Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Starting April 1st, Cannabis Operators Face CEQA Compliance Requirements for State Licenses. CEQA), a complex statewide policy of environmental protection fraught with potential traps for those unversed in the law, before an operator is eligible to be awarded a cannabis state license. Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Whitney Hodges.

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Compliance Compliance Programs Cannabis 52

NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. Senate Bill 1353 seeks to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. SB 2023 was approved by the Senate Financial Institutions Committee on 3/20. HI resident? HI resident? IL resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 177

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. Senate Bill 1353 seeks to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. SB 2023 was approved by the Senate Financial Institutions Committee on 3/20. DE resident? HI resident? HI resident?

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 147

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2023

PORTLAND, Oregon—March 1, 2023—Regulatory compliance firms Allay Consulting and The GMP Collective are joining forces amid the rapid national growth of the cannabis, hemp and emerging psychedelics sectors, with a focus on current Goods Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) compliance.

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Collective Hemp Compliance Compliance 52

Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 3, 2023

According to the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR), “Beginning January 1, 2023, the variance that permits medical cannabis dispensaries to store and dispense all cannabis from the restricted area will expire.”

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Dispensary Access Patients Cannabis 98

NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 225, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. Update : SB 2023 was approved by the House Judiciary Criminal Committee on 5/29/19. Click here to email your governor in support of medical cannabis access. AL resident? Update : S.

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Legislation Banking Access Hemp 114

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 22, 2021

“We commend the Connecticut Legislature and governor for their commitment to getting this important, equity-centered legalization bill over the finish line,” said Steven Hawkins, executive director for the Marijuana Policy Project. The act also provides protections for parents and tenants who use cannabis in compliance with the law.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 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.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

The 2023 Budget. Last week, the New York Legislature passed the State’s 2022-2023 Budget. The stated purpose for the revision was to simplify tax return preparation, improve compliance and enforcement, and aid in the interpretation of tax law provisions. It is also $4 billion more than what the Governor had initially proposed.

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Business Cannabis Law Decriminalization 52

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 12, 2022

We currently have 6 staff working to develop 3 programs focused on: Policy and Engagement, Licensing, and Compliance. We will begin accepting applications for licensure on January 2, 2023. license tracking and compliance case management system. license tracking and compliance case management system.

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Compliance Compliance Programs Access 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 13, 2022

We know that current tax policies disproportionately burden cannabis farmers and small businesses and create instability throughout the supply chain, ultimately undermining the societal benefits of a taxed and regulated market. Strengthening tax enforcement policies to increase tax compliance and collection and reduce unfair competition.

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Supply Chain Collective Retail Programs 52

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Marijuana was once again one of the hottest legislative topics across the nation in 2021, and while some states’ new legislation provided greater protections to employers with drug-free and/or zero-tolerance policies, others took a more employee-friendly approach. Puerto Rico. New Mexico.

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Marijuana Policy Recreational Safety 52

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

Reform advocates also hope that a package of marijuana policy issues can be approved this fall that combines marijuana research, federal criminal record expungement, and the SAFE Banking Act. The likelihood of any action depends on the results of the midterm elections in November.

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Legalization Banking Legislation Compliance 52

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2022

No Changes Until 2023? However, with the situation in Ukraine prompting the new Government into a significant overhaul of its energy and defence policies it may take some time for the adult-use bill and hemp amendments to make their way through Parliament. They are currently being discussed in Bundestag in Berlin.”.

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Business Media Hemp Legislation 52

The Blunt Truth

JULY 5, 2023

Starting August 1, 2023, Minnesota will provide protections to individuals who use cannabis for recreational purposes, after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a state law allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational cannabis. Does the law require employers to have a drug or cannabis testing policy?

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Law Recreational Policy Treatment 52

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The rise of the THC level for industrial hemp is part of the measures of the new Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP ) reforms, which will enter into force in 2023. . The European Parliament approved on November 24 to increase the THC level from 0.2% for hemp crops used for industrial purposes.

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THC Hemp Agriculture Policy 52

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

You can read more about product packaging and labeling requirements on the Understanding Board Interim Policies for Packaging and Labeling section of the LCB website. The policy only applies to approved owners who are investing their own personal money into the business. You can review this recent rule change on the agency website.

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Topical Packaging Retail Legislation 65

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 17, 2020

It is estimated that the legal cannabis industry could reach $30 billion in sales and employ nearly half a million full-time workers by 2023. With no meaningful efforts to change the federal criminal implications, in 2013, the Department of Justice developed a policy intended to address this conflict. Policy on permissible activity.

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Compliance Compliance State Laws Law 45

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) remains committed to the implementation deadlines established by WAC 314-55-102 (11) and defined in Policy Statement PS-22-01 that describes rule “phase in” and “sell down” periods. A randomized list produced each month by LCB staff: Compliance consultants submit 75 samples per month for testing.

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Safety Retail Compliance Compliance 52

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

from the second half of 2021 onwards as the Group fully repaid in May and June 2021 its 2022 and 2023 Eurobonds and successfully purchased a significant portion of its 2024 and 2026 Eurobonds which were bearing much higher interest rates. Objectives for FY 2023 also remain unchanged and do not include any COVID-19 impact either.

