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How to Buy or Sell a Cannabis License in Minnesota’s Adult-Use Market: M&A Guide (2025)

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More than two years after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed legislation legalizing adult-use cannabis, and eleven years after the establishment of the state’s medical cannabis program, adult-use cannabis businesses are...more

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Ohio Legalizes Adult-Use Marijuana

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On November 7, 2023, voters in Ohio approved Ohio Issue 2, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative (the Initiative), which legalizes marijuana for recreational use in Ohio. Among its key provisions, the Ohio Initiative creates...more

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Medical Marijuana Will Soon be Legal in Kentucky

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On March 31, 2023, Governor Andy Beshear signed Senate Bill 47 making medical marijuana use and sale legal in Kentucky, effective January 1, 2025. Kentucky now joins at least 37 other states that have legalized medical...more

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Like a Steam Locomotive, Rolling Down the Track: Biden Signs Marijuana Research Bill

For decades, the federal government only allowed scientists to research marijuana grown on the campus of the University of Mississippi. While Mississippi-grown cannabis will continue to be the subject of federally sanctioned...more

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Cannabis Ballot Measures Post-Election Follow-Up

As discussed in our recent cannabis coverage, going into this week’s midterm election, five states had ballot measures giving their constituents an opportunity to weigh in on cannabis legalization. As the votes are tallied,...more

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Getting into the Weeds: The Latest on the Alabama Medical Cannabis Program

Only three months – 90(ish) days – until the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is scheduled to begin accepting applications for licenses. It was a year ago when this all started. And like raising children, the days pass...more

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Marijuana Is Now Legal In Rhode Island!!!

With a stroke of his pen on Wednesday, Governor McKee signed the bill that dramatically changes the landscape for marijuana cultivation, possession, sale and use in Rhode Island. Many of the changes are effective immediately....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

High Cotton: The Emergence of a Southern Cannabis Industry

When Neil Young wrote that “Southern change gonna come at last,” he wasn’t talking about cannabis— but he might as well have been in light of the recent and extraordinary developments in the cannabis industry in the southern...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Cannabis Legislation Wrap Up for 2021

Over the past 12 months, dozens of cannabis and cannabis-related bills were introduced to Congress. Some measures were renewed, others were introduced for the first time; however, each legislation dealt with a niche aspect of...more

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Marijuana Legalized in Connecticut

On June 22, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law legislation that legalizes and regulates the adult-use of cannabis in Connecticut. The key components of the bill include the following... ...more

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Recreational Cannabis is Legal in Connecticut: What to Know About Getting into the Business

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On July 1, 2021 Connecticut became the nineteenth state to legalize the possession and use of cannabis for recreational purposes.  Upon conversion of the existing licenses held by medical marijuana growers within the next few...more

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First Look: New York State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Legislation

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New York will soon join its neighbor New Jersey among the most recent states to legalize adult-use cannabis. On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, the New York State Senate and Assembly voted overwhelmingly to legalize the...more

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Overcoming Months-Long Legislative Deadlock, New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Legalizing Cannabis

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On February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate bills (A21, A1897 and A5342) legalizing adult-use cannabis and creating a regulated adult-use cannabis market in New Jersey. The governor signed the...more

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Medical Marijuana is Coming to Mississippi

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Mississippi is the latest state to legalize and approve access to medical marijuana. Mississippi is the latest state to legalize and approve access to medical marijuana. The measure, called Initiative 65[i], was approved...more

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Cannabis Legalization is The Big Winner on Election Day

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Election day 2020 proved that marijuana is no longer a partisan issue, with adult-use and medical marijuana ballot measures passing by overwhelming majorities in both red and blue states. Every state that had a marijuana...more

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The Week in Weed: December 2019

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Regular readers will doubtless recall that legalization...more

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The Week in Weed: November 2019 #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. As is so often the case, the states were the big newsmakers this week. In Maine, the Office of Marijuana Policy...more

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Florida Approves Smokable Medical Marijuana

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Florida Governor Ron De Santis signed SB182 into law yesterday. SB182 redefines medical use of marijuana to include possession, use or administration of marijuana in the form of smoking. The new law also triggered the...more

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Governor signs Unity Bill regulating medical marijuana in Oklahoma

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HB 2612, the so-called “Unity Bill” which was approved overwhelmingly by the Oklahoma Legislature earlier this week, was signed into law by Governor Stitt yesterday afternoon. The product of the bi-cameral Medical Marijuana...more

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A Guide to Missouri's Medical Cannabis Law

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On November 6, 2018, Missouri voters passed Amendment 2. Amendment 2 amends the Missouri Constitution to allow state-licensed physicians to recommend medical marijuana to patients who could benefit from the drug. The...more

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Obtaining commercial licenses for medical marijuana in Oklahoma

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With the recent passage of State Question 788 (authorizing the production, sale, and use of medical marijuana), the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is poised to adopt implementing regulations. The current draft...more

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After passage of SQ 788, ethical hurdles remain for lawyers

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Months prior to the vote on SQ 788, attorneys were fielding inquiries about the legal requirements necessary to participate in the medical marijuana industry. Those inquires have multiplied immensely since the passage of SQ...more

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Cannabis Regulation Patchwork in California - BB&K Attorney Victor Ponto Examines Differences in PublicCEO

Recreational cannabis sales became legal Jan. 1 in California, but with local zoning and land use regulations — as well as outright bans — guiding the growth, distribution and sale of cannabis still being drafted and carried...more

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CEQA Compliance for Commercial Cannabis Business Licensing under MAUCRSA - Proposal Open to Comments

The Bureau of Cannabis Control proposes to adopt a Negative Declaration related to its regulatory licensing and enforcement program for commercial cannabis distributors, retailers, testing laboratories, and microbusinesses...more

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New California Law Simplifies and Harmonizes Medical and Recreational Cannabis Regulations - Bill Collapses Two into One...

Earlier this week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 94 into law to create a single regulatory scheme that addresses both medical cannabis and recreational cannabis. As a budget trailer bill, it is effective immediately....more

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