On December 18, 2020, just three days after the U.S. Senate adopted the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act (CMREA or the Act) (more on this below), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or the...more
Overview -
This week, Pennsylvania Senators Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced a bill, the “Adult-Use Cannabis Act” (Senate Bill 350), that would legalize adult-use (i.e.,...more
On August 9, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A5322 into law, making the Garden State the latest to establish a permanent program for the cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp and...more
On June 3, 2019, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued a much-anticipated Notice of Request for Applications (Notice) and announced that it is seeking new applicants to operate up to 108 new medical marijuana...more
On December 20, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill). Among other things, the 2018 Farm Bill removes hemp from the definition of "marihuana" (marijuana) in the...more
As a gubernatorial candidate, Phil Murphy ran on a platform of legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. In just seven months since taking office, now-Governor Murphy has taken a number of actions that resulted in the ballooning of...more
Earlier today, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), Office of Medical Marijuana (OMM), which oversees the Commonwealth’s medical marijuana program, initiated phase II of its licensing process. OMM is now accepting...more