On an interview Friday, June 8, 2018, President Donald J. Trump stated that he “really” supports new marijuana legislation filed by Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). The bi-partisan measure...more
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally rescinded multiple prior U.S. Department of Justice memoranda and guidelines, including the “Cole Memo,” that address federal enforcement priorities impacting the legal cannabis...more
California just released its much-anticipated proposed regulations for the state’s new legal cannabis marketplace. The proposed regulations, 274 pages in length, are broken into three broad categories: general licensure...more
As the risk of disintermediation by e-commerce continues to grow, cultural tastes and their corresponding sumptuary laws change to enable the emergence of an entirely new sector for a product that 60 percent of Americans,...more
Earlier this month, California's nascent Bureau of Cannabis Control proposed legislation designed to harmonize the state's earlier medicinal cannabis regulatory framework (Medical Cannabis Regulatory Safety Act) with the...more
Tuesday's election will be viewed as a turning point in the emergence of new economies centered around marijuana. Ballot initiatives around the country resulted in important changes in eight states. Four states legalized...more