Canna Law Blog

JULY 21, 2023

As we previously reported here on the blog , New York introduced the idea of a cannabis farmers’ markets to unclog legal weed supply chain. As previously announced, if the plan gets a thumbs-up, a retail cannabis dealer must partner with at least three marijuana farmers to sell flowered weed.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2022

The first is over-the-counter marijuana or recreational marijuana. This is marijuana in its natural state, not to be confused with medical marijuana. This is the true medical marijuana lane. The framework of this lane differs greatly from marijuana as an over-the-counter product. based operators.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

supply chain issues and a trucker labor shortage are due to drug testing policies under the ongoing federal prohibition of cannabis. We’ve legalized marijuana in some states but, obviously, not all but some. Postal Service could be due in part to federal cannabis prohibition, Marijuana Moment reported.

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Veriheal

JUNE 27, 2023

CAURD (Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries) dispensaries are slow to open across the state of New York, causing a backup in the cannabis supply chain. Questions we can only ponder as we watch the harm done by federal marijuana prohibition continue. Federal Marijuana Prohibition Caused This Conundrum In 1937 the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2021

Vicente Sederberg LLP (VS) announced Tuesday it has formed an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practice aimed at helping the burgeoning marijuana and hemp industries become leaders in sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). and around the world.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

As we entered 2020, twelve states had legalized adult-use, recreational marijuana. As the wave of legalization spreads, so do the challenges faced by the marijuana industry, jurisdiction by jurisdiction – and there’s no simple highway between the dawn and the dark of night. Then there’s the issue of how to enforce a smell ordinance.

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Canna Care Docs

JULY 30, 2019

By Likhitha Butchireddygari Two major universities are creating the first career paths for young people interested in the business of marijuana. Recreational marijuana use is legal in 11 states and Washington, D.C., Now, she is interning at Northern Swan, an investment firm that’s focused on all parts of the cannabis supply chain.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 13, 2022

We know that current tax policies disproportionately burden cannabis farmers and small businesses and create instability throughout the supply chain, ultimately undermining the societal benefits of a taxed and regulated market. Newsom proposes tax cut for California marijuana industry. Marijuana Moment.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 11, 2019

While we could devote a book length article to a present day critique of that report we are going to limit our thoughts to a review of the Tax Policy component of the report which appears on pages 48 through 56. The section, “Taxing Marijuana” begins by noting. California will have to wrestle with when and, how to tax marijuana.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

A year later, the Commission and Nectar settled an avalanche of 28 new charges where again, many industry watchers thought a prominent chain would be cooked. We’ve also seen OLCC bend and break its own purported “policies” around infractions and settlement. We need one set of rules and policies for everyone in Oregon cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2020

The industry consensus is that the total THC requirement is impractical and likely devastating to cultivators and, therefore, to every business in the hemp supply chain. First by the European Union, whose Common Agricultural Policy caps THC concentrations at 0.2 But why did the USDA set the dividing line at 0.3 percent anyway?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

ASHLAND, OR. – Illegal marijuana activity has not only disrupted the legal cannabis industry, but it’s also jeopardizing southern Oregon’s wine industry, according to testimony the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) heard this week. Commissioners also approved three stipulated settlement agreements.

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WeedAdvisor

APRIL 29, 2019

Mexico already has legal cannabis production in place, as they allowed for medical marijuana in 2017. states with legal recreational marijuana, the idea to lift prohibition came from a political source. In fact, politicians were essentially forced to legalize marijuana. Misguided Policies”. . How it Happened. .

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2019

While we could devote a book length article to a present day critique of that report we are going to limit our thoughts to a review of the Tax Policy component of the report which appears on pages 48 through 56. The section, “Taxing Marijuana” begins by noting. California will have to wrestle with when and, how to tax marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2022

The commercial regulated cannabis industry, which includes both industrial hemp and marijuana, is in its infancy. We are witnessing the real-time creation and evolution of the relevant supply chains – locally, statewide, nationally, and globally. We have also seen that many states have enacted marijuana delivery licensure.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

Latest study designed to encourage sensible policy development. OLCC Provides Oregon Legislature with Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Study. . 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report. 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report. January 31, 2019.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

Roughly 50 speakers, including state governments, Indian tribe representatives, and stakeholders in the supply chain of hemp, shared their thoughts during the three-hour long webinar. Supply Chain Stakeholders. As of the date of this memo, only a handful of states and Indian tribes have submitted their plans.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

As the BVI continues to be locked in dialogue with the United Kingdom for the assent of its long-delayed Cannabis Licensing Act, St Vincent and the Grenadines has been granted permission to export medical marijuana. He cited concerns about the absence of a marijuana licensing body. Other OECS members states invited to participate.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2020

We’ll be covering what coronavirus means for cannabis cultivators, processors, and consumers, the disruption to hemp and marijuana supply chains, how cannabusiness owners are managing this pandemic, the uncertain status of worldwide cannabis events, and much more!

