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Higher Hoops? The Changing Place of Cannabis in College Athletics

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Selection Sunday marked the start of the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments this week and this year “March Madness” comes with a lessened degree of “Reefer Madness”. Since the 2024 March Madness season, the National...more

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Ohio’s 2024 Lame Duck Session: Highlights and Missed Opportunities

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The Ohio General Assembly operates on two-year terms, and when lawmakers adjourned around 2 a.m. on Dec. 19, any bill not on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk effectively died. This session saw contentious debates and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

NCAA Drug Testing & Cannabinoids: A Break-Up Story

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the largest governing body in college athletics. The NCAA regulates all aspects of student athletics among 1,100 schools in the United States. It also organizes the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What the Ohio Elections Mean for Ohio Higher Education Institutions

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On November 7th, Ohioans headed to the polls to vote on two proposed ballot measures—the first, deciding on a constitutional amendment regarding reproductive rights and the second, a law permitting use and possession of...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

General Counsel's Corner: Cannabis on Campus – The Personnel Edition

This latest edition of our series on cannabis related developments and issues in higher education addresses the impact of the widespread state level legalization of recreational and medicinal cannabis throughout the United...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Cannabis-Related Issues for Higher Education and Nonprofit Institutions

As highlighted in our past articles, there is a conflict between many states’ laws and federal law involving marijuana, which is a form of cannabis. Even though lawful access to marijuana is increasing at the state level for...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

General Counsel's Corner: Cannabis and Research on Campus

Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

General Counsel's Corner: Cannabis and the Campus

Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Washington, DC Marijuana Laws and Your Rights as a Student

Marijuana laws are tricky. At the federal level, marijuana is still illegal, both for medicinal and recreational uses. In some states, it’s legal to use medically, but not recreationally. And in others, it’s legal to...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Washington, DC Marijuana Laws and Your Rights as a Student

Marijuana laws are tricky. At the federal level, marijuana is still illegal, both for medicinal and recreational uses. In some states, it’s legal to use medically, but not recreationally. And in others, it’s legal to use...more

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Learning Through The Haze: Accommodating Medical Marijuana In The School Setting

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Over the past few years, we have seen a steadily increasing number of states enact legislation legalizing marijuana for recreational or medical use. There are currently a total of 34 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Cannabis Branding and Free Speech Considerations

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A recent out-of-court settlement following an 8th Circuit decision in Gerlich v. Leath highlights some of the unique legal issues that surround the branding of products in the cannabis space. In 2012, two students at Iowa...more

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High Times? Medical Marijuana In The Classroom

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Medical marijuana first became legal in the U.S. more than 20 years ago when, in 1996, California passed its groundbreaking law. Since then, an increasing number of states have passed their own laws to allow the legal use of...more

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Not NORML: Blunt Speech in Gerlich v. Leath

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit serves as a cautionary reminder that once an educational institution creates a limited public forum for speech, it cannot then pick and choose...more

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