Canna Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

A few weeks ago, California lawmakers quietly introduced SB-1326 , a bill that would amend the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act ( MAUCRSA ) to legalize interstate cannabis sales, notwithstanding the status of federal law. Mandate that the agreement include provisions for collection of applicable taxes.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

In advancing these legislative goals, Congress is not necessarily endorsing any state or territory’s legalization of marijuana-related transactions; similarly, the enactment of the SAFE Banking Act is not a call for the legalization of medical or retail marijuana in those jurisdictions that choose not to pursue such an approach.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

NEW STUDY DEMONSTRATES CBD’S STRONG SAFETY PROFILE , AMPLIFIES CALLS FOR FDA REGULATION. Observational Data Collected On Long-term Consumption of Oral C BD Shows No Correlation To Safety Issues Raised by FDA. It has been over four years since the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp and non-intoxicating hemp derivatives like CBD.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

Connecticut has become the 19 th state to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults. Governor Ned Lamont signed the Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-use Cannabis on June 22, 2021. Connecticut will permit individuals 21 years of age and older to possess and use recreational cannabis.

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Cannabis Chronicles

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In the months after Washington voters approved legalized marijuana in 2012, Clayton Mosher, a sociology professor at Washington State University Vancouver, noticed what he believed to be unnecessary safety concerns. While legalization across the U.S. But the few negative outcomes don’t harsh legal marijuana’s high, Mosher said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales. Here’s what they say.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

Colorado could legalize psychedelics. Activists collected over 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the ballot, showing significant support for its passing. If passed, those with criminal records pertaining to aspects that would now be legal would have the right to petition the courts to seal their records.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we previously reported , on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law ( NJ A21 , NJ A 1897 , and NJ A5342/NJ S3454 ), formally legalizing the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden State. Other jurisdictions are catching up to the marijuana law frenzy.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 18, 2023

The NAACP’s blueprint for a fair cannabis industry, cannabis wellness takes center stage at High Rise Dry Bar in South Carolina, and New York’s legal limbo stalls its recreational market. The organization expressed the need for legalization to include labor peace agreements as part of its statutes.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

A recent study conducted by the National Association of Realtors said 50% of leasing professionals found it wasn’t hard to re-lease a property after tenants smoked cannabis indoors, and the organization “does not have a position on cannabis legalization.”. Legal cannabis raises home value. Key Findings. The seven states (plus D.C.)

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The marijuana legalization law, as rewritten and passed by the Legislature in 2017, required Attorney General Maura Healey and the Cannabis Control Commission to jointly study the “advisability of establishing criminal penalties for violations” of the new law. “We

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2021

Governor Ralph Northam announced appointments to the three newly-created boards that oversee marijuana legalization in Virginia. On July 1, recreational marijuana became legal for adult use in Virginia. Creighton of Richmond, Co-Founder, The Jackson Ward Collective. Michael Jerome Massie, Esq. Rasheeda N.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

Oregon, two years ago, became the first state to legalize psilocybin with the approval of Measure 109. Colorado was the first state in 2012 to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, also through a voter initiative. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.). Blog: Food Safety News.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

The 15% excise tax on cannabis sales would remain, and the collection and remittance of that tax would be limited to retail sales beginning January 1, 2023. Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. per ounce of flower, $3.00

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nevada prohibits employers from taking adverse action against applicants who test positive for marijuana, with exceptions for, among other jobs, safety-sensitive positions and motor vehicle drivers who are subject to testing under state or federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The employer and any labor union representing the employees have negotiated a collective bargaining agreement that prohibits off-duty cannabis use.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Last week, the Food Standard Agency (“ FSA ”), the agency responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (collectively, the “UK”), cleared a path for the sale of CBD-infused food for the next 12 months. The EFSA guidance on cannabinoids strongly echoes the U.S.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 15, 2024

This revision emphasizes safeguarding the basic human rights of individuals to ensure their safety and well-being, even if they are involved in drug-related issues. The student, who reportedly purchased the cannabis legally in Thailand, claimed that he was unaware of Indonesia’s drug possession laws. Authorities caught him with 9.1

