Signs of maturity: Facts and figures for Oregon’s marijuana market, three years in
Oregon’s marijuana market is reaching maturity, more than three years into the state’s grand experiment. The once-illegal drug already has brought in more tax money to Oregon than expected. A robust industry has sprouted in Lane County. And marijuana production has led to jobs, hundreds of them in Lane... Read more
Oregon Cannabis: Are the Days of Administrative Settlement Over? Not Entirely.

I’ve been suspicious the last few months that the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) is starting to set a zero tolerance policy for marijuana rule violations. Unfortunately, the extrinsic evidence seems to be proving my suspicions. As I’ve previously written, the OLCC settlement policies seemed to shift last September. In a first for the commission,…

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BREAKING NEWS: California Agencies Issue Final Cannabis Regulations. Finally.

Yesterday afternoon, on January 16, 2019, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL) finally approved the sets of final regulations under it had been reviewing after submissions from the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) which regulates cannabis manufacturers, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (“CDFA”) which regulates cultivators, and the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”)…

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Michigan regulators may allow unlicensed marijuana businesses to reopen
The state of Michigan may soon allow closed medical marijuana dispensaries without a license to reopen. More than half the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close earlier this month because of licensing issues. The result of the closures has been a shortage of medical marijuana products.   Even... Read more
Georgia marijuana company agrees to buy New England Treatment Access
New England Treatment Access, one of the state’s early medical marijuana operators and the first to sell recreational pot in Massachusetts, has agreed to be acquired by a Georgia marijuana firm. Atlanta-based Surterra Wellness said Monday that its agreement to purchase NETA in a cash and stock transaction “is... Read more
Cities, towns could opt-out under Andrew Cuomo’s New York marijuana plan
Cities and towns in New York would still be able to ban marijuana sales under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s soon-to-be-released plan to legalize the drug statewide. Cuomo, a Democrat, is expected to unveil his full recreational marijuana proposal Tuesday as part of his budget plan and State of the State address, which... Read more
Rhode Island governor to propose legalizing recreational marijuana
Facing the “inevitable” prospect of being encircled by states that have legalized recreational marijuana, Gov. Gina Raimondo will propose this week that Rhode Island do the same. “I will say, I do this with reluctance,” she told The Journal last week. “I have resisted this for the four years... Read more
Committee recommends allowing marijuana home delivery in Massachusetts
Despite concerns about robberies and security, a state committee recommended that Massachusetts grant licenses to companies to deliver marijuana. The question surrounds “delivery-only” licenses, in which the Cannabis Control Commission would let a company form a business and obtain a license to deliver marijuana from a retail store to... Read more
Surgeon General Believes It’s High Time For Marijuana Reclassification
At the close of 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a bold move, and called on the federal government to rethink marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I substance. While the Surgeon General did not go so far as to condone legalization for recreational use, he did say that medically,... Read more
California Cannabis Red Tape Alert: New BCC “Change of Ownership” Rules

Our California cannabis lawyers are seeing a major spike in mergers and acquisitions (M & A), and it’s time to discuss what’s on the horizon for changes of ownership for some California cannabis businesses. In every cannabis state, M & A is no breeze because the regulators almost always require pre-approval of the transaction or…

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