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Business Research and Development Environment Food 81

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

According to industry insiders, like DeLapp and Genine Coleman of legacy grower advocacy organization Origins Council, larger cultivators weren’t supposed to be able to participate in the legal market until 2023, but the provision that granted small farmers a five-year-long head start in the market was scrapped just as Prop 64 was passed.

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Events Cultivation Advocacy Data 52

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

While this is not a completely unfair position, it does seem to be inconsistent with Oregon’s overall policy when it comes to cannabis. Oregon has legalized marijuana and allowed THC and other cannabinoids to be sold in food, even though THC has not been acknowledged as GRAS or as an NDI.

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Cannabinoids THC Food Hemp 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

Wiegand said The Source has a “pretty liberal sample policy,” where dispensary employees are encouraged to try the products to help inform their discussions with customers. “We . … Our big focus as a team is, how do we dispel the myths and stereotypes around the product, and how do we help people find the experience they’re looking for?”.

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Dispensary Packaging Terpenes Consumption 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

Wiegand said The Source has a “pretty liberal sample policy,” where dispensary employees are encouraged to try the products to help inform their discussions with customers. “We . … Our big focus as a team is, how do we dispel the myths and stereotypes around the product, and how do we help people find the experience they’re looking for?”.

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Cultivation Legislation Dispensary Packaging 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 22, 2021

Wiegand said The Source has a “pretty liberal sample policy,” where dispensary employees are encouraged to try the products to help inform their discussions with customers. “We . … Our big focus as a team is, how do we dispel the myths and stereotypes around the product, and how do we help people find the experience they’re looking for?”.

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Dispensary Packaging Terpenes Consumption 52

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The Oregon legislative Task Force on Cannabis-Derived Intoxicants and Illegal Cannabis Production is exploring potential reforms to the state’s regulation of cannabinoid products and legislation for 2023 to combat what law enforcement believes is an increase in illicit marijuana production. The OLCC argued that H.B. 4] ORS 475C.213.

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Seed-To-Sale Hemp Cannabinoids Legislation 52

SpeedWeed

JULY 28, 2021

Wiegand said The Source has a “pretty liberal sample policy,” where dispensary employees are encouraged to try the products to help inform their discussions with customers. “We . … Our big focus as a team is, how do we dispel the myths and stereotypes around the product, and how do we help people find the experience they’re looking for?”.

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Dispensary Packaging Terpenes Consumption 40

Canna Law Blog

MAY 18, 2023

As reported by Sophie Peel of the Willamette Week, on May 16, Governor Kotek issued a directive to the OLCC to make state tax compliance a requirement for the agency to issue or renew cannabis retail licenses. This tax policy may have a huge impact on the Oregon marijuana industry and the changes are coming fast ! We don’t know.

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Compliance Compliance Retail Collective 91

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It’s 2023 and many cannabis businesses are still missing one critical operating document: a privacy policy. To start, California has required privacy policies for a very long time (well, “long” at least in terms of the Internet). One of the myriad requirements that CCPA imposed was to have a privacy policy.

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Policy Business Data Collective 101

Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

However, Google recently has decided to relax its advertising policies– at least around hemp and hemp CBD products. Advertisers will, among many other things, need to: Demonstrate the product’s compliance with all other (legal and regulatory) standards. But not all cannabis advertising is created equal on Google.

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Policy CBD Supply Chain Compliance 71

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It’s 2023 and many cannabis businesses are still missing one critical operating document: a privacy policy. To start, California has required privacy policies for a very long time (well, “long” at least in terms of the Internet). One of the myriad requirements that CCPA imposed was to have a privacy policy.

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Policy Business Data Collective 72

Meadow

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would learn all about California’s waste management regulations when I moved to Sacramento to work on cannabis policy. So I believe 2022 will be the new sort of kick in date, it could be 2023, I don’t remember. I just, like, I’m not, I don’t know what the policy is behind that but don’t do it.

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Packaging Retail Edibles Wellness and Beauty 40

Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Proposition 64, passed a few years later, lacked any discussion addressing the damage caused by past policies. However, with social equity becoming a prominent topic in the cannabis industry, California officials have started investing significantly in social equity policies.

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Programs Policy Advocacy Business 88

Canna Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

This year, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) likely will look at, to start: temporary rules it had adopted under the Governor’s clumsy tax compliance mandate; the 2023 legislative session’s new cannabis laws ; leftover business from the 2022 session; and certain COVID-era policies. But life must go on.

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Compliance Compliance Topical Retail 93

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Draft cannabis bills began to surface for the 2023 legislative session. And then there are all of the changes within OLCC, on everything from policies to personnel. As per usual, the Commission will continue to talk with the legislature and other agencies on matters of concern leading into the 2023 legislative session.

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Hemp Legislation Cannabis Programs 85

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

First introduced in 2023, HB 1453 sought to harmonize the existing medical exemptions from general sales and use taxes with the 37% excise tax on cannabis sales. It also goes against the principle of harm reduction, which is one basis of medical cannabis legalization policy.

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Chronic Pain Recreational Patients Medicine 107

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

9] Experts predict that this therapy could receive full FDA approval as soon as 2023. [10] Sponsors should be aware that REMS with ETASU may increase compliance risk and limit commercial options. 10] In the meantime, FDA has approved some requests for compassionate use. [11]. Challenges. Transactional/Corporate.

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