Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

However, the CSA contains an exemption, whereby section 863 does not apply to any person authorized by state law to manufacture, possess or distribute drug paraphernalia. Department of Justice has declined to enforce the CSA’s prohibition on the sale of marijuana when the marijuana is bought or sold in accordance with state law.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Medical marijuana is currently legal in 31 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, and 46 states have some form of medical marijuana law ; however, it remains illegal under federal law. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

8, 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64, also known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA). Proposition 64 changed state law to legalize adult non-medical use of marijuana, created a system for regulating non-medical marijuana businesses, imposed taxes on marijuana, and changed penalties for marijuana-related crimes.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 8, 2021

The mass reduction and dismissals came almost a year after the San Diego County district attorney’s office submitted a list of cases for relief as part of a state law that required prosecutors to find eligible cases.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 23, 2022

The policy order eliminated the tax, currently part of Massachusetts state law, in a move to “support the viability” of recreational dispensaries in Cambridge, according to an early version of the policy order.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 3, 2020

New laws expanding the medical marijuana program in Louisiana went into effect on August 1. The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

However, the CSA contains an exemption, whereby section 863 does not apply to any person authorized by state law to manufacture, possess or distribute drug paraphernalia. Department of Justice has declined to enforce the CSA’s prohibition on the sale of marijuana when the marijuana is bought or sold in accordance with state law.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2022

CN) — A program outlined in Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016 in California, is to give back to those harmed by the War on Drugs. Courthouse News. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) The CalCRG program uses a cannabis excise and cultivation tax to give out $35.5

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court judge this week chided Florida health officials for not following up on promises to grant additional medical marijuana licenses as required by state law, saying potential applicants are “understandably frustrated” and offering a legal playbook for entrepreneurs who have been shut out of the cannabis market for years.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Elected in 2016, Fetgatter has been trying to update laws that address driving under the influence of drugs. As of now the presence of any Schedule I substance or its metabolites in blood or bodily fluid can, according to state law , be proof that a person is in the commission of DUI.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2019

As the laws around cannabis struggle to keep up with the industry, attorneys at the firm say they know companies are going to be caught in the crossfire. Medical marijuana is an even trickier tangle of federal and state laws. Under federal law, marijuana possession and production are still illegal.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The state filed a motion on behalf of the California Bureau of Cannabis to join a lawsuit against Santa Cruz county, which has banned deliveries by companies it has not licensed. In Fresno, cities are fighting the state contending that state law allows them to decide whether organizations can sell cannabis in their communities.

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United Patients Group

APRIL 3, 2023

A recommendation from a physician is simply permission (‘recommendation’) for the patient to use cannabis, which can be obtained in any state where medical marijuana is legal. Although both are legal under state law, there are currently 29 states with legislation allowing for medical cannabis and the District of Columbia.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

State law allows employees to use CBD oil, while other laws allow employers to fire workers for using it. Back in March, 2016, House Bill 722 was introduced to allow Georgia manufacturers to grow and cultivate medical marijuana in-state under strict controls. The lack of clear guidelines is frustrating workers.

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The Joint Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

The state had deemed most of these communities as neighborhoods with high numbers of such arrests, the Aurora Beacon-News reported. “A major reason for the decline in arrests is a 2016 change in state law that moved to issue citations instead of arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana”, states the AP.

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The Herb Collective

JANUARY 3, 2019

The first state to legalize marijuana for medical use was California. In 1996, voters passed the Compassionate Use Act, and over the past two decades, it has seen a lot of changes and structure within its cannabis laws. In 2016, voters finally got the Adult Use of Marijuana Act passed for recreational cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

Protection from criminal or civil penalties for patients using therapeutic marijuana and related cannabinoids as permitted under state laws. ? Indiana State Nurses Association on Wikipedia. ?Providing Establishing evidence-based standards for the use of marijuana and related cannabinoids. ? ” CANNABINOID BACKGROUND: .

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Justice released the “Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Cannabis Grown for Medicinal Use” to clarify the state’s laws governing medicinal cannabis, specifically those related to the enforcement, transportation, and use of medicinal cannabis.

