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The Week in Weed: September 2024 # 3

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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 start off with a look at the situation in Nebraska surrounding their cannabis ballot initiatives. Then...more

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The Week in Weed: September 2024 # 2

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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 see California dealing with intoxicating hemp products. The Eastern Band of Cherokee opens their...more

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The Week in Weed: September 2024

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. First, we have an update on the Missouri rules dealing with intoxicating hemp products. Then, we see the...more

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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

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Managing Labor and Employment Complexities in Cannabis Businesses

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In part 3 of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Saul Ewing partners Ruth Rauls and Erik Pramschufer discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This session covers labor...more

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The Hazy Landscape of Trademark Protection for Cannabis Products in the U.S.

Navigating the cannabis industry’s legal landscape in the United States is like moving through an ever-evolving maze, especially in the world of intellectual property. As more states legalize cannabis for medical and...more

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Delaware Kicks Off Adult Use Marijuana Licensing Round

Delaware is set to commence its adult-use cannabis industry through a license application period that opens on September 1, 2024, and closes on September 30, 2024. Importantly, Delaware does permit vertical integration and...more

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The Week in Weed: August 2024 # 3

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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 have an update on the North Dakota ballot initiative. We see Delaware making progress on licensing....more

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The Week in Weed: August 2024 # 2

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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, the big news comes from Ohio, where retail sales began on Tuesday. The Eastern Bank of Cherokee are...more

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Cannabis Rescheduling: Closing of the Comment Period and What Lies Ahead

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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

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The Week in Weed: July 2024 # 2

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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, the House Appropriations committee weighed in on protecting state legal markets and rescheduling. A...more

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Tax Considerations and the Reclassification of Marijuana – We’re Not There Yet

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Having been swept along for nine days “by the force of the hostile winds on the fishy sea,” Odysseus and his crew came to a strange land. After securing their ships, Odysseus sent some of his “companions ahead, telling them...more

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The Week in Weed: June 2024 # 3

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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, the big story is New Hampshire deciding not to legalize adult-use cannabis. Also, Maryland’s Governor has...more

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The Week in Weed: June 2024 # 2

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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 see New Hampshire inching closer to legalizing. Florida’s governor vetoes a ban on intoxicating hemp....more

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The Week in Weed: June 2024

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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 how things are shaking out in the New Hampshire legislature. We see South Dakotans will get...more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024 # 5

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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 have updates on two stories from last week: the hemp loophole in the Farm Bill and the legalization...more

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Advising a Cannabis-Related Business: The Importance of Attorneys in Navigating the Marijuana Regulatory Framework and Licensing...

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Introduction - The medicinal and recreational use and popularity of marijuana has continuously grown throughout the U.S. since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize marijuana in 1973. To date, thirty-eight states...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

CCC Quietly Issues Guidance to Greatly Disrupt Advertising Practices

On May 21, the Cannabis Control Commission quietly published a bulletin on its website that will immediately impact retailers already struggling to maintain footing in the competitive Massachusetts market. The bulletin, which...more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024 # 4

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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 see the official publication of the DEA’s rescheduling rule. If you’d like to offer your thoughts to...more

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DOJ Publishes Proposed Rule to Reschedule Cannabis

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 9, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that his administration has formally recommended relaxing restrictions on cannabis, marking the most significant federal policy shift on cannabis since the drug...more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024 # 3

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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, there’s been a lot of activity in New York as regards cannabis regulation. New Hampshire’s Senate has...more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024 # 2

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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 have an update on South Dakota’s ballot initiative. We note the introduction of the Stop Pot Act on the...more

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Labor law and cannabis legalization

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Cannabis in the workplace: allowed or banned? Although possession of cannabis is now legal (up to certain limits), this does not mean that employees can work under the influence of cannabis....more

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The Week in Weed: May 2024

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. In what’s probably the biggest news in cannabis since Canada legalized, the Drug Enforcement Administration has...more

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Cannabis Rescheduling – A Look Towards the Future of the Industry

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will call for cannabis to be rescheduled according to a report by the Associated Press. The anticipated rescheduling follows the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) August...more

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