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Florida Medical Cannabis Business Licensing Process: What Happens Next for MMTC Applicants?
Cannabis M&A: Pain Points and Opportunities
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The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 27 - Blazing Trails: Cannabis Law in the Garden State
A Changed Legal Landscape? Analyzing California’s New Cannabis Laws
Obtaining a Recreational Marijuana License from Your Local Municipality
A Path Toward Legalizing Interstate Cannabis Sales? Analyzing California Senate Bill 1326
It’s Not Easy Being Green: How To Comply with the Latest Cannabis Regulations
Catching up on Recent Cannabis Developments in New York State
[Webinar] Minor Cannabinoids & Trending Topics in Hemp
Cannabis Law Podcast: 2021 Cannabis Law Year in Review
MJBizCon is Back: Takeaways from the 2021 Conference
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Credit Eco to Go Podcast: Cannabis Banking… From the Inside
Edible Bites Episode 9: Emerging Issues in Cannabis Privacy
Getting to Know Us and Our Podcast
Federal Regulation and Cannabis: Will Uncle Sam and Aunt Mary Jane Live Happily Ever After?
Thirty-two attorneys general representing states, territories and Washington, D.C. are asking Congress to pass legislation to provide financial institutions a safe harbor if they provide services to marijuana-related...more
New York City’s cannabis retailers are facing a new regulatory challenge that blends zoning complexity with legal compliance. A recent correction by the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has redefined how dispensaries must...more
While the pace of adult-use applications in New Jersey has steadied from its initial peak between 2021-2023, a new wave of applications has just opened for consumption lounges in the Garden State. Who May Apply? Any...more
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (the “Commission”) voted on December 17, 2024 to release its initial draft amendments to the Social Consumption Establishment regulations and accept informal public comments on...more
Just before the close of the Colorado legislature’s 2024 session, lawmakers approved a bill aimed at streamlining several deficiencies in the state’s regulation of marijuana businesses. While not all the bill’s intended fixes...more
Pennsylvania once again seems to have momentum to become one of the next states to legalize cannabis for adult use. After a bipartisan bill was introduced in the commonwealth’s Senate last year, the House now has submitted an...more
The application process can be tricky and requires a multitude of documents. Current and Upcoming - Monday, May 1, 2023 -Wednesday, May 1, 2024...more
A newly proposed piece of Florida legislation, HB 1053, aims to triple the required “buffer” distance between schools and medical marijuana treatment centers that cultivate, process, or dispense medical cannabis....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
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on the SAFER Banking Act. We note that New York took a step towards issuing licenses for...more
Colorado voters approved Proposition 122, the Natural Medicine Health Act (NMHA), in the 2022 general election. On May 2, 2023, the Colorado Legislature passed SB23-290, the formal implementation bill for Proposition 122....more
In a recent interview with Adam Wood of the Connecticut Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, Andrea Comer, Chairwoman of the Social Equity Council (“SEC”), outlined the timeline for processing Adult-Use Cannabis applications....more
Weed, pot, reefer, Mary Jane, ganja – cannabis has as many slang names as it does methods of ingestion. No matter which name is used, cannabis is federally illegal and is included on Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances...more
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) has just released important guidance regarding the Adult Use Cannabis Statute, clarifying that communities with under 25,000 residents may host one licensed retail...more
For any new commercial business, the decision to purchase or lease a building is an important one—even more so for the cannabis industry. While buying a building may be appropriate for a well-capitalized cannabis business...more
Proposition 65 requires “clear and reasonable” warnings in California for products containing chemicals on the State’s list of substances causing cancer and/or reproductive toxicity. As of January 2021, THC is a listed...more
New Jersey’s cannabis program is likely to take shape this month. In November 2020, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment legalizing cannabis for adult use. Now the legislature is in the...more
The news is mostly happening in the states this week. Oklahoma is having some medical marijuana issues. Massachusetts recreational shops reopened. Virginia decriminalized marijuana. Ohio may not put cannabis on the ballot...more
As one would expect, all licensing states require retailers to be licensed. Retail licenses expire and must be renewed annually in all licensing states except Illinois. Retail licenses in Illinois expire on March 31 of...more
Maine is on track to launch its first recreational marijuana businesses in June, four years after its residents voted in favor of legalization. A year ago, Maine created an Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) within its...more
Adult-use marijuana has arrived in America. Eleven states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana by adults without a prescription. While the legalization movement began in the American West, two of...more
A point of sale vendor for at least three cannabis dispensaries in the United States exposed the personal data of at least 30,000 cannabis users, including full names, photo IDs, dates of birth, telephone numbers, home...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news in cannabis this week comes from New Mexico. Legislation introduced last Thursday would legalize...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Let’s start with a look at the new marijuana market in Illinois. First day sales topped $3 million and 77,000...more