Remove Compliance Remove Policy Remove Retail
article thumbnail

Red Light, Green Light for European Cannabis: Germany Goes to the Polls; Switzerland Eyes Pole Position on Cannabis Reform

Canna Law Blog

Germanys cannabis industry anxiously awaits Sundays election results to see whether progressive policies endure or face rollback under new leadership. A state-controlled retail monopoly under operated under a non-profit model. With 38% of voters still undecided , the outcome remains uncertain.

article thumbnail

How Inflation is Affecting Cannabis: Prices, Closures, and the Job Market

Veriheal

According to Beau Kilmer, a cannabis market authority from the Rand Drug Policy Research Center, in an interview with NPR , When you move from prohibition to legalization, it takes time [to lower prices]. Staying in compliance means avoiding heavy fines and possible revocation of licenses.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

Policy 57
article thumbnail

Oregon’s Hot Hemp

Canna Law Blog

This hemp is often sold and marketed online without age verification, in packaging attractive to minors, or at unlicensed retail stores. I dont think Oregon can fix it The OLCC news release offers a sunny subtitle: Agency sets path forward for better compliance. The reason is that federal law and policy make it so.

Hemp 73
article thumbnail

Study: Licensed Cannabis Retailers Not Providing Access to Underage Patrons

NORML

Investigators concluded: “[T]here was 100% compliance with the ID policy to keep underage patrons from purchasing marijuana directly from licensed outlets. The post Study: Licensed Cannabis Retailers Not Providing Access to Underage Patrons appeared first on NORML.

Access 202
article thumbnail

Weedmaps Dodges Class-Action Lawsuit by Implementing New Advertising Policy

Canna Law Blog

Weedmaps refused to change its policy at the time, citing Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which gives platforms like Facebook and YouTube safe harbor from being held liable for the content their users post. It said that “later this year” it would begin requiring U.S.

Policy 98
article thumbnail

Weekly Legislative Roundup 5/10/19

NORML

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announced their intentions to introduce legislation known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of criminalization and prohibition.