United Patients Group

APRIL 3, 2023

A recommendation from a physician is simply permission (‘recommendation’) for the patient to use cannabis, which can be obtained in any state where medical marijuana is legal. Although both are legal under state law, there are currently 29 states with legislation allowing for medical cannabis and the District of Columbia.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

From the Fair Labor Standards Act to the STATES Act , our articles run the gamut. Not long ago we wrote about a decision by the Second Circuit that may force the DEA to re- or deschedule marijuana after writing about the lawsuit when it was first filed last year. From immigration to waste dumping. Sledge , Civ. 18-1029 KK/LF, Civ.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The legal cannabis business is spreading like weeds. As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. practicing law in the U.S. practicing law in the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2021

To a large extent legalization of adult-use cannabis, including New York’s passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act of 2021 (MRTA), has eclipsed other developments in the cannabis sector over the past year. Reprinted with permission from the June 30, 2021 edition of the New York Law Journal © 2021 ALM Media Properties, LLC.

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SMPL

AUGUST 14, 2019

Though ABA specified that it was not taking a position on marijuana legalization generally, it recognized that conflicting federal and state cannabis policies are untenable and have created complications for cannabis businesses operating in compliance with state law.

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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.”

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The legal cannabis business is spreading like weeds. As several states and foreign countries have enacted laws decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, a fresh rush of reefer madness has overtaken the business world. practicing law in the U.S. By Angelo A. 1621 et seq.,

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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. Below is a list of state law updates to look forward to this year. 1, Louisiana’s medical cannabis program allows patients to access smokable whole-plant flower marijuana. Happy 2022!

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Here Are The Full Details Of The New Federal Marijuana Legalization Bill From Chuck Schumer And Senate Colleagues. Senate Leadership Releases Draft Legislation to Make Cannabis Federally Legal. The substance is legal in some form in 47 states. Federal Cannabis Legalization Bill Unveiled by Sen. MJ Biz say.

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Medicinal Genomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

First, since cannabis legalization is a state-level phenomenon, any cannabis lab needs a state license. Navigating local, state, and federal regulations Although state-licensed cannabis labs are legal under state law, the federal government sees them in violation of federal law.

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SpeedWeed

DECEMBER 28, 2018

My personal year in cannabis began on New Year’s Day, when I waited in line along with countless other Californians to buy some cannabis on the first day of legal adult-use sales. Or that Thailand is blazing a trail in Asia—where cannabis laws are often draconian and harshly enforced—by legalizing medical use ( yes! ).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2019

: “ A Florida court of appeals decision last month ruled that the state’s regulatory framework for its medical cannabis program mandating vertical integration was unconstitutional. What does it mean for Florida’s system, or for other states? ” What specific growth did the current Florida program experience?

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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. Most countries with any type of marijuana program now acknowledge both medical and scientific marijuana. In contrast, the U.S. How the U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Many people in the cannabis industry are convinced that this HHS recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) means that the DEA will undertake this rescheduling (and fairly quickly, too–which would be a huge departure from its refusal to reschedule back in 2016). if the plant is moved to Schedule III.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Today, adult use of cannabis, which is classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), is legal in 18 states, and the medical use of cannabis is legal in 37 states, though cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Draft Bill Details.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. And speaking of CBD, Seyfarth has a program coming up on that topic. Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law.

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Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

Collectively, this language has fostered a regulatory gap that companies are taking advantage of to sell highly intoxicating products, colloquially and misleadingly referred to in the national unregulated hemp marketplace as “legal cannabis.” As such, they should be treated in a manner that aligns with state-regulated cannabis products.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

In this post, I’ll walk through exactly how we got into the current mess we are in and why transporting hemp can be such a massive risk—even though hemp is technically federally legal (or at least no longer a controlled substance). Many state law enforcement agencies simply mistook hemp for an illegal controlled substance.

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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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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Until recently, CBD resided in a legal penumbra where hemp was still scheduled on the federal Controlled Substances Act and could not be cultivated without a permit from the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). And marketing any bodily or curative effects of CBD was (and still is) off limits. 2018 Farm Bill.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 17, 2021

This act would not immediately make weed legal in the entire US, though. Individual states would still be allowed to keep prohibiting cannabis if they choose, but the feds would be blocked from interfering with states that have chosen to legalize. View original article.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

unveiled a preliminary draft of a federal cannabis legalization bill they plan to formally introduce later this year. . Restorative justice and opportunity trust funds will be reserved for certain reinvestment programs: . Cory Booker, D-N.J., A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

unveiled a preliminary draft of a federal cannabis legalization bill they plan to formally introduce later this year. . Restorative justice and opportunity trust funds will be reserved for certain reinvestment programs: . Cory Booker, D-N.J., A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 15, 2021

unveiled a preliminary draft of a federal cannabis legalization bill they plan to formally introduce later this year. . Restorative justice and opportunity trust funds will be reserved for certain reinvestment programs: . Cory Booker, D-N.J., A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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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? Do different states recognize Florida medical cards? What law legalized medical marijuana in Florida? What is the legal difference between cannabis and low-THC cannabis?

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SpeedWeed

JULY 14, 2021

unveiled a preliminary draft of a federal cannabis legalization bill they plan to formally introduce later this year. . Restorative justice and opportunity trust funds will be reserved for certain reinvestment programs: . Cory Booker, D-N.J., A federal cannabis sales tax on any products produced in or imported into the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2022

He also rejected requests to lift a federal ban on harm reduction policies like syringe exchange programs. Also in spite of pleas to reduce the racially disparate crack-cocaine sentencing disparity, for example, the former president took no action to remediate the issue.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the earlier days of cannabis legalization, cannabis startups typically did fundraising via equity investments. A lot of this rested on the false assumption that federal legality was around the corner – and that federal legalization would end 280E, allow interstate commerce, and so on. Some stage-setting is in order.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The War on Cannabis continues through aggressive state and local enforcement and prohibition measures with no end in sight. This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. This left enforcement to state regulators.

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MJ Business Attorneys

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The long-anticipated 2018 Farm Bill finally made its way to the President’s desk and Trump made hemp fans ecstatic when he signed it into law on December 20. With a provision legalizing the cultivation and distribution of hemp on the federal level, many are left wondering what the Act means for cannabis industry operators.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

At the present time, state medical and recreational legalization have no impact on federal drug control laws. Although many states have chosen to legalize medical marijuana and four have legalized recreational use, such state actions continue to conflict with federal law. Emphasis added).

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