Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

In a decision last week, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the state law protecting “lawful activities” or “lawful off-duty conduct” does not apply to non-medical cannabis consumption, according to an Ogletree Deakins report. Court Rules Off-Duty Recreational Cannabis Use Not Protected By Nevada State Law.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Medical marijuana is currently legal in 31 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, and 46 states have some form of medical marijuana law ; however, it remains illegal under federal law. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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Chronic Pain Legislation Treatment State Laws 213

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

As the psychedelic renaissance contributes to a swelling pool of safety and efficacy data pertaining to the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic medicine, many localities—particularly in North America—are revising their legal frameworks. United States. Mapping Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform. A number of U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. States show no signs of slowing down.

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Recreational Marijuana Legalization Policy 122

Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

However, that statistic doesnt mean prices have been dropping in many states. Last year, the price of an eighth of weed ranged from about $25 to $60 in s tates with a legal recreational Adult-Use market. However, in some legal states like New Jersey, the price for top-shelf flower can often go as high as $70 per eighth.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the tentacles of the federal policy of cannabis prohibition run deep into nearly every sector of American public policy, a new voice emerged to call for clarity regarding state-legal cannabis marketplaces: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

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Banking Policy Business Safety 163

NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This created issues for law enforcement and testing facilities in determining the difference between legal hemp and illegal marijuana. Update : Hb 1343 is scheduled for a Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Executive Session at 1pm on 3/3/20 in Legislative Office Building 204. GA resident? NH resident? OK resident?

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Legislation Patients Decriminalization Access 257

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. States show no signs of slowing down.

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Recreational Legalization Marijuana Policy 105

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The recent wave of crackdowns on cannabidiol (“CBD”)-infused alcohol beverages has further exacerbated public confusion regarding the legal status of the cannabis plant’s non-psychoactive compound. As we previously explained , alcoholic beverages are regulated by federal and state laws.

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CBD Seed-To-Sale Legalization Hemp 104

NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The bill would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming cannabis. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of legalization. CO resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 255

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Still, for all its promise, would-be clinic owners, practitioners, and consumers may be confused about the legality of such clinics. There are questions about the logistics of opening and running one of these types of businesses, given the complex interplay of laws and regulations promulgated by bodies from the U.S.

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Therapy Legalization Chronic Pain DEA 104

Veriheal

JUNE 23, 2022

The legalization of cannabis is opening many doors in states that are embracing it. However, not all changes spurred by the creation of a legal industry are necessarily positive. With legalization comes an increase in DUI charges. MMJ Patients Criminalized Despite Legality.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 19, 2019

In addition to legalizing adult use and possession of cannabis, the law creates a statewide regulatory regime for commercial cannabis activity, but also provides discretion to local jurisdictions to prohibit or restrict such businesses. That study found that “single-family residences close to a retail conversion (within 0.1

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Retail Safety Medicine State Laws 92

Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

MarketWatch ran an article last week on how this year’s Academy Award swag bags “are packed” with “legal” cannabis. I’m always happy to see an article like this because it means California legalization is working. of the Health & Safety Code. Now featuring cannabis! Under MACURSA and Prop.

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Wellness and Beauty Legalization Food CBD 99

NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. CO resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 196

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Consumer products law blog. Class actions against CBD companies proliferate under federal and state law. Hemp-derived CBD was legalized in 2018 under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, or Farm Bill. Class actions against CBD companies proliferate under federal and state law. Is it worth the risk?

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State Laws Law CBD Food 59

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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Legislation Clinical Trials Research and Development Access 141

Veriheal

JUNE 7, 2023

On April 21, 2023, Delaware became the 22nd state to legalize marijuana—despite the governor’s opposition. John Carney (D) passed two bills to legalize cannabis into law without his signature. They have been advocating for legalization because of the economic potential of the industry to bring in huge tax revenue.

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Recreational Legalization Legislation Advocacy 92

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

After the companies won at district court, the agency appealed and the state’s highest civil court agreed to hear oral arguments on March 22. The state law at issue, passed in 2019, prohibits the manufacture of hemp meant to be smoked. It followed the passage of the federal 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp nationwide.

