October 2023
Rod Kight: Is CANNRA The New Face Of Cannabis Prohibition?
For anyone in the cannabis industry who has not spent the last six months in a sensory deprivation chamber, the ...
Rod Kight: Yes, the Hemp Industry Wants Reasonable Regulations
This article follows up on my prior article and addresses two additional misconceptions about the hemp industry: (a) that it ...
Zuber Lawler: The state of cannabis in North Carolina
North Carolina – the ninth most populous state in America with a population north of ten million residents – remains ...
Zuber Lawler: Ohio’s Emerging Cannabis Landscape: A Journey from Prohibition to Potential Legalization
In recent years, the landscape of cannabis legalization across the United States has undergone significant transformation, with Ohio poised to ...
Roar Mikalsen: New documentary reveals systemic failure in rights protection
On September 7, Life Liberty Productions released Mikalsen v Norway: Moving a Nation Forward. This three-part documentary connects drug policy ...
VISIONS Act & The Future of Psychedelics
As cannabis legalization and further medical implementation of the cannabis plant becomes more legal and accessible, the discussion surrounding the ...
Cultiva Law: Red Lake Nation Dispensary
Being the newest state to fully legalize cannabis within its border, Minnesota has had ample economic and employment opportunities created ...
Cultiva Law: Minnesota’s First Cannabis Regulator Resigns Amid Controversy
In a surprising development, Erin DuPree, who had recently been appointed as the head of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management, ...
Fox Rothschild: Primer on Cannabis Trademark Law and How Rescheduling Could Change the State of the Law
With more individuals and businesses entering the cannabis sector, there has been an increased interest in what kind of trademark ...
Troutman Pepper: Troutman Pepper: Legal Cannabis on Trial: Federal Preemption and Connecticut’s Cannabis Challenge
On August 9, a lawsuit was filed in Connecticut that aims to stop all legal cannabis activity in the state ...
Duane Morris: Tax Implications of Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule 3 Controlled Substance
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responded to President Biden’s October 2022 call for ...
The Rodman Law Group LLC: Marijuana Recommended to be Rescheduled to Schedule III
On August 29, 2023, the Department of Human and Health Services (“HHS”) sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration ...
Bradley: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo: Department of Health Proposes Robust Revisions to Medical Cannabis Regulations
Those long-awaited proposed revisions to the Mississippi Department of Health’s medical cannabis program regulations dropped last Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, the department released ...
Downey Brand: Court of Appeal Finds Substantial Evidence Supports City’s Use of Statutory Exemption to Approve a Zoning Overlay District For Commercial Cannabis Uses
In Lucas v. City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 508, the Second District of the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ...
Prince Lobel: New York Cannabis Business License Application Opens October 4th
September 12, 2023: New York’s cannabis market got a jump start at this morning’s meeting of the state’s Cannabis Control ...
Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 3)
Part 1 of this series discussed the lack of bankruptcy protections for cannabis companies since bankruptcy in the U.S. is an ...
Harris Bricken: Banks Get Exposed by New York’s Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries
Major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, as well as landlords such as BentallGreenOak and Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., have found ...
Foley Hoag: Cannabis Rescheduling Will Not Open Bankruptcy Doors
As previously discussed by Foley Hoag’s attorneys in its Cannabis practice, a rescheduling of cannabis from a Schedule I Controlled ...
mcmillan: Canada: Competition Bureau Gets Into The Weeds Of The Cannabis Act
The Cannabis Act1 (the “Act”) came into force in October 2018, creating a legal and highly regulated market for the production, import ...
Dickinson Wright: How To Protect Your Cannabis Trademarks in a Legal Landscape That Is Half-Baked
In our previous post, we discussed how a cannabis business can take steps to avoid potential trademark infringement claims. In ...
Zuber Lawler: Major Step in Federal Cannabis Policy Reform – The Proposed Rescheduling (But not De-scheduling) of Marijuana
In a groundbreaking development on August 29, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently concluded ...
Bradley: The Great Divide: The Feds’ Differing Approach to Psychedelics and Cannabis
Just as we did, the Food and Drug Administration has recognized the growing enthusiasm for exploring opportunities to use psychedelic medications to ...
weintraub tobin: New Cannabis Discrimination Protections Coming to a California Workplace in 2024
On September 18, 2022, the Governor approved AB 2188, which amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California’s ...
Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series discussed the lack of bankruptcy protections for cannabis companies since bankruptcy in the U.S. is ...
Dentons: The Cannabis Rescheduling Recommendation: What it Means and What’s Next
In light of the August 30, 2023 historic recommendation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule cannabis ...
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- California: San Pablo voters will decide if cannabis businesses can set up shop
- California: Watsonville City Council to consider cannabis amendments
- NORML: FBI: Cannabis-Related Arrests Comprised Over 40 Percent of All Drug Arrests in More Than a Dozen States in 2023
- Commentary: Supreme Court THC Case Highlights Our Flawed Drug Laws
- UNITED STATES v. SIROIS (2024) United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
- NYC Police File Lawsuit Against State Saying Raids They Had To Undertake Were “both unconstitutional and hazardous”
- Volkswagen Official Deported From China for Cannabis Use (Whilst On Vacation In Thailand)
- Cannabis operator Canopy Growth reduces loan term by $100 million
- TV News Report: Australian Doctor Investigated For Prescribing 12,000 People Cannabis In Six Months !
- Australia’s mainstream media catches up with fact that Australian “medical” cannabis market being flooded with cheap Canadian imports