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Minnesota Adult Use Cannabis Update - We assisted multiple clients in completing and submitting their adult-use cannabis license applications to the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), and we continue to monitor how and...more
Cannabis policy reform in Rhode Island has spanned nearly two decades, starting with the legalization of medical marijuana in 2006. Then, after years of determined advocacy and legislative debate, the Rhode Island Cannabis...more
We are now less than one week away from the long-awaited commencement of Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis business licensing round and prospective applicants are earnestly preparing to file business license applications as...more
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) recently published a notice of intent to adopt expedited rules and opened a 30-day public comment period. ...more
It’s the first week of January, and you all know what that means in the blogging game: It’s time to make wild predictions about the coming year. As always, making predictions is hard, particularly when they’re about the...more
As MinnPost reports, Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management cancelled its social equity lottery, which would have occurred separate from the general applicant lottery in 2025. A portion of the licenses remain allocated to...more
After an objectively troubled launch that spurred litigation, Tennessee’s permanent hemp-derived cannabinoid licensing regulations are finally set to take effect at the end of this month. This would mark the culmination of a...more
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) has begun issuing final denials to the overwhelming majority of previously qualified social equity applicants (“SEA”s) ahead of its first statewide cannabis lottery on...more
Adult possession and use of cannabis has been legal in Maryland since Maryland’s Cannabis Reform Act (“CRA”) took effect in July 2023. The CRA established the Maryland Cannabis Administration (“MCA”) and tasked it with...more
The 2024 legislative session saw the Minnesota Legislature make a number of sweeping changes and clarifications to the State’s one-year-old cannabis statute. And in recent days, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) added...more
Under the Maryland Cannabis Reform Act, resident social equity licensees may receive financial assistance with startup capital and operational costs for growers, processors, and retailers. Maryland began accepting social...more
Minnesota will begin issuing licenses under the new Adult-Use Cannabis Law in March of 2025. If you are operating or intend to operate in the hemp space and are looking to enter the Minnesota cannabis industry at that time,...more
After being signed into law on August 11, 2022, Chapter 180 of the Acts of 2022, An Act Relative to Equity in the Cannabis Industry went into effect on November 9, 2022. This new statute significantly impacts the $5 billion...more
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that prospective applicants have an additional 14 days to submit their applications, extending the deadline for retail applicants with control of an eligible property...more
On October 11, 2023, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed D.C. Act 25-222, the Medical Cannabis Clarification and Non-Resident Patient Access Temporary Amendment Act of 2023, which extends recent changes to the...more
Third in a series on the Minnesota Adult-Use Cannabis Law. Read our first look at the law and our review of local control and moratoriums. Recreational use of marijuana has been legal in Minnesota for people over the age of...more
After months of anticipation, the New York State Office of Cannabis Management began accepting applications for five (5) types of licenses this week: cultivator, processor, distributor, and microbusiness. This is generally...more
New York State Regulators Approve Final Adult-Use Regulations as Judge Bars New York State From Issuing New Cannabis Licenses - On September 12, state regulators approved final adult-use regulations and set October 4 as...more
New laws and regulations are likely to be implemented in both New Jersey and New York in the very near future, which will greatly affect parties’ abilities to work with marijuana businesses. Regulating Parties that Deal with...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we remind everyone that retail sales of cannabis will begin on Saturday in Maryland. Florida’s attorney...more
Since the Rhode Island Cannabis Act (RICA) was signed into law in May 2022, Ocean State citizens have been eagerly awaiting the appointment and confirmation of the members of the Cannabis Control Commission. That day finally...more
As can occur with any new statewide medical marijuana program, there was an expected ramp-up period in Oklahoma whereby regulators and operators alike became familiar with implementing the rules and regulations of the...more
According to reporting from Kyle Jaegar of Marijuana Moment, the federal government aims to finish its review of marijuana’s current legal status by the end of 2023, based on remarks from the head of the U.S. Department of...more
While the Ohio Legislature’s May 3, 2023, deadline to put forth adult-use legislation to avoid a ballot initiative went up in smoke, Ohioans have continued pushing forward in their attempt to legalize adult-use cannabis. And,...more
Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis bill was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz on May 30, making The North Star State the 23rd to legalize cannabis. Read on to learn more about the law, including who will oversee cannabis...more