Cannabis Law Journal
September 2016 Edition
USA – Oregon: State Fair Marks History With Live Cannabis Plants
Chelsea Hopkins The Greener Side (OR) writes It has been over 40 years since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis, and now in 2016 it is the first state to display live cannabis plants at the Oregon State Fair starting August 26th. The featured...
USA – Obstacles to Cannabis Legalization 2016
Julie Godard writes…... Hello again, boys and girls -- and those transitioning from one to the other; may your public bathrooms be ever available. We’re here today to discuss roadblocks to legalization in 2016. Although we’ve come a long way since medicinal marijuana...
Jamaica: “Intellectual Property Rights For Jamaica’s Rastafarian Community: The Argument Against Rastafari Intellectual Property Protection for Religious Symbolism”
Barry Gainsburg writes…... The protection of one's intellectual property is a fundamental right that serves to encourage us to create, to develop, to experiment, to explore, and bring new ideas, processes and products to the world. This protection means that another...
USA – Washington: Deciphering Smoke Signals — FDA’s New Tobacco Product Rules and Their Impact on the Cannabis Industry
Michael Nesteroff, Tereza Simonyan and David Spellman of Lane Powell PC write…... Synopsis: Dual-use cannabis consumption products and their off-label uses may cause those products to fall within the new FDA rules governing tobacco products. Manufacturers and...