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The Week in Weed: May 2025 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the Pennsylvania legislature takes up an adult-use legalization bill. A new DEA nominee indicates he would...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Governor Shapiro and Legislators Revive Push for Adult-Use Cannabis in Pennsylvania

Is this the year that Pennsylvania finally legalizes adult-use cannabis? While some battle-scarred skeptics remain, there is fresh optimism in the Commonwealth with both the Governor and several key legislators pushing for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Never Get Out of This Maze? Or a Path Forward for Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Program?

“The overhead view is of me in a maze.” I don’t know what it says about me that the great Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall of Phish fame were able to encapsulate my feelings so neatly – and the feelings of so many...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Predictions: 2025 to Be a Very Big Year in Cannabis

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

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

New Jersey Opens Applications for Consumption Lounges

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

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Despite Fits and Starts, New Tennessee Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Regulations Set to Take Effect on December 26, 2024

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

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

New Jersey Passes Law to Regulate/Restrict the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp Derived Products

The Governor of New Jersey signed into law Senate Bill No. 3235 (the “Intoxicating Hemp Law”), designed to regulate the production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products. At a high level, this law would limit the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Court Signals Possible Willingness to Allow Medical Program to Move Forward in Part

Over the past nearly two years, I have been talking to friends, clients, and basically anyone at parties about the slow progress (if I might be permitted to use that word in this context) of the Alabama medical cannabis...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Awards Two Additional Cannabis Cultivation Licenses

The Alabama medical cannabis program has been FUBAR for a while now, but there was at least some good news for two applicants last week....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

And They’re Off! Kentucky Cannabis Business License Application Window Opens

As expected, today the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis’ online application portal went live. The office is now accepting applications for cannabis business licenses through the online portal, which will remain open until...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Green Light, Red Light – Local Governments Still Wield Considerable Power as Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis Program Nears Launch

As the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (“Cabinet”) gears up to begin accepting cannabis business license applications as early as July 1, 2024, industry stakeholders are keeping a watchful eye on several...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Adult Use Cannabis Business Licenses Are Coming Quickly — Are You Ready?

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

And They’re (Almost) Off! Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis Applications Due Soon

Thoroughbreds shouldn’t be the only ones racing towards a finish line in Kentucky in the near future. Those vying for a precious medical cannabis business license in Kentucky’s new medical cannabis program will also need to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Important Business Tax Legislation to Watch in the 2024 Alabama Regular Session

As we strive to do annually, here is a summary of the major items of business tax legislation that have been introduced or we expect to be introduced during the 2024 regular session, which began February 6. From a tax and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Kentucky Issues First Tranche of Regulations for Medical Cannabis Program

The published draft regulations are now subject to a public review and comment period. Individuals have until March 31, 2024 to submit written comments on the draft regulations to the Cabinet. In turn, if requested, the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

AMCC Awards Five Integrated Licenses, Chaos to Follow

Yesterday the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission(AMCC) awarded the five coveted licenses in the Integrated Facility category. The five licenses were awarded to: 1. Trulieve AL 2. Sustainable Alabama 3. Wagon Trail...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Third Time a Charm for Alabama Medical Cannabis Awards?

I feel like Bill Murray’s character in Groundhog Day. I keep writing the same blog post in some way heralding the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s awarding of licenses to would-be operators. Well, on Friday it happened...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Ohio Gears Up for Adult-Use Sales

Ohio voters have spoken. In a statewide referendum, 57% of Ohio voters approved the legalization of adult-use cannabis production and sales, making Ohio the 24th state to greenlight an adult-use market. As the nation nears...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Roundabout: AMCC Litigation and Licensing Update

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). Hades punished him for cheating death twice by forcing him to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down every time...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo: Department of Health Proposes Robust Revisions to Medical Cannabis Regulations

Those long-awaited proposed revisions to the Mississippi Department of Health’s medical cannabis program regulations dropped last Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, the department released a red-lined version, highlighting...more

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Cannabis Legal Report – September 2023

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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

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Maryland Releases Eligibility Criteria for Social Equity Applicants for Fall 2023 Cannabis License Application Period

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The Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) and the Office of Social Equity (OSE) have released the eligibility criteria to be considered a social equity applicant for the upcoming Fall 2023 Cannabis License Application Period...more

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Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Program Halted (Again): Is the Levee Goin’ to Break?

I have literally (yes, literally) lost track of the number of times that the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission or a court has ordered a halt to the AMCC’s efforts to issue licenses to medical cannabis operators. If you...more

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Cannabis Legal Report – August 2023 #2

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VA Continues to Prohibit Doctors from Prescribing Cannabis to Veteran Patients - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a directive, consistent with a previous directive released in 2017, which prevents...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Court Grants TRO Prohibiting the OCM and the NYS Cannabis Control Board from Awarding More CAURD Licenses For At Least Two Weeks

A group of four military veterans filed a lawsuit two weeks ago in New York State Supreme Court against the New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), claiming that the agency’s rules that prioritize applicants with...more

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