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MMJ Recs

APRIL 3, 2024

In this blog, we’re looking at Ohio’s medical marijuana regulations , how to obtain a medical marijuana card, qualifying conditions, dispensaries, patient rights, caregiver requirements, doctor recommendations, possession limits, the application process, and recent updates in the laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2019

The medical-marijuana community has been on edge over the issue since June, when the state court of appeals ruled 2-1 that THC-bearing resin from marijuana plants, and the products that contain it, were not protected by the 2010 Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

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Canna Care Docs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

We’ve outlined everything you need to know about the state laws, the application process, and why you might consider applying for a medical marijuana card in the first place. Since recreational marijuana was legalized in Maine in 2016, anyone can purchase cannabis by visiting an adult-use dispensary.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2019

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis with the approval of Proposition 215. In 2016, California became one of the few states also to legalize recreational cannabis with the approval of Proposition 64. Proposition 64 changed individual, commercial, and regulatory laws regarding cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 19, 2019

In 2016, California voters approved Prop 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, by nearly 2 million votes. In addition to legalizing adult use and possession of cannabis, the law creates a statewide regulatory regime for commercial cannabis activity, but also provides discretion to local jurisdictions to prohibit or restrict such businesses.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Chu said he was on a committee that studied the 2016 proposition that legalized recreational cannabis use and sales in California. “The vast majority of the people, including myself, wanted to decriminalize the use of marijuana. But when you asked the same person, ‘Do you want it sold in your community?,’

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2019

Researchers with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service used existing data on the number of illegal grow sites reported between 2004 and 2016 in 111 national forests. A separate recent study found that cannabis cultivation on federal lands specifically in the Pacific Northwest declined after legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. The objective of the current study was to assess the ease of access to marijuana by underage patrons at recreational marijuana outlets in California, where recreational marijuana was legalized in 2016.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Gavin Newsom signed into law the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act, or Ryan’s Law – remarkable for the fact that he vetoed a similar measure in 2019 due to conflict with federal law. Recreational use was approved by voters in 2016. Clearly, that definition is outdated.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Arkansas voters approved a medical cannabis program on November 8, 2016, and the legislature subsequently amended the program through the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016. Nor have any physicians been approved to issue medical cannabis cards in Alabama.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

There are fourteen current licensed participants as noted above, which begs the question of how can Florida’s vertical integration model requirement for state licensure be so problematic? Indeed, the lock on the state’s cannabis safe is nearly unbreakable. CANNABIS PRIMER. Americans for Safe Access.org. Crohn’s Disease.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In 2016, Dr. Sue Sisley first applied to grow cannabis for research purposes when the Obama administration announced a plan to allow other growers to provide cannabis to researchers. We can study the cannabis people are using across the country under state law right now. The possibilities are endless.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The 34 th largest state by area and the seventh most populated state in our country is Ohio, aka the Buckeye state. Ohio became the 25th state to legalize medical cannabis back on June 8 of 2016. In regard to the petition to add these three conditions to state law, advocates must be very careful.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2020

As we previously discussed , federal law gives the agency the authority to regulate the sale, manufacture, and marketing of tobacco products under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”). The FDA now oversees all products “made or derived from tobacco that [are] intended for human consumption.”

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MMJ Recs

MAY 3, 2024

With its program in full swing, thousands of patients across the state are benefiting from access to this alternative form of treatment. Legal Protection In addition to medical benefits, renewing medical marijuana cards provides patients with legal protection under Arkansas state law.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 15, 2021

The California Supreme Court ruled this week that inmates in the state prison system do not have a right to possess marijuana under Proposition 64, the landmark 2016 ballot initiative that legalized cannabis in the state.

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Veriheal

JULY 6, 2021

The next year SB 280 passed which allowed patients that had a “legal order or recommendation” for cannabis oil to legally obtain it out of state and possess it within TN borders. In 2016, the law was once again reformed to allow up to 0.9% ” The Latest Changes Being Approved.

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