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Cannabis law explained by the lawyers who practise it: analysis and commentary from law firms around the world, with the Cannabis Law Journal.

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills: Gov. Spanberger Vetoes Adult-Use Sales Law

It’s déjà vu all over again. In a move that surprised many — and disappointed more — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has vetoed legislation that would have finally established a regulated adult-use marijuana retail market in the…

Ice Miller

2025 Cannabis Litigation Retrospective

2025 had no shortage of litigation impacting both cannabis and hemp businesses. Looking back at the past year: the hemp industry drew regulatory and legislative actions to limit or control hemp products across the nation; the…

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Legalization and Regulatory Framework for Adult-Use Marijuana

On the heels of the election of Governor Abigail Spanberger, who has publicly supported the legalization and sale of adult-use marijuana, Delegate Paul Krizek introduced HB624 on January 14, 2026.

Rod Kight, Kight Law

Arizona Attorney General Cracks Down on Hemp Products

” (emphasis added) By “unlicensed” she is referring to businesses that are not licensed as “marijuana establishments” under the Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207), the state’s adult-use marijuana law, enacted in 2020.

Troutman Pepper Locke

Weed-ing Through the Laws: A Snapshot of US Cannabis Legislation

S. S. during the first three weeks of 2025. I. Indiana Two weeks ago, two Republican Indiana lawmakers filed bills to: 1) decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana; and 2) legalize medical marijuana and recreate a…

Jean Smith-Gonnell and Carmen Williams, Troutman Pepper Locke

NCAA Drug Testing & Cannabinoids: A Break-Up Story

I. Introduction The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the largest governing body in college athletics. The NCAA regulates all aspects of student athletics among 1,100 schools in the United States. It also…

Miles & Stockbridge

Where States Stand on Medical Marijuana in the Workplace

In granting the motion to dismiss, the court considered whether the plaintiff was a qualified individual within the meaning of the ADA. ” However, the ADA also expressly states that “a qualified individual with a disability shall…

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

Will Virginia Finally Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales?

Cannabis industry participants are keeping close tabs on a potential breakthrough in the Virginia recreational cannabis market. Virginia legalized adult-use recreational cannabis in 2021, but legislation that would have allowed…

McGlinchey Stafford

Hemp Industry 2024: State and Federal Changes

S. are becoming marijuana-friendly, many states are simultaneously attempting to enact more restrictive laws with respect to hemp-derived cannabinoids. Participants in the federally legal hemp industry are already required to…

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Corporate Transparency Act and Its Connection to Cannabis

I. Introduction Effective on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require all nonexempt entities to report certain identifying information of its beneficial owners (as defined below) and company applicants…

Philip Snow and Rod Kight, Kight Law

Virginia Hemp Industry Suffers Major Loss In Court Ruling

November 1, 2023 Kight On Cannabis On October 30, 2023, Judge Leonie Brinkema in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a memorandum opinion in the case Northern Virginia Hemp and Agriculture…

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