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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Justice Rushed Is Justice Denied: Why Alabama’s Attorney General Can Show Wisdom Rather Than Power on Hemp

One of my favorite quotes from Justice Potter Stewart (naturally, a Supreme Court justice writing about watching pornography is my favorite) is “[f]airness is what justice really is.” The Alabama attorney general has an...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Proposed Bill from Joint Cannabis Committee Would Adopt Meaningful Reforms to Struggling Mass. Cannabis Industry

Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is addressing the challenges (and that’s an understatement) the industry is facing with a very...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

California Introduces Legislation to Curb Online Direct-to-Consumer Hemp Product Sales

Perhaps recognizing an enforcement gap in the evolving struggle to protect consumers from what Governor Newsom has characterized as a grave threat to public health and safety, the California legislature is taking steps to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Backwards Down the Number Line: Assessing the State of Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Program Four Years After Its Enactment

Ronald Reagan famously asked voters, on the eve of the 1980 presidential election, to ask themselves whether they were better off than they were four years ago. It was a powerful question that asked Americans to take stock of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Senate Wades Into the Muddy Waters of Intoxicating Hemp

With the persisting uncertainty surrounding the next iteration of the Farm Bill and its treatment of hemp-derived consumable products, perhaps it should come as no surprise that legislators on Capitol Hill have proposed...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

CCC Quietly Issues Guidance to Greatly Disrupt Advertising Practices

On May 21, the Cannabis Control Commission quietly published a bulletin on its website that will immediately impact retailers already struggling to maintain footing in the competitive Massachusetts market. The bulletin, which...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Warning Sign? A New Round of FDA Warning Letters Over CBD Consumer Confusion May Signal a Shift in Government Enforcement

FDA warning letters are nothing new in the cannabis industry. In fact, we here at Budding Trends have covered this topic a number of times (here, here, and here). Not resigned to playing the hits, however, the FDA issued a...more

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