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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.
The phrase “gas station weed” is a lazy insult, not a policy position. It is designed to end the discussion before it even begins, and asks us to picture a questionable product in loud packaging sitting next to the candy, sold by…
Every good legal thriller needs a twist, and this one’s a doozy: The DEA — the agency that’s spent over 50 years playing prohibition’s final boss — is now the one arguing marijuana doesn’t belong in Schedule I anymore, while the…
With SF 4401, the state did not leave the hemp industry stranded while the broader cannabis market moves on. It did not wall off hemp operators and tell them to fend for themselves.
Massachusetts’ legal cannabis market is undergoing a transformation, with new rules that increase the amount of marijuana someone over 21 can purchase, ensure potency levels and restructure the Cannabis Control Commission, among…
The Minnesota cannabis program is online and rolling out slowly. Too slowly, in this writer’s humble opinion. That said, a handful of tribal dispensaries have been operating since 2023, and adult use sales at non-tribal shops…
This article was written by Kight Law attorney Amber Lengacher. Kight Law represents hemp businesses in the US and throughout the world.
On January 22, lawmakers in Colorado introduced SB25-076, (the act) which aims to address concerns surrounding the availability of intoxicating products (including regulated cannabis products) within the state, especially to…
On September 25th, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) sent notices to seven licensed testing laboratories, proposing license cancellation in some cases and suspension or fines in others. The notices center on…
As California continues to pioneer in the cannabis industry, a new trend is taking the scene by storm: cannabis consumption lounges. These lounges are becoming the ultimate hangout spots, and the latest buzz is about adding food…
By Daniel Shortt, David Waxman, Perry Salzhauer & Heidi Urness on November 7, 2023
On November 7, 2023, voters in Ohio approvedOhio Issue 2, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative(the Initiative), which legalizes marijuana for recreational use in Ohio.
Those long-awaited proposed revisions to the Mississippi Department of Health’s medical cannabis program regulations dropped last Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, the department released a red-lined version, highlighting exactly…
Cannabis market researcher BDSA estimated state legal adult-use and medical sales of cannabis in the U.S. to be $25 billion in 2021, with the market expected to reach $27 billion in 2022.[1]
Authors Cassandra Beckman Widay and Amy Rubenstein January 30, 2023
Michael has more than 30 years of experience in environmental law. As a former Ohio Assistant Attorney General in its Environmental Enforcement Section, he was responsible for enforcing state and federal regulations related to…
After a recent exposé by NY Cannabis Insider found conflicts between the actual and advertised levels of THC in several strains of legal recreational cannabis available for sale, the state of New York has changed testing…
” Sixty years later and this lyric is true with regard to Minnesota’s cannabis industry. Within the first few days of the 2023 legislative session, a bill was introduced for the legalization of recreational cannabis in Minnesota…
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The SAFE Banking Act is no longer in the National Defense Authorization Act and therefore will not pass in this Congress. For weeks, both industry sources and Congressional sources have been predicting that SAFE would pass in the…
The update will likely be embraced by the state’s two hundred sixty-one licensed conditional cultivators, many of whom had recently expressed concerns that their crops would not meet the OCM’s stringent testing limits.