August 2022

Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #12: Optimizing Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Processes
Manufacturing process optimization aims to increase productivity, decrease operational costs, and make the manufacturing process more robust via a more ...
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The Devil Is In The Details: The Hijacking Of Legal Cannabis Frameworks By Those Who Can – A Minnesota Tale of 10,00 Mistakes
In the State of Minnesota, during the last legislative session, in a uniquely utopian space in time, there came together ...
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R Global: UK: Will The Cannabis Industry Be Allowed To Blossom? – Questions To Lawyers And Financial Professionals From Around The World
Experts predict that the UK’s medical cannabis market alone could be worth more than £450 million by 2026, which amounts ...
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David Oxenford: Looking at Legislative Proposals that Would Allow Broadcasters to Accept Marijuana Advertising
As more and more states revise their laws to decriminalize or legalize marijuana use (for medical and recreational purposes), and ...
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Norris McLaughlin, PA: Warning For Immigrants: Marijuana Could Impact Your Immigration Status
As of July 2022, 38 states have legalized the medical use of cannabis to differing degrees. Each jurisdiction has its ...
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Green Light Law Group: Disturbing Trend: Hemp Landlords Increasingly Subjected to Criminal Prosecution
In my last post regarding the rise of civil asset forfeiture in Oregon’s ongoing war on cannabis, I noted some commonalities in ...
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McGuireWoods LLP: D.C. Will Protect Employees Who Use Recreational Cannabis
On July 13, 2022, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed new employment protections into law. Although currently unfunded, the Cannabis Employment ...
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India: India: The Regulatory Highs And Lows Of Launching Medicinal Hemp Products
Largely, hemp can be legally cultivated, processed and sold– but only for scientific, medicinal2 or food or industrial purposes3. For the ...
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Husch Blackwell LLP: Decoupling of Section 280E from State Tax Codes
On May 18, 2022, in a 153-2 vote, the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to amend the state’s tax code to provide ...
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Seyfarth: Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization
One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in ...
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Bradley: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part: Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Announces Updated Timetable for Licenses
Ever since the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission released its proposed rules governing the cultivation, processing, testing, transporting, and dispensing of medical cannabis ...
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Foley & Lardner LLP: Medical Marijuana, Workers’ Compensation, and the CSA: Hazy Outlook for Employers As States Wrestle With Cannabis Reimbursement as a Reasonable Medical Expense
While each state has its own unique workers’ compensation program, workers’ compensation generally requires employers to reimburse the reasonable medical ...
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Clark Hill: The European Cannabis Market: Opportunity Knocks
In this article, we continue our journey reviewing the history of cannabis regulation and proceed to explore the current state of ...
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Clark Howell – Legislative Update Newsletter (July 2022)
In April, we sent you a 2022 legislative update, highlighting 5 bills that help licensees connect with consumers and diversify their offerings ...
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Seyfarth: Permission by Prohibition: Cannabis Ads May Be Coming To Your Local TV
In a move that typifies how indirect legislation can achieve what direct legislation may not, the House Appropriations Committee has ...
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Prince Lobel: New York Cease and Desist Letters Regarding Gifting or Bartering to Disguise Cannabis Sales
NEW YORK – July 8, 2022 – The Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) recently issued “Cease and Desist” letters to ...
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Green Light Law Group: Reefer Madness 2.0: Problems with Oregon Law Enforcement’s Increasing Use of Asset Forfeiture to Battle Illegal Grows
Following up on my Reefer Madness 2.0 post from last summer, various law enforcement agencies around the state have dusted off a ...
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