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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Minnesota is accepting license applications, and several tribes are looking to sell cannabis outside their...more
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On January 13, the chief administrative law judge of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), John Mulrooney, postponed the highly anticipated hearing on the rescheduling of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act...more
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we consider changing the name of this column to “The Broken Record Report,” as we provide updates on, you...more
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we check in on ballot initiatives, or rather, lawsuits surrounding ballot initiatives. Then we see a new...more
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As the prospect of federal rescheduling of cannabis looms, some in the industry are seemingly attempting to preserve their spot in line at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A recent Trademark Trial and Appeal...more
The proposed rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. cannabis policy but may bring few practical changes to...more
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
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The International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated Cannabis Law Institute 2024 (CLI 2024), the marquee conference dedicated to advancing legal excellence in the rapidly evolving...more
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