Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

A couple of months ago I wrote a “Hemp/CBD litigation forecast.” (See here.) One topic of that post was the rise in class actions against Hemp-CBD companies and I noted the consumer class action complaint filed against JustCBD in the Southern District of Florida, Case No. 0:19-cv-62067-RS. The gravamen of the complaint is that JustCBD overstated the quantity of CBD contained in its products on numerous occasions and in violation of representations and warranties it made in connection with sellin

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Marketwatch report . Drake’s attempt to trademark Canada’s warning label for marijuana appears to have failed, but not entirely because Canada owns the rights. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office informed the rapper Thursday that his attempt to trademark the symbol, originally reported by MarketWatch earlier this month , is legally rejected. The main reason for rejecting the application, however, was that another company actually has a trademark for the phrase “THC.”.

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TheAnswerPage

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) published The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research. This report stated multiple conclusions about the use of cannabis/cannabinoids to treat chronic pain and the associated ailments of chronic pain. What were those conclusions?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Of course he does ! Whole Foods CEO John Mackey recently said, unprompted, that he expects grocery stores — presumably including Whole Foods — to begin retailing cannabis products once legalization occurs. Reports GlobalHealthMagz.com. The report goes on to say. Whole Foods CEO John Makey told reporters last week that once cannabis is legalized in Texas, Whole Foods and other grocery stores should be able to sell it, Marijuana Moment reports.

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Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin introduced legislation recently that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana for those 21 and older. “How many more people have to be lost before we actually get the courage to do something about it?” said Rep. David Crowley, of Milwaukee. Nearly 15,000 adults in Wisconsin were arrested in 2018 for marijuana possession, a 3% increase from 2017, according to data from the state Department of Justice.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – November 22, 2019) – EuroLife Brands (CSE: EURO) (FSE: 3CMA) (OTC Pink: EURPF) (“EuroLife” or the “Company”), a leading global markets cannabis brand empowering the medical, adult-use and CPG cannabis industry, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Binding Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) whereby EuroLife has been granted a participation right in a state-of-the-art industrial hemp cultivation ope

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

KANNABEIRA® is a project and a registered trademark under the company Green Donation, Ltd. for the production R&D of pharmaceutical grade standardised cannabis. Here the company shares their evolution with Health Europa, exploring the production of pharmaceutical grade standardised cannabis. KANNABEIRA and standardised cannabis. KANNABEIRA is located at the heart of Portugal, less than 100 km from Spain, in the municipality of Fundão at the bottom of the highest mountains in Portugal, where

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

This three-part series by the Cannabis Fund explores the opportunity Hong Kong has to become a main-players in the medical cannabis and hemp industry in Asia. Part I looks at why Asia is a prime spot for the distribution of these products, and how best to begin such initiatives. Medical cannabis, its milder cousin CBD, and a plethora of environmental and impact hemp technologies are already sweeping across Asia.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

MJ Biz report, “The German federal government will buy at least 650 kilograms (1,433 pounds) of medical cannabis flower from domestic producers for approximately 1.5 million euros ($1.66 million) per quarter, which sets the average wholesale price at 2.3 euros per gram.” The wholesale price implies that the high margins medical marijuana companies once enjoyed in that market could soon become a thing of the past./.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

MJ Biz write. The guidelines address: Laboratory testing during the growing and production process. The amount of cannabis that can be grown during the validation period. Post-harvest processing that is not on the farm site. The approval of specific batches for export. The local supply of medical cannabis ahead of export approval. Here’s the document (Hebrew).

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