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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 19 - February 2025

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While many lawmakers and lobbyists are characters themselves, the Gold Dome was filled with a number of other caricatures on Wednesday. Eagle-eyed onlookers spotted Scrappy the Owl as the early bird in the halls celebrating...more

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General Counsel's Corner: Cannabis on Campus – The Personnel Edition

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This latest edition of our series on cannabis related developments and issues in higher education addresses the impact of the widespread state level legalization of recreational and medicinal cannabis throughout the United...more

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Cannabis-Related Issues for Higher Education and Nonprofit Institutions

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As highlighted in our past articles, there is a conflict between many states’ laws and federal law involving marijuana, which is a form of cannabis. Even though lawful access to marijuana is increasing at the state level for...more

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General Counsel's Corner: Cannabis and the Campus

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Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both...more

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Washington, DC Marijuana Laws and Your Rights as a Student

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Marijuana laws are tricky. At the federal level, marijuana is still illegal, both for medicinal and recreational uses. In some states, it’s legal to use medically, but not recreationally. And in others, it’s legal to...more

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New Precedent Set By the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on the Medical Marijuana Act

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On October 29, 2020, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania set a new precedent by holding that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) did not safeguard a medical student from her college’s zero-tolerance drug policy. The...more

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PA Court Appears To Significantly Limit Students’ Right To Use Medical Marijuana On Campus

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In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled in Harrisburg Area Community College v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission that a nursing student at a community college did not have a right...more

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Learning Through The Haze: Accommodating Medical Marijuana In The School Setting

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Over the past few years, we have seen a steadily increasing number of states enact legislation legalizing marijuana for recreational or medical use. There are currently a total of 34 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,...more

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High Times? Medical Marijuana In The Classroom

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Medical marijuana first became legal in the U.S. more than 20 years ago when, in 1996, California passed its groundbreaking law. Since then, an increasing number of states have passed their own laws to allow the legal use of...more

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Medical Marijuana on Campus: Barbuto's Impact on School Policies Banning Drug Use

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC that an employee's use of medical marijuana to treat a qualified disability may be a reasonable accommodation under...more

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