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What. Are. We. Doing. Here? The latest from Capitol Hill is a doozy: A congressional committee has approved a spending bill that contains provisions to block the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana. The...more
When you live in the cannabis world, you have to keep your head on a swivel. While most areas of the law see incremental changes over years — if not decades — cannabis developments come by the day if not the hour. In the...more
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing a minor delay in a crucial hearing initially scheduled for December 2, 2024, regarding the rescheduling of cannabis under federal law. Chief Administrative Law Judge...more
The DOOBIE Act – yes, you read that correctly – could soon become law. While the law isn’t as fun as it might sound to certain cannabis enthusiasts, it would substantially change the hiring practices of the federal government...more
With the sudden change in the Democratic presidential candidate, there are a whole host of implications for the future of America. As presumptive nominee Kamala Harris ramps up her campaign for the White House, we examine her...more
In a much-anticipated move, sources recently reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) will recommend rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance under the federal Controlled...more
As we at Budding Trends reported last week, the DEA is set to finally accept the recommendation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the...more
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), after completing an almost year-long evaluation of cannabis’s current status as a Schedule 1 substance, recommending to the Drug Enforcement...more
In light of the August 30, 2023 historic recommendation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys from Foley Hoag’s nationwide...more
A question frequently encountered in the cannabis industry involves a cannabis user’s gun rights. This stems from the ever-present federal and state law tension overlaying marijuana in the United States — thanks to the...more
On December 2, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (Cannabis Research Act), which provides a mechanism for industry and academia to access and research cannabis,...more
Second Circuit Rules That Cannabis As a Schedule I Under CSA Is Constitutional - This August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the government’s classification of...more
On July 21, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) formally filed the much-anticipated Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act...more
Roughly a month ago, the U.S. House of Representative voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which decriminalizes marijuana under federal law. Most notably, the MORE Act would remove...more
On Thursday, March 24, 2022, the Senate unanimously passed the CMRE Act (Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act) and House leadership scheduled the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity and Expungement Act) for a floor...more
If 2021 was the appetizer, expect 2022 to be the main course for cannabis laws in Ohio. Three separate efforts were launched in 2021 to expand upon Ohio’s existing medical marijuana program....more
Trailblazing Legislation to Watch in 2021 - Welcome to our first installment of Watching the Pot™, which will provide summaries on recent buzz-worthy cannabis information, including decisions, legislation, news, and cases...more
[co-author: Joseph Diorio, Law Clerk] The December 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses the implications of Brexit on .eu domain names owned by UK registrants, recent cannabis legislation,...more
With the 2020 presidential election just days away, the future of cannabis legalization will likely rest on the shoulders of whoever is sitting in the Oval Office on January 20, 2021. So where do Donald Trump and Joe Biden...more
On January 15, 2020, the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” Government witnesses testified from: • the Drug Enforcement...more
The laws and regulations of the U.S. and each individual state are evolving at a significant pace concerning one genus of flowering plants, and mostly with a tender embrace. Despite being criminalized for the greater part...more
This episode begins a two-part bonus series looking at the impact of recent marijuana regulation on employers. Today’s part one episode features a roundtable discussion on the policies and politics of cannabis....more