The Blunt Truth
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, it’s all about the election. It was a mixed bag for cannabis – two states voted YES and three states voted NO. Let’s have a look at each. Note: shout-out to Marijuana Moment , for their excellent election coverage, including live results by county for each state.
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
10 WJAR has the details Numerous cities and towns voted to approve or ban the sale of recreational cannabis on Tuesday’s ballot. Gov. Dan McKee signed legislation in May to legalize recreational marijuana in Rhode Island. Six municipalities voted to ban the sale of recreational cannabis, according to initial state results. Those municipalities were: Barrington.
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Veriheal
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics. While there is no cure for TS, a study found that cannabis was able to improve severe vocal-blocking tics. An estimated 100,000 Americans live with TS, and cannabis could be a candidate for enhancing their quality of life. What Is Tourette Syndrome?
Leafly
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
A large dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, was shown to help people suffering from a type of severe depression in a new study. The post New study shows psilocybin can help with severe depression appeared first on Leafly.
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.
Veriheal
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
This year’s midterm elections featured cannabis legalization ballot initiatives in five different states. With the dust finally settled and all the votes counted, it’s time to look at this year’s mixed-bag midterms. The Winners. Maryland. Maryland’s Question 4 received overwhelming support, with a whopping 65.6% of voters approving the initiative.
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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The 2022 general election saw cannabis on the ballot in 32 municipalities across Michigan. With the votes tallied, it appears that 13 municipalities voted in favor of initiatives to expand cannabis access that were on the ballot. Some of those municipalities voted to allow cannabis businesses for the first time, while others voted to expand legal access from only medical to adult use.
Canna Law Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
We’ve anticipated this for a while, but a recent lawsuit indicates that certain marijuana company mislabeling antics are getting called out, regarding false advertising. One recent lawsuit heralds a potential new wave of litigation. The lawsuit. The plaintiffs are two California consumers who sued a California marijuana company, DreamFields Brands, Inc. and Med for America for false advertising.
MaxQ Cannabis
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Data analytics is a vital tool for any business or industry, and the Cannabis industry is no exception. Analytics offer insight into large and often disparate systems. Businesses can make sense of trends, track responses to activities, and even sometimes predict the future with “predictive analytics”. Many Businesses Intelligence (BI) tools are available to Cannabis […].
Canna Law Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
On November 10, 2022, a Judge Gary L. Sharpe of the New York Federal District Court in Syracuse entered an order enjoining New York’s retail cannabis dispensary application process in five regions of the state (Brooklyn, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson and Western New York) for the Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (“CAURD”) licenses.
The Cannigma
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Medical: technically legal, no access Recreational: illegal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Hungary. Medical cannabis is technically legal, but there is no legal structure for growing, processing, buying, selling, or getting a prescription for it. Cannabis in Hungary. Hungary’s laws don’t differentiate between cannabis and harder drugs. More than half of the country’s drug law offenses in 2017 were related to cannabis, and according to Hungarian law, both drug use and possession are punis
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Section 280 takes the profit out of the cannabis business by disallowing “deductions” and creating huge income tax liabilities. But if 280E tax debt isn’t also forgiven, the current cannabis industry won’t survive against newcomers, says Greenspoon Marder’s Nicholas J. Richards. Recent downturns in cannabis sales and loss of capital investments have revealed the industry’s […].
Cannabis Life Network
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Let Health Canada know what you think by taking the survey here. Health Canada wants to end medical cannabis in Canada. They’ve opened up a survey for Canadians to input their opinions. But as is usually the case with these things, the decisions have already been made. “They’ve always been disingenuous when they put these sorts of surveys out,” says Ted Smith, long-time cannabis activist and contributor to Cannabis Digest. “They’ve really got their minds made
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Remember the promise of the new cannabis environment in Malta! Sounds like the usual jobs for the boys now in play The Time of Malta reports today. Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech has been sacked from her position as executive chairperson of the new cannabis authority. The government made no announcement but when contacted on Friday, Dimech said she […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The latest update from the Times of Malta Leonid McKay, the former director of Caritas, is to be appointed to head the cannabis authority after its previous chairperson announced she had been dismissed from the post. In a statement on Friday morning, Mariella Dimech said her job had been terminated. She said she had worked with […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE CLEVER Leaves Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVR, CLVRW), a leading multinational operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, announced today that its facility in Portugal has been granted EU-GMP certification by the Portuguese Health Authority (INFARMED, I.P.) to manufacture dried cannabis flower as an active pharmaceutical ingredient and as finished product.
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Five states voted yesterday on adult-use cannabis legalization. It was not the Green Wave of 2020, but two more states did join the growing number of states that have legalized cannabis for adult-use. Specifically, Maryland passed its ballot measure by a large margin, and Missouri passed its measure by a slimmer margin. These results increase […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The Monterey Herald reports SALINAS — Monterey County elected officials on Tuesday voted to deliver to cannabis growers and manufacturers another break in taxes as an industry glut continues to pressure prices. Through an at-times complex and convoluted discussion Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors wrestled with providing relief to the county cannabis industry.
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Via The National Law Review Recently, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted safe harbor warning regulations for cannabis smoke and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) under California Proposition 65.[1] What is Proposition 65? The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (also known as Proposition 65) requires the governor of California to publish, […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Informed piece by the Times. Here’s the introduction Cannabis shops have multiplied since the drug was decriminalized, with caveats, in June. But some lawmakers are pushing for tighter regulation. Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essentially legalizes […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Hemp Today reports A UK CBD seller has received a warning from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over health claims in marketing materials. The ASA, which reviews advertising for violations under rules of the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), told London-based Blessed CBD to stop making the claims. ASA cited four “advertorials” about Blessed products […].
Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
While President Biden recently announced a shift in how cannabis legalization may move forward at the federal level, voters in five states (Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota) went to the polls Tuesday with recreational use cannabis legalization on the ballot. Legalization efforts failed in Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota, while Maryland and Missouri […].
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