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Traveling with Medical Marijuana Across State Lines?

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I live in Arizona and I have a medical marijuana card, is it possible to bring medicine from out of state? In recent years, two of Arizona's neighbors (Colorado and California) have changed their laws to allow adults to...more

Fisher Phillips

Chronic Dispute: What The Sessions Marijuana Memo Means For Employers

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a one-page memorandum on December 4th, rescinding Obama-era guidance that had allowed states to legalize medical and recreational marijuana with marginal federal interference, eliminating...more

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Sessions Memo Resets Federal Marijuana Enforcement Policy

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The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo dated January 4, 2018 regarding federal marijuana enforcement policy, directing all U.S. Attorneys to enforce the laws enacted by Congress and to follow well-established...more

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People v McElfresh

Application For Leave To File Amicus Curiae Brief And Brief Of Amici National Cannabis Bar Association Et Al. In Support Of...

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One of the ways that our Association engages in advocacy on behalf of the legal profession is through amicus briefs. One of our members, Jessica McElfresh, was charged, along with a client, of various felonies under...more

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What Should the Medical Marijuana Industry Prepare For If the New Rider Is Not in the Next Appropriations Bill in September?

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The House Appropriations Committee released the 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill on May 1 as part of the fiscal year. Congress decided to continue the 2015 rider[1] that prohibits the Department of Justice from spending funds...more

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What Would "Greater Enforcement" Mean for Washington's Cannabis Businesses?

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Justice Department has options to crack down, but may galvanize the push for even wider legalization - In statements that were perhaps inevitable but nonetheless surprising to the cannabis industry, White House Press...more

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