The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) recently adopted an Interpretive Statement on the use of Additives in Authorized Cannabis Products. The Interpretive Statement is described by the LCB as follows:
This interpretive statement describes the use of CBD products and other additives and whether other cannabinoids, such
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On Friday, December 2, 2022, the White House announced that President Biden signed House Resolution 8454 into law:
H.R. 8454, the “Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act,” establishes a new registration process for conducting research on marijuana and for manufacturing marijuana products for research purposes and drug development.
According
Continue Reading The New Marijuana Research Bill Is Another Sign That Federal Prohibition is Ending
In late October, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) sent comprehensive License Application Forms to more than six hundred medical marijuana industry hopefuls throughout the state. The deadline to apply for one of Alabama’s 12 cultivator, four processor, four dispensary, five “integrated facility,” secure transporter, and state testing laboratory licenses is December 30, 2022.
Continue Reading The Marijuana Licensing Game is Officially Afoot in Alabama
We often look to the federal judiciary as the gold standard of American jurisprudence. However, when it comes to the rapidly evolving cannabis industry, the federal judiciary has been anything but consistent.
Continue Reading To Put It Bluntly, the Federal Judiciary’s Inconsistent Approach to the Cannabis Industry Is (Reefer) Madness
On October 6, 2022, President Biden took his first steps to overhaul federal policy on marijuana. In doing so, he pardoned individuals with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiated review as to how the drug is classified.
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The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) and Office of Cannabis Regulations (OCM) recently issued “Guidance for Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries.” The twenty-seven-page document provides insight into what the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries (CAURD) regulations will look like and will shape the non-conditional retail dispensaries license regulations down the road. We will cover
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According to a recent article from Upstate New York, the state of New York is confronting an issue commonly faced in the state-legal cannabis industry, a lack of banking options. The New York regulators need an account for the Seeding Opportunity Initiative fund of $200M, which will go to
Continue Reading What Will New York Do if Dispensaries Do Not Open in Time?
It appears that President Joe Biden is prepared to take real, legitimate steps to completely change policy on cannabis at a federal level.
On October 6, 2022, the official Twitter account of the office of the President presented a plan through a series of Tweets.
The plan is detailed as
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The United States Court of International Trade recently issued an opinion on whether a company in Washington state could import drug paraphernalia, specifically cannabis-trimming equipment. That case, Eteros Technologies USA vs. United States, concerns “the interplay between the federal and state systems, specifically the Washington State system, governing
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The trend to legalize the medical and recreational use of marijuana continues to blaze through the states, but federal law — and bankruptcy courts by extension — have not yet followed suit.[1]
Bankruptcy courts have historically prevented cannabis — and even cannabis-ancillary companies — from filing for protection under the
Continue Reading Pot Cos. Can Rely On State Law For Bankruptcy Safeguards