Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

The state has introduced a new program to compensate Maine cities and towns for costs they incur when opting to permit recreational, adult-use cannabis businesses. This year, sales are on pace to be more than $120 million, with retailers selling cannabis at a rate of $10 million a month through the first five months of the year.

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Recreational Consumption Research and Development Safety 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Here’s what they are saying… More evidence is emerging that crash rates go up when states legalize recreational use and retail sales of marijuana. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Results: Legalization of the recreational use of marijuana was associated with a statistically significant 6.6% THE REPORT.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A 13-member committee will study Alaska’s recreational marijuana taxes, fees and regulations. Mike Dunleavy (R) issued an executive order Wednesday establishing the Governor’s Advisory Task Force on Recreational Marijuana that will study the state’s seven-year-old marijuana industry. Alaskans approved recreational marijuana in 2014.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed “ The Rhode Island Cannabis Act ,” which grants adults aged 21 and older the right to possess and grow certain amounts of cannabis for recreational use. Retail sales are expected to begin as early as December 1, 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

27, 2022 /CNW/ – Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) (TSX: WEED ) (NASDAQ: CGC) announced today that the Company has entered into agreements to divest its retail business across Canada which includes the stores operating under the Tweed and Tokyo Smoke retail banners.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2020

Public Safety (PS) is supporting efforts to enforce the legalization and regulation of cannabis through activities to deter criminal activity and to help ensure that organized crime does not penetrate the legalized system. PS is working with the PTs and other key stakeholders (e.g., Considerations.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Cannabis retail centers are an emerging trend in communities across the country. The plans call for a cannabis retail center that offers a wide variety of services, including CBD and cannabis products, foods, spas and educational services. “We Cannabis Retail Center Potential for Michigan Town. CBD that contains less than.3

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

The bill would appropriate $2 million to a Cannabis Control Commission to launch administration of the law, with “priorities for the allocation of the remaining funds subject to appropriation,” starting with $100,000 annually to the Department of Safety for a drug monitoring initiative and data collection on health impacts.

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Veriheal

MAY 4, 2021

Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation that officially legalized recreational cannabis for the state. When asked about recreational cannabis legalization Gov. Recreational cannabis helps boost tourism. What’s Permitted For Recreational Use. The post Congratulations to New Mexico for Recreational Cannabis Legalization!

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NORML

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states.” … Our results from Colorado and Washington suggest that legalization has not had major detrimental effects on public safety.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

OLCC Provides Oregon Legislature with Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Study. . Portland, OR — Today the Oregon Liquor Control Commission provided the Oregon Legislative Assembly with the 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report required by ORS 475B.548. January 31, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A petition has been filed in an effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma. Specifically, it protects the personal use of marijuana for those 21 years old and older, while establishing quantity limits, safety standards and other restrictions, according to the language of the petition. OKLAHOMA CITY —.

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WeedAdvisor

JUNE 12, 2019

Despite the fact the recreational marijuana makes it easily accessible by all, it has devastating effects on the medical market. According to the Tampa Bay Times , recreational legalization cuts well-established medical marijuana programs off at the knees. Significant Losses for Medical Marijuana. . Disparities.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 31, 2022

Curaleaf operates 101 retail cannabis dispensaries in 16 states. Cannabis products are being produced and distributed in an increasing number of forms while a growing variety of cannabis-infused foods and beverages are being marketed in growing number of states with legal recreational cannabis.

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NORML

AUGUST 29, 2019

. “These regulations should include age restrictions, prohibitions on the unlicensed commercial production or retail sale of the plant and rational limits with regard to product marketing.” ” For more information on the public health and safety of cannabis, please see NORML’s fact-sheets here.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 18, 2023

The NAACP’s blueprint for a fair cannabis industry, cannabis wellness takes center stage at High Rise Dry Bar in South Carolina, and New York’s legal limbo stalls its recreational market. A state Supreme Court judge ruled to uphold an injunction preventing the issuance of new licenses or approval of retail dispensary plans.

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WeedAdvisor

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As Illinois prepares to follow through with their recreational marijuana rollout, Marijuana Business Daily reports the state’s biggest increase in medical cannabis sales throughout the program’s history. In Illinois, recreational users will pay 25 to 35% tax on each purchase, depending on the product. Other Changes. .

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The public hearing lasted about 35 minutes and a hot topic was whether retailers may continue to deliver medical and recreational marijuana to customers and patients through a drive-up window or whether the OLCC will kill drive-thru delivery. But that possible rejoinder leads directly to the second concern: safety.

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Marijuana Safety Dispensary Retail 86

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

The proposed regulations are the latest indication that the CCB is pushing for adult-use sales by the end of the year (which we still think is unlikely), given that each set of proposed cannabis regulations is focused on consumer safety. design and construction firms) for the construction of conditional retail dispensary locations.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The researchers examined 14 businesses and their social media use to explore whether recreational cannabis businesses were adhering to the safety-based regulations. In the era of legalized cannabis use, retail cannabis companies often use social media marketing on platforms popular among youth. 2022.83.27.