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CannaMD

JANUARY 6, 2021

When it comes to marijuana legalization, one of the opposition’s main concerns is whether legal access to cannabis will increase the number of drivers who operate a vehicle in an impaired state. This is a valid concern. Their results may assuage some of these concerns. FACTORS INFLUENCING RESULTS. INADEQUATE TESTING.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

A study of data from across the country has found no evidence that the legalization of medical cannabis and the establishment of dispensaries encourages marijuana use by young people. The post Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times appeared first on SpeedWeed. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Cannabis tax revenue remains a central argument for legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 6, 2022

Washington, DC: Legal marijuana states generated more revenue from retail cannabis sales than they did from alcohol sales, according to data provided by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Additional information is available from NORML’s fact sheet, ‘ Marijuana Regulation: Impact on Health, Safety, Economy.’.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The FDA also published a revised Consumer Update detailing safety concerns about CBD products more broadly. This includes ongoing work to obtain and evaluate information to address outstanding questions related to the safety of CBD products, while maintaining the agency’s rigorous public health standards. Pink Collections Inc. ,

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2019

The weakness relates to the collection and remittance of Cannabis Excise Tax [“CET”] and Cannabis Cultivation Tax [“CCT”]. When the Distributor role was created, the California Legislature decided to place the majority of the collection and remittance responsibility on it [1]. The amount of cultivation tax.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The new law legalizes cannabis possession up to one ounce, as well as cultivation of up to four personal plants per household, but requires that the grower tags their plants with their driver’s license/ID and a note saying that they are being grown for personal use. In July and August of 2020 , there were 257 arrests. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A petition has been filed in an effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma. 12, would add an amendment to the Constitution, which would generally legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for people aged 21 and older under state law. Oklahoma voters in 2018 legalized medical marijuana. OKLAHOMA CITY —. Source: [link].

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SpeedWeed

JULY 19, 2021

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19, 2021 – PRESS RELEASE— Governor Ralph Northam announced appointments to the three newly-created boards responsible for overseeing the legalization of recreational cannabis in the Commonwealth. The Cannabis Control Authority (CCA) is the regulatory agency for the legal cannabis market in Virginia.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Responsible policy prioritizes public health and safety and promotes the viability of both California’s legal cannabis industry and the legal hemp industry. . Such a policy includes equal safety testing requirements to protect public health.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 21, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Arizona and Nebraska legalization efforts are hit by the pandemic. The Arizona Marijuana Legalization Initiative was deal a severe blow this week. And finally, you can now buy hemp at Petsmart. massachusetts.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 4, 2021

Nevada prohibits employers from taking adverse action against applicants who test positive for marijuana, with exceptions for, among other jobs, safety-sensitive positions and motor vehicle drivers who are subject to testing under state or federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

The legalization of cannabis in the US is still under a lot of debate, which has triggered many types of research in that field. And those researches mainly suggest that legalization leads to a variety of social benefits, concerning youth, education, public health, law enforcement, safety, social justice, and crime.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 8, 2022

consumers support all legal cannabis businesses — including hemp and CBD — having access to banking services. checking accounts, business loans) in states where cannabis is legal. 68% support Congress passing legislation that allows cannabis businesses to access banking services and products in states where cannabis is legal.

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The Cannigma

MAY 28, 2023

Medical: legal Recreational: legal Uruguay has gained international recognition for its pioneering approach to cannabis laws. It became the first country in the world to fully legalize recreational cannabis in 2013, and has a long-standing cultural association with weed. Is weed legal in Uruguay?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

In short the study learns that legalized states tend not to have their roads overcrowded with stoned drivers and cannabis users like alcohol users self police their behaviour. The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use. Materials and methods.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 4, 2021

CLR contributor, Brian Cusack, writes… The legalization of cannabis in Ireland has become a popular discussion around the world. While countries like Canada, Uruguay, and some states in America have legalized recreational cannabis, this isn’t a trend that has reached Ireland yet. or none at all to qualify with legal status.

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Veriheal

JUNE 30, 2020

Bills being recently introduced and passed in various jurisdictions include various elements of criminal justice reforms addressing everything from police use of force to legalizing cannabis. Senator Salazar understands that now is the time to pass legislation that supports equal treatment for POC and that includes cannabis legalization.

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