Project CBD

MARCH 8, 2019

As with humans, cannabis for pets can be broadly divided into two categories : hemp-based CBD and true medical cannabis (marijuana) products. In response, veterinarians and others concerned for patient safety promoted a change in state law. Related story. Claws and Effect: Cannabis Medicine for Pets.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the same time, they imposed pretty unclear and inconsistent requirements on hemp advertising (in this post, when I refer to “cannabis” I mean only “marijuana” consistent with many states’ definitions of the term). In the U.S.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Current Florida medical marijuana patient? 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 about travel?

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We’ve written about why this expansive definition may make decisions to import not worth the risk here. United States. Eteros timely responded to the Notice, and indicated that while the equipment was intended to be used with hemp, it also was capable of use with marijuana. Eteros Technologies USA v.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 8, 2020

As employers are becoming increasingly concerned about marijuana use in states with recreational or medical marijuana laws, the decision serves as a reminder to employers to develop a process for making and defending a reasonable suspicion determination (including manager and supervisor training and objective and clear documentation).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

The debate surrounding delta-8 THC and the proper regulation of intoxicating hemp products has accelerated greatly over the last several months, fueled by multiple court decisions, federal policy actions, and new state laws. The Ninth Circuit Finds That the Definition of Hemp Turns on Delta-9 THC Concentration. Distro, LLC , No.

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Project CBD

AUGUST 23, 2023

Within that definition, are two critical phrases: “all derivatives” and “whether growing or not.” “All Explicitly exclude novel synthetic compounds from the hemp definition and subject them to FDA oversight. percent of so-called hemp delta-9 products are illegally sourced from marijuana plants.) percent on a dry weight basis.”

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. State Senators Daylin Leach (D) and Sharif Street (D), as well as Rep. PA resident?

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

During the meeting, commissioners expressed concern about public engagement, opposition to legal marijuana in north Clark County and if the regulations were too restrictive. The proposed changes to the code provide a definition of “marijuana.” She said these grows are difficult to inspect.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 20, 2023

[vi] The 2023 Texas Legislature is advancing legislation that would amend the definition of “low-THC” cannabis to a level more consistent with other states and further expand the scope of conditions that medicinal cannabis treatment may be prescribed. iv] Texas State Law Library – Cannabis and the Law – [link]. [v]

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That is no less true in cannabis and several insurers—at least on West Coast—provide insurance for marijuana businesses as well as hemp. Sections 811 and 812 (as amended), regardless of whether the controlled substance is legal under any state law (for example: marijuana). 381% by weight. 3% delta-9 THC by weight.

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TheAnswerPage

JANUARY 11, 2022

Are you able to answer your patients’ medical marijuana questions? Well, if your answer is ‘no,’ you are definitely not alone. During my tenure, I have found the medical marijuana educational gap to be one of the most significant educational gaps that impacts a very broad range of healthcare providers.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 5, 2019

A Pittsburgh police officer with a medical marijuana card was placed on administrative leave after testing positive for marijuana several months ago, Mayor Bill Peduto confirmed Thursday. We have several city employees who are prescribed marijuana for medicinal purposes. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. Lokhaiser said.

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MJ Business Attorneys

MAY 29, 2018

Congress cannot commandeer states’ legislative authority, a principle known as the “anti-commandeering” rule interpreted from the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible. What this does not mean is that the federal government may not prohibit marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2022

Supreme Court recently declined two requests to review state supreme court cases on this issue and definitively decide whether the CSA preempts state workers’ compensation laws that require reimbursement of medical cannabis. Unfortunately for employers, however, clarity on this issue will have to wait—the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Defendant moved for judgment on the pleadings on the grounds that marijuana use is both illegal and criminalized under federal law. The trial court further found that while state law permits use of marijuana for therapeutic purposes, it does not require employers to accommodate such use.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Two things happened on the same day: the Senate unanimously passed the CMRE Act (Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act), and House leadership scheduled the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity and Expungement Act) for a floor vote next week. Not all cannabis reform is a good thing. The MORE Act falls into that final category.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Despite adoption by a growing number of states, marijuana is (still) federally illegal. Federal laws preventing money laundering and other financial crimes create regulatory hurdles so significant for most major banks to service cannabis businesses that it just isn’t worth the compliance burden. Why aren’t banks more involved?