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The Joint Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The Office intends to issue the first active licenses to recreational cannabis businesses on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Retail sales of adult use marijuana to consumers 21 years of age or older will be permitted starting on Friday, October 9, 2020. They did so through a press release posted publicly and sent to members of the media.

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Recreational Legalization Supply Chain Marijuana 26

CannaMD

MARCH 3, 2021

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Does access to marijuana result in an increase in violent crimes over state lines, or does it lessen crime and bolster public safety? WHY DOES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION DECREASE CRIME?

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2020

Maine is planning to have its first recreational marijuana shops open in June, three months later than expected. Maine is “very close” to issuing the first round of conditional recreational business licenses, said Erik Gundersen, the director of the Office of Marijuana Policy. Retail shops need state-issued conditional licenses.

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Dispensary Safety Conditions Banking 59

Veriheal

JANUARY 12, 2024

Colorado legalized recreational cannabis in 2014 and has seen incredible sales over the last decade. Under a recently enacted state law , the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) will deploy at least 50 undercover buyers each year to licensed cannabis retailers. Since January 1, 2014, dispensaries have totaled sales of $15.28

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

JULY 27, 2022

The City of Mount Pleasant adopted a municipal ordinance pursuant to the MRTMA that authorized a maximum of 3 marijuana retailer licenses. The ordinance established nine criteria and created a selection committee consisting of the city clerk, the city planner, and the director of public safety. Ten applicants sought these 3 licenses.

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Retail Recreational Marijuana Safety 82

Canna Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

The Board’s consumer safety concern is indeed a legitimate one as recreational use cannabis producers were previously not required to test for pesticides at all. It is hard to imagine these new rules not resulting in downstream testing compliance requirements from retailers to processors and producers.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2022

On June 22, 2021, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older. In the case of a job applicant, an employer can rescind a job offer if an applicant tests positive for recreational marijuana so long as the employer makes the policy available to the applicant at the time of offer. Now is no different.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Less than three years after the first licensed recreational marijuana retailers began doing business in Massachusetts, regulated cannabis dispensaries have rung up more than $2 billion in adult-use cannabis sales, state officials announced on Wednesday. . million in gross sales. Sales for all of the 2019 calendar year amounted to $444.9

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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. DHC’s experience representing clients in highly regulated industries allows us to assist clients in the cannabis space as they navigate the complexities of these regulations.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Pacific Daily News reports on measures that Guam authorities want to take to stop cheating on taxes and ensure the safety of cannabis products sold in Guam. Those who operate recreational cannabis businesses should be restricted to only one type of business— cultivation, manufacturing or retail — Cannabis Control Board members said.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As it stands, dispensaries can open only in Long Island towns that opted in for retail cannabis sales. To date, Babylon, Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton have opted-in to permit recreational cannabis sales. The zoning amendment bans cannabis smoking rooms and retail stores from downtown business districts. Southampton.

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Dispensary Retail Consumption Legislation 70

Veriheal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

After nearly two years of success with recreational cannabis, New Jersey lawmakers are hoping to make some positive changes to cannabis laws in the state. According to the CRC, “The Commission expects the State to generate tax revenues on the retail sales of medical cannabis items purchased at clinical registrant dispensaries.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When it comes to real estate statistics from this survey, it seems that just over half of adults would consider purchasing a home next to a retail cannabis dispensary. Additionally, 69% stated that they would purchase one located within one mile of an adult retail cannabis store. Maryland saw 65.6%

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Dispensary Retail Legalization Cannabis 104

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

Laura Davis; environmental, health and safety consultant; YellowBird ; Phoenix writes. It’s been a decade since Colorado legalized cannabis for recreational use, but the industry still has a long way to go to effectively and consistently ensure the safety of marijuana cultivators, extractors, lab workers and retail representatives.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

Sticky’s Pot Shop, which unsuccessfully defied the county’s ban on recreational cannabis, will reopen in its Hazel Dell location should the Clark County Council vote to reverse the prohibition. In April, the council held a work session examining the public safety and health aspects of legal cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

The 15% excise tax on cannabis sales would remain, and the collection and remittance of that tax would be limited to retail sales beginning January 1, 2023. per ounce of fresh cannabis plant, and these taxes are paid on all recreational and medicinal cultivation of cannabis. Currently, the cultivation tax rates are $10.08

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Voters paved the way for the City of Costa Mesa to allow commercial cannabis retail stores by approving a measure allowing a 4%-7% gross receipts tax on retail marijuana businesses generating an estimated $3 million per year for city services, and the regulation of marijuana business locations. Costa Mesa: Measure Q.

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