Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 24, 2019

Federal Legalization – Then What? Let’s think through a couple of scenarios and have a peek at the landscape in a post-legalization world. Federal Legalization – Then What? . “ aBIZinaBOX Inc., CPA’s “ PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2019

LegitScript, the global leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring in the e-commerce and payment sectors, has launched a new certification program for legally compliant CBD products and websites. LegitScript’s CEO, John Horton, said the program will bring transparency and structure to the CBD industry.

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SMPL

AUGUST 14, 2019

The American Bar Association (ABA) adopted a resolution on Monday that calls on Congress to allow states to set their own marijuana policies and recommends rescheduling or descheduling cannabis under federal law. The report goes on to describe how its recommendations would help resolve some of these issues.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2021

On July 14, 2021, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) released the discussion draft of historic federal cannabis legalization legislation, the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA). We strongly encourage participation in this important opportunity to shape federal cannabis policy.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 10, 2020

Manufacturers are responsible for certifying records, including all product data, which includes, for example, information on formulation, labeling, and DEA Schedule. Both young and more-established CBD purveyors would be wise to invest in good legal counsel. CBD Class Action Litigation. Other CBD companies, like CV Sciences Inc.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There are remaining concerns as to the state health department’s treatment policy towards these products as well. Darren has worked on several legal issues in the cannabis space, specializing thus far in industrial hemp, regulatory compliance (hemp and marijuana), and civil and commercial litigation.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 6, 2019

political establishment into supporting marijuana legalization. The DEA couldn’t figure out at first why a bunch of rednecks in Cottondale, Florida, had 24-carat gold Rolex watches and were driving Mercedes S500’s, Cobb told Fox News in a recent interview. He serves as Chief Legal Officer to Liberty Health Sciences, Inc.,

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Banking Policy Legislation Compliance 78

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

Key Notes: The Ninth Circuit found that Delta-8 THC products are federally legal under the plain meaning of the definition of “hemp” set by the 2018 Farm Bill, making it the first Circuit to find such products lawful. In other words, any contrary agency language is overridden by clear statutory text.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 7, 2021

A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. Depending on the allegations, companies must also stay attentive to federal criminal exposure if information is shared with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Legal Gray Area of the Initial Grow. What happens in between?

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Seed-To-Sale Compliance Compliance Policy 52

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 7, 2021

A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. Depending on the allegations, companies must also stay attentive to federal criminal exposure if information is shared with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Legal Gray Area of the Initial Grow. What happens in between?

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Law Seed-To-Sale Compliance Compliance 52

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 7, 2021

A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. Depending on the allegations, companies must also stay attentive to federal criminal exposure if information is shared with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Legal Gray Area of the Initial Grow. What happens in between?

Business 52

Business Seed-To-Sale Compliance Compliance 52

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. Depending on the allegations, companies must also stay attentive to federal criminal exposure if information is shared with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Legal Gray Area of the Initial Grow. What happens in between?

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Seed-To-Sale Compliance Compliance Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2022

Congress should either legalize cannabis or stop deputizing banks as drug enforcement investigators. Although 18 states have fully legalized, cannabis is still a sticky issue for banks and other financial institutions because it remains illegal at the federal level. The State of Banking.

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Banking State Laws Law DEA 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

Users can search for and review cannabis dispensaries, brands, strains, delivery services, and a host of other cannabis or cannabis-related products and services in states in which cannabis has been legalized for medical or recreational use. 5 The CBCC is “having internal discussions about what the appropriate next steps are.” ” 25.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 5, 2021

A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. Depending on the allegations, companies must also stay attentive to federal criminal exposure if information is shared with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Legal Gray Area of the Initial Grow. What happens in between?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

On February 14 th the Los Angeles Times published an article by Joe Mozingo entitled “Cannabis Farm Was a Model for California’s Legal Industry”. It has been less than eight years since the DEA, the Criminal Investigation Division of IRS, and the Office of the U.S. PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. WAKE UP CALIFORNIA! ,

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Collective Business Cultivation Compliance 59

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

In The Weeds welcomes the new year, as well as a number of new cannabis laws and policies taking effect around the country in 2022. This DEA guidance and the Kansas opinion both suggest legality for some hemp-derived delta-8 products under the 0.3 McGuireWoods LLP. Newsworthy Highlights. Happy 2022! Montana: As of Jan.

