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Medical Marijuana refers to the use of marijuana to treat or alleviate symptoms of certain illnesses. A growing number of states permit individuals to use marijuana on the recommendation of a physician. Despite state laws to the contrary, Federal law still prohibits the use or possession of marijuana. The conflict between state and federal law on this issue has created interesting enforcement issues and significant legal hurdles for medical marijuana providers. less -

The Week in Weed: August 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/1/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the Supreme Court will considering hearing a case involving guns and cannabis....more

The Week in Weed: July 2025 # 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/18/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, another cannabis legalization measure cropped up in Pennsylvania. ...more

The Week in Weed: June 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/6/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Texas is the center of gravity in the hemp world. The First Circuit rules against cannabis businesses. ...more

The Week in Weed: May 2025 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/16/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Wisconsin’s legislature says no to the Governor’s cannabis proposal. Pennsylvania’s Senate says no to the...more

Cannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the Year

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/20/2025

As the hallowed cannabis holiday for stoners-turned-business-entrepreneurs falls upon us, we find ourselves in the shifting sands of change in the cannabis industry as usual. Not surprisingly, many states have seen...more

The Week in Weed: April 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/9/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, New Hampshire makes another attempt to legalize adult-use cannabis. Minnesota works on rules for its...more

It’s The Hope That Kills You: My Experience with Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Experiment

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/20/2025

If you haven’t seen Ted Lasso, you need to do that immediately (after reading this). In the final episode of the first season, Ted Lasso – an American football coach hired, for reasons that don’t matter here, to coach an...more

Half-Baked: Proposal to Reform Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Seems Poised to Go Up in Smoke

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/12/2025

Advocates and stakeholders in the medical cannabis world of Alabama are desperate. And as it is so often when we are faced with a desperate situation, we make well-intentioned but ultimately flawed decisions....more

The Week in Weed: February 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/7/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Pennsylvania’s governor talks about legalization. ...more

How Will the Cannabis World Look When Marijuana Is Rescheduled?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/14/2025

A few weeks ago, someone at a holiday party asked “Whitt, why doesn’t Budding Trends take on the weighty legal issues of the day and instead resort to cheap pop culture references and puns?” I thought about responding with a...more

The Week in Weed: January 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/3/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Last week, we looked back at 2024; this week we look forward to 2025. Where will cannabis be legalized? What’s the...more

The Year in Weed: 2024 Edition

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/27/2024

Welcome back to The Year In Weed, The Blunt Truth’s annual roundup of cannabis-related stories. As usual, I’ll adopt Dave Barry’s Year in Review (sadly, no longer available for free) format and look at stories month by...more

The Week in Weed: October 2024 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/25/2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have the latest development in the Arkansas ballot initiative saga. Delaware allows banks to work with...more

The Impact of Cannabis Rescheduling on State Laws and Regulations: Insights From CANNRA

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/25/2024

In May, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to transfer cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a change that could significantly affect current...more

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 32 - March 2024

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 3/12/2024

Friday marked the end of what felt like the longest week in legislative history — and the beginning of a three-week sprint to Legislative Day 40. While most lawmakers and lobbyists are eager for adjournment sine die, it...more

Pennsylvania Seeks to Increase Competition Among Medical Cannabis Licensees With SB773 Passage

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/23/2024

Recently enacted Pennsylvania Senate Bill 773 (SB773) introduces several amendments intended to expand opportunities and increase competition among existing cannabis licensees in Pennsylvania. The bill seeks to support...more

The Week in Weed: December 2023 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/15/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legislators are busy writing a marijuana law. STATES 2.0 makes an appearance in Congress. The Department of...more

The Week in Weed: December 2023 # 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/8/2023

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 Ohio, where legislators are re-writing the cannabis initiative language. We check in...more

The Week in Weed: November 2023 #2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/10/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legalized adult-use marijuana. Could Virginia’s elections mean a retail market? What’s happening with the...more

This is the End: Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Sets End Game Scenario – Will it Work?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/31/2023

In the coming, frenzied 90 days, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission likely will save or ruin the future of medical cannabis in Alabama... Last Thursday, the AMCC voted to adopt an emergency rule that, by its terms,...more

The Week in Weed: October 2023 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/23/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we note the likely end of two Wyoming ballot initiatives. Then, we have an update on the Eastern Band of...more

Ohio Voters May Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use for Adults

Dickinson Wright on 10/12/2023

Between October 11 and November 7, 2023, Ohio voters will decide whether to approve Issue 2 – a voter-initiated law “To Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize and Tax the Adult Use of Cannabis.” A simple majority vote would permit...more

The Week in Weed: September 2023 # 4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/22/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We have some information on the SAFER Banking Act – will the “R” make all the difference? Nebraska voters may have...more

The Week in Weed: September 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/1/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see the rocky road to a retail market in New York continues to be, well, rocky. Alabama is having...more

The Week in Weed: July 2023 # 4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/28/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the news centers around Florida and Ohio, as both states grapple with ballot initiatives. We also note...more

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