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The County Ordinance, however, uses definitions that diverge from existing statewide definitions, resulting in what many commentors have speculated is a broadly applicable ban on inhalable cannabis products sold at recreational marijuana premises licensed by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2022

The Colorado Department of Revenue qualifies as a “victim” that is entitled to restitution in the form of unpaid taxes from a ring of illegal marijuana growers, the state’s second-highest court has ruled. Colorado Politics reports. Ton and Tran both pleaded guilty to the offense of tax evasion, among other crimes.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

According to a new report by the Associated Press, a Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday approved a series of changes to reset the city’s troubled legal marijuana market. The post Los Angeles Officials Look to Give Boost to Marijuana Market Which is Currently Ailing appeared first on TheJointBlog.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

According to the DEA , if hemp or its derivatives contain levels of THC in excess of 0.3%, they are considered marijuana. While THCA itself is not referred to in the federal definitions of marijuana or hemp, it nevertheless plays an essential role in the determination of a products status as legal or illegal because of the conversion to THC.

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MMJ Recs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Medical marijuana is now legal in 33 states. Well, we say legal, but in fact marijuana is still defined as a Schedule 1 drug, making it an illegal substance under federal law. Luckily, though, each state has been given leeway in deciding how marijuana – both medical and recreational – can be grown and used.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

We do know that the Drug Enforcement Administration has confirmed that the importation of cannabis plant material that falls outside of the Controlled Substance Act’s definition of “marihuana” (e.g., CBP also stated that “hemp flowers” are not excluded from the CSA definition.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 27, 2021

Delta-8 THC, aka delta-8, the intoxicating cannabinoid synthesized from hemp, is making waves across the United States, and especially in states where marijuana remains illegal. That’s because delta-8 is derived from federally legal hemp, which by law contains less than 0.3% It’s definitely exploded,” she told Leafly.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Those who have approached the cannabis plant over the years from criminal defense/social justice points of view will know that the “smell of marijuana” has justified an extraordinary number of stops, arrests, searches, and seizures. It has been the fundamental tool in the arbitrarily capricious and irrational enforcement of the drug laws.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

At the time, Newsom said he supported the measure but couldn’t sign into law because of the conflict with federal and state law. Cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, continuing to be one of the greatest sticking points for California marijuana companies. Clearly, that definition is outdated.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2019

On October 9, 2019, the Washington State Board of Health (“BOH”) voted to adopt emergency rules banning flavored vapor products, including marijuana products, in Washington State. ” This definition of a characterizing flavor does not include cannabis-derived terpenes.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

By definition, hemp contains THC, even if only trace amounts. Kansas Hemp Supporters are encouraged to use our State Action Center to urge lawmakers to defeat HB 2604. HB 5059 removes the requirement that a hemp grower be licensed as a hemp or marijuana processor to sell finished hemp products. HB 5060 is a clean-up bill.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today, I intro’d the #StatesReformAct a turnkey federal tax and regulate framework for existing state laws. Marijuana Moment report. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is sponsoring the bill—titled the States Reform Act—along with a handful of initial Republican cosponsors. WATCH [link] pic.twitter.com/maZLxlVa1Z. — Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The hemp-derived cannabinoid market continues to grow and evolve despite lingering questions over federal legality and numerous state laws that try to keep pace. ” This provides CDPH with the flexibility to respond quickly to new intoxicating hemp cannabinoid products sold within the state. Your LinkedIn Connections.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Over the past three months, law enforcement raids of “illegal marijuana grows” in Southern Oregon have spiked. And while the rhetoric regarding a “cartel takeover” is rampant among both local and state regulators , among the cases I am aware of, there is no evidence of cartel activity. Thus, any cannabis that has 0.3

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If the insured can demonstrate issues of material fact exist about the nature of the loss, then the insurer cannot win summary judgment as a matter of law and the case will go to a jury to decide. Marijuana and hemp are considered high risk, in a similar category to topless bars, liquor, and guns. 381%, and therefore, marijuana.

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Veriheal

MAY 17, 2021

The letter drafted by these district attorneys stated that; “Marijuana is a wolf in sheep’s clothing… Too many in the general public have been convinced that it is harmless. Please don’t further the lie by voting for any form of legalization beyond the pharmaceutical remedies already available under state law.”

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

Therefore, other governmental institutions with funds not appropriated under this resolution, including the Department of Justice, would still be allowed to pursue action against financial institutions providing financial services to marijuana businesses.

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Veriheal

JUNE 16, 2021

It was an extremely busy, fast-paced job that was definitely stressful. Since society has been conditioned to consider marijuana an illicit drug, individuals end up opting for drinking and taking prescription drugs to deal with stress, ultimately risking the destruction of their health. I worked as a waitress for years.

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