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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 28, 2019

But as the policy change slowly inches its way to ending black market sales, a new legal thorn is now in our side. In October, we reported on a successful robbery on a legal grow op in Durham, Ontario, where the suspects made off with a significant load of dried marijuana. One of legalization’s purposes was to prevent crime.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Among the few businesses deemed essential were the state’s marijuana retail stores, processors, and growers. Marijuana businesses provide a case study as to what businesses will look like in the COVID-19 era. A trip to the marijuana store is one of the few retail experiences we have outside of visiting the grocery store.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 4, 2021

Seizures of illicit marijuana at the U.S. In the 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment , which was released by the DEA on Wednesday, the agency notes that despite its continued illegality under federal law, marijuana “is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.”. Pot Supply Produced Domestically. But the U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

Policy-based solutions to the Drug War are hard to find. The Future of Mexico’s Cannabis Policy. This week, I travelled to our southern neighbor to discuss the future of Mexico’s cannabis policy with top political decision makers. Learning from these trends can help greatly in enacting good legalization policy. .

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Veriheal

MAY 4, 2023

On top of this, another controlled cannabis supply chain will roll out across Europe in 2024, but this time in the Netherlands. European Cannabis Rules Leave Consumers With Limited Options A growing list of EU countries have legalized medical marijuana in recent years. billion) by 2027.

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The Joint Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy, which is part of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, unveiled plans for the issuance of Maine’s first active licenses for adult use marijuana establishments. They did so through a press release posted publicly and sent to members of the media.

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 20, 2024

Renewal process for medical marijuana cards in Maryland The renewal process for medical marijuana cards in Maryland involves several straightforward steps to ensure continued patient access to cannabis treatments. Stay informed about these updates to maximize the benefits of Maryland’s medical cannabis program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Skip the “medical marijuana” springboard. Every time I write about medical marijuana, people write me emails. He then proceeded to ask: “why is medical marijuana licensing even still a thing?” As a result, industry in those states—including at the ownership level—may look and feel similar to the composition of their citizenries.

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CannaMD

APRIL 15, 2020

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has issued marijuana policy guidance for lawmakers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, along with a statement regarding the designation of medical cannabis facilities as “essential.” NORML: COVID-19 Memo to Lawmakers.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

The newly signed legal framework will boost medical cannabis purchase limits, as well as prolong specific policies that were imposed on a temporary basis when the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis initially erupted. On Wednesday, June 30, Governor Tom Wolf (D) of Pennsylvania signed medical cannabis legislation amendments into effect.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Schlag has a keen interest in national and international drug policies, related regulatory challenges and public communications. Serving on a number of for-profit and non-profit boards, Anand is, most notably, on the boards of the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis in the UK and Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM).

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 2, 2021

Many cannabis companies are working to understand Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) trends so that they may mitigate risks and establish compliant policies at the enterprise level. Growers already analyze their environmental impacts. Brands are required to know the sources of their ingredients and to track their quality.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Three suspects have been arrested in a series of burglaries at Tulsa marijuana dispensaries. On the last Monday of November, Senter and other stakeholders activists d gathered in downtown Oakland to rally and address state and local policy issues relating to security, tax amnesty, and small businesses.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I first met Bob Hoban a decade ago when our two law firms began the uncertain journey into providing legal services to cannabis clients entering Colorado’s great marijuana social experiment. Who could have foreseen the explosion of a true international cannabis industry back then? Bob Hoban did.

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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. A pending bill in Oklahoma would legally define marijuana to include delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC, in addition to the more commonly known delta-9 THC.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. When the Capital market began to move toward medical marijuana, I took advantage of the opportunity to help shape the market and opened District Growers.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With Juul recently in the news and vaping bans going into effect around the country (see our recent coverage here , here , here and here ), marijuana companies have been asking us questions about what to expect in the near term. On a products liability policy, pay special attention to the health hazard exclusion.

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