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Northeaster University study published by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association – Massachusetts municipalities have collected more than $53 million in cannabis “impact” fees

Cannabis Law Report

Massachusetts municipalities have collected more than $53 million in “impact” fees from cannabis companies since the launch of adult-use sales in 2018, according to a Northeaster University study published by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association outlined in a Boston Globe report. The Franklin Observer writes.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

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ACLU Maine: “Cameras In Dispensaries Viloate State Ban On Facial Recognition Surveillance”

Cannabis Law Report

The requirement, which appears in a set of draft rules for the regulatory framework of the state’s adult-use or recreational marijuana program, “would needlessly expose customers and workers in the cannabis industry to privacy-violating tracking and data collection,” the ACLU said in a letter to the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy this week.

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Connecticut Becomes the 20th Jurisdiction to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

The Blunt Truth

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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Connecticut Becomes the 20th Jurisdiction to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

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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The Supreme Court Puts a Halt to a Commandeering Congress

MJ Business Attorneys

For starters, this case clarifies that the federal government can neither force the states to enforce federal marijuana policy, nor can they prohibit the states from implementing or revising their own marijuana policies. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible.

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Marijuana Laws Impacting Employers Spread Like a Weed in 2021: A Year in Review

The Blunt Truth

Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level. At that time, many employers will be prohibited from taking certain actions in the absence of clear policies addressing marijuana use or evidence of impairment.

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