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Dispensary Law Concentrates Patients 52

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2021

Leveraging balance sheet strength, the Company is actively seeking legally permitted investments in THC businesses/brands to increase exposure to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”), the U.S. Multiple routes to market upon federal permissibility of U.S THC market in advance of federal permissibility.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

During the 20 th century, law enforcement and public policy activities have undermined opportunities for scientific exploration. Relevant AAFP Policy. Family physicians have a vested interest in policies that advance and protect the health of their patients and the public. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use. Call to Action.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2025

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. As I discussed in The Hidden Potential Winners of Marijuana Rescheduling: DEA-Registered Bulk Manufacturers , U.S. In contrast, the U.S.

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DEA Marijuana Supply Chain Policy 98

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Considering our current armed service use restrictions and the lack of legal tax and employment considerations for marijuana use, like the nation, Florida is not quite “ there ” yet. . Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S.

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Marijuana Patients Research and Development Programs 45

Meadow

JULY 13, 2018

At Meadowlands, these regulators gathered together for the first time to discuss legalization in their respective cities and state-wide. We know firsthand from experience just how imperative timely and accurate regulatory information is to ensure our partners’ full regulatory compliance and success in the legal market.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”), the U.S. state and federal law to U.S. hemp (including CBD) products and the scope of any regulations by the U.S. state and federal law to U.S. hemp (including CBD) products and the scope of any regulations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. It would then logically follow that it is legal to process the hemp plant into legal derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids. Challenging the DEA hemp rule.

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DEA Hemp Extraction Cannabinoids 98

Canna Law Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. It would then logically follow that it is legal to process the hemp plant into legal derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids. Challenging the DEA hemp rule.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The companies are advertising it as a legal way to get high, touting medical benefits and generally making big promises about what they can deliver, but an investigation from the US Cannabis Council has found illegal levels of delta-9 THC in products for sale around the country. The Legality of Delta-8 THC. What Needs to be Done?

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I feel like we’re living in an upside down world when it comes to cannabis legalization at the federal level. To add to the feeling we may be living in the Twilight Zone, a Republican Congresswoman, Nancy Mace , out of South Carolina, just introduced a cannabis legalization bill called the States Reform Act (“SRA”).

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

In 2020, Oregon became the first locale to decriminalize psilocybin and legalize it for therapeutic use on a statewide basis. 8] Spravato is derived from ketamine and categorized by DEA as a Schedule III controlled substance. DEA and the Controlled Substances Act. and Seattle, among other municipalities. Challenges.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Either way, it’s important you stay up to date with Florida’s rapidly evolving legal landscape: Can you use medical marijuana at work? What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? To fully understand this definition, you also need to know two other legal definitions: Medical marijuana treatment center.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Speakers will describe how the DEA has handled these granted exemptions, such as filing a permit to import sacrament from another country and bringing back sacrament and going through customs. The panel will also address the DEA’s guidelines for applying for an exemption, and the potential costs, risks, and rewards of going ‘above ground’.

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Law DEA Medicine Policy 52

NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The commercialization of cannabis is here but federal legalization has not yet come to our shores. As of this writing, cannabis remains a prohibited Schedule 1 drug, defined by the DEA as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” . Marijuana’s categorization under U.S. South Korea and Israel.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. Today, we’ll look at the argument that a compliance focus is better than an enforcement focus. Despite all of this, some folks seem to think that prohibition and compliance is still the answer. The enforcement v.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As I noted, rescheduling cannabis to schedule II or below is a bad idea, because it would subject cannabis to DEA regulations similar to prescription drugs. Rescheduling cannabis to schedule II would NOT have the effect of making all state-licensed cannabis businesses federally legal.

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DEA Business Compliance Compliance 98

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

DEA increases the cannabis research quota. Battle heating up over Florida ballot initiative to legalize cannabis for adult use. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced annual quotas for the manufacture of controlled substances for research purposes, providing for 7,000 pounds of cannabis to be used in scientific studies.

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Vaping Banking Research and Development DEA 40

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. At the present time, state medical and recreational legalization have no impact on federal drug control laws. The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana.

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Banking Law Marijuana State Laws 45

MJ Business Attorneys

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Attorney General, and it is unclear whether this nominee will be better or worse than the former Attorney General Jeff Sessions when it comes to the growing cannabis momentum toward federal legality. She also supported abolishing the Obama administration’s more lenient policies for lower-level drug offenders, according to CBS News.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

The RIA contains much needed investor protection provisions and creates a stricter compliance and reporting regime for EB-5 project offerors and regional centers. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), the agency tasked with enforcing the CSA. and likewise created or preserved hundreds of thousands of jobs for U.S.

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