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Hemp Safety State Laws Law 116

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

Connecticut has become the 19 th state to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults. The drug testing provisions of the law do not apply to employers who are required to conduct drug testing pursuant to: (1) U.S. Connecticut will permit individuals 21 years of age and older to possess and use recreational cannabis.

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Recreational Legalization Marijuana Safety 78

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 2, 2021

A recent lawsuit filed against the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) claims that the organization did not make its meeting agenda available to the public, which violated a state law known as the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. Rachel Bussett of Bussett Legal Group , and Durbin’s co-counsel, accused the OMMA of being “sneaky.”

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State Laws Law Seed-To-Sale Marijuana 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Connecticu t’s legalization efforts looked all but certain to fail at the beginning of the week, but now it’s headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. During the state’s normal legislative calendar, lawmakers passed a similar bill, but Republicans pushed back and it never made it to a vote.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

House Bill 1089 would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming marijuana. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of legalization.

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Legislation Decriminalization Safety Cultivation 192

Veriheal

MAY 17, 2021

There are 36 states in the United States that have chosen the legalization of medical cannabis for residents of their states. Many of them even offer the ability for visiting medical cannabis patients from other states to participate in their programs. ” State Doctors Oppose Legalization in Alabama.

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Legalization Pharmaceutical Therapy Chronic Pain 93

NORML

MAY 3, 2019

The district attorney for Philadelphia, PA testified during a cannabis legalization hearing that he will not pursue cannabis DUI cases unless “people show active—I repeat active—psychoactive amounts of cannabis in their system.” CO resident? ME resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expungement.

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 186

The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2021

Through the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act recently signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York legalized recreational cannabis use by adults over the age of 21. Legal advice provided by Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP is designed to counsel clients regarding existing and/or proposed cannabis laws. DHC Cannabis Group.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2021

More than 6,000 Bronx misdemeanor marijuana cases went up in smoke Thursday, dismissed in line with state laws making much use of the drug legal. The move follows state law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana — including smoking in public — that took effect two months ago. More at NY Daily News.

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Legalization Marijuana State Laws Education 63

The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Because the state decriminalized recreational cannabis in 2017, the plaintiff argued that his employer could not terminate him for his off-duty use of the drug. The court framed the issue as whether “lawful use in this state” means “lawful under state law” or “generally lawful, under both state and federal law.”

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Recreational Law Decriminalization State Laws 116

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

And some business owners like to operate without legal or financial safety netsbut they rarely last long. Do you plan to take the company public, once legally and commercially feasible? Your answers to these and other questions will guide your legal and tax advisors in helping you choose the best business entity and structure.

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Business Compliance Compliance Cannabis 73

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2022

Forest Service (USFS) human resources division posted a notice on Monday that says while cannabis is legal in some form in a majority of states, federal workers “must remain drug-free and refrain from illegal drug use whether on or off duty regardless of state laws.”. Drug testing.

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Safety State Laws CBD Law 98

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

Almost three years since the legalization of hemp production in the United States, the U.S. Despite its multi-year process of assessing potential exceptions from the Drug Preclusion and evaluating the safety and science of CBD, the FDA has not changed its prohibitive approach. Safety Data Matters. Shalala , 35 F.

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Hemp Safety Food Data 105

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

AUGUST 14, 2019

New Mexico’s governor has officially become a party in a legal battle over whether medical cannabis cards should be issued to out-of-state residents. On Wednesday, a state district judge approved Gov.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

In April, the council held a work session examining the public safety and health aspects of legal cannabis. A month later, it held another work session on changes to the county’s land-use and planning code that would make way for legal cannabis and specify where pot businesses can be located.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

The measure prohibits the release of past records for any marijuana offense that is no longer defined as a crime under state law. Update : HB 1343 is scheduled for a Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Executive Session at 1pm on 3/3/20 in Legislative Office Building 204. AK resident? NH resident? VA resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Patients Edibles 160

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Update : The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold an executive session for HB 399 on 1/17 at 11am. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 80, to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for adults. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. NH resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 234

NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. Presently, V.A. Legislation is pending, S. Update : H. MA resident?

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