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Downstream Effects: April 2023

Project CBD

We start with some positive news from the Golden State. Then a follow-up on our investigative report about Curaleaf, the world’s biggest cannabis company. And freedom of expression takes a hit when it comes to cannabis advocacy in the Czech Republic. That’s a lot of plastic tags for an industry with green pretensions.”

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Illinois switches to new vendor for cannabis seed-to-sale system

Illinois News Joint

May 2023, the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced that Illinois was switching its cannabis seed-to-sale tracking system from BioTrack to Metrc and listed this transition as an Essential Projects in the FY2023 Annual Cannabis Report and again in the FY2024 report.

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New York: Cuomo Appoints Cannabis Director

Cannabis Law Report

Cuomo is turning to Norman Birenbaum, the former implementation director for the Rhode Island Office of Cannabis Regulation, to fill the new post. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced the appointment of a director of cannabis programs. Norman Birenbaum has been appointed Director of Cannabis Programs. THE PRESS RELEASE.

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Chicago-based marijuana giant part of federal pay-to-play investigation – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

You are here: Home / News & Insights / Chicago-based marijuana giant part of federal pay-to-play investigation. Investigators have been scrutinizing campaign donations and other steps Green Thumb Industries took as it sought to secure growing and distribution licenses in Illinois and several other states, sources told the Chicago Tribune.

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Is Growing and Dispensing Cannabis a Sin?

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

In mid-May, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin told the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Senate Appropriations Committee that cannabis businesses would not be eligible for Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) tax benefits. Read More › Tags:

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Maine Launches Track ‘n’ Trace. Guess What Users Aren’t Happy

Cannabis Law Report

The state’s pot policy office initially describes a costly tagging system for tracing products from plant to retail, then offers a more business-friendly explanation hours later. Individual retail products will not require their own track-and-trace tag after all. The cost of the tag wasn’t the problem.

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Celebrate What’s (Now) Legal This 4/20/20

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Government officials declared cannabis dispensaries around the nation as “essential.” As businesses were shut down amidst Corona-virus concerns, cannabis dispensaries were quietly and routinely exempted as essential medical facilities. This is good – and historic – news for the medical cannabis community.