuana.”.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 8, 2025

According to the RFP, the Treasurer seeks a successful Respondent (Contractor) to provide efficient and cost-effective banking services for the cash payments of taxes collected by the State of Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) for recreational adult use cannabis and medical cannabis permitted under Illinois law. June 4, 2025.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

The proposed collective action was filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois wage law by Morgan Heller, who worked at a Curaleaf location in Northbrook, Ill., Curaleaf Holdings Inc., from September 2020 to October 2021.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

On February 23, the Buffalo Fire Department terminated Martin after a urine sample came back positive for marijuana metabolites in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. A city spokesman wrote in a statement that, “The City of Buffalo, like every municipality, is grappling with changes in laws regarding cannabis use.”.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Under a law that passed earlier this year, the Cannabis Compliance Board looks to award permits for public spaces that would allow cannabis consumption. Under a bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D), known as “Ryan’s Law,” patients can consume cannabis under controlled circumstances. california. california.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A former legislator wants to challenge all the signatures collected, and an activist wants to challenge the signatures collected on tribal lands. Turning our attention to foreign affairs, Britain prevented the government of Bermuda from enacting an adult-use cannabis law. Stay tuned….

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The new Section 280E tax law amendment was included in the State’s budge, HB3817 , which passed June 7. When the new law becomes effective for tax years beginning on or after Jan. Taxes are collected from the cultivator tax, dispensary tax (% THC), state sales tax, local sales tax, municipal cannabis tax, and county cannabis tax.

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