Fri.Aug 10, 2018

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Medical Cannabis Coming Soon to the Sooner State

NewsMunchies

Some people would sooner move to the Sooner State a.k.a. Oklahoma than stay in sunny Florida. Here’s why: Gov. Mary Fallin signed new rules for Oklahoma’s medical cannabis market that are preferential to Florida’s. The approval of a medical cannabis proposal in a deeply red state like Oklahoma shows cannabis is becoming more mainstream. But is it enough to move the needle towards legalization?

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Battle of the Bills

MJ Business Attorneys

Nation-wide legalization of hemp made its way through the Senate on June 13, 2018 when the Senate passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill 86-11. The Senate version would in effect remove hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and authorize the growth of industrial hemp as an agricultural crop. Hemp, derivatives of hemp, and hemp extracts would no longer be within the scope of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s control, and the plant would be treated as an agricultural commodity.

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