Poison control centers say number of children ingesting marijuana edibles is way up
CaliforniaUncategorized July 16, 2018
State and local officials say they are alarmed by a spike in calls they have received to report children and teenagers ingesting marijuana products since California legalized cannabis for recreational use by adults in 2016. The number of calls to poison control centers involving people 19 and younger who... Read more
iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc., (CSE: IAN, OTCQB: ITHUF), which owns, operates, and partners with licensed cannabis operations throughout the United States, is pleased to announce that the Company has elected to exercise its right under the indenture dated February 28, 2017, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated August 16, 2017, governing... Read more
Hydropothecary ‘gets intimate’ with release of Fleur de Lune, its first medical cannabis oil for personal use
Uncategorized July 16, 2018
The Hydropothecary Corporation (TSX:HEXO) is proud to announce the launch of Fleur de Lune, an intimate medical cannabis oil. “With Fleur de Lune, we’re continuing to execute on our innovation and product development strategy. Fleur de Lune is yet another smoke-free medical cannabis option that responds to the evolving... Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Pot advocates celebrated the culmination of a yearslong effort to ease restrictions on the use of cannabis last month when nearly 60 percent of Oklahoma voters approved medical marijuana. Oklahoma’s proponents had even included a two-month deadline for the implementation in their measure so as... Read more
California Drops Proposed Permanent Cannabis Regulations
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized July 16, 2018
Last Friday, July 12, 2018, all three agencies overseeing California’s implementation of MAUCRSA dropped proposed permanent regulations that will eventually replace the readopted emergency regulations that are active now. For the text of those proposed regulations go here, here, and here. Importantly, these regulations are just proposed; they are not... Read more
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P; WKN: A1C4WM) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Shopify Inc. , one of the world’s leading multi-channel, online commerce companies, to leverage the Shopify platform as Aurora’s ecommerce engine for medical and recreational cannabis distribution globally. Working... Read more
Choosing Your Cannabis Trademark
Uncategorized July 15, 2018
We’ve gone over the obstacles to obtaining federal trademark protection at length, but given recent inquiries our cannabis trademark attorneys have been receiving lately, it seemed high time to revisit what exactly makes a trademark “strong” or “weak.” I regularly have clients come to me with catchy marks they... Read more
Home of legal CBD sales! Indiana has uniquely positioned itself with some of the most robust regulations of hemp-derived CBD products. On March 21, 2018, Senate Bill 52 became law, allowing the distribution and retail sale of “low-THC hemp extract,” defined as a product “(1) derived from Cannabis sativa L.... Read more
California’s permanent cannabis regulations could affect marijuana delivery, edibles and advertising
Uncategorized July 13, 2018
Cannabis retailers soon may be able to deliver marijuana anywhere in California, no matter what city or county rules say. Also, it’s likely that medical marijuana patients will be allowed to buy edibles infused with cannabis that’s more potent than currently permitted under state law. And on another front,... Read more
Israeli medical marijuana researchers to open first U.S. clinic in Laguna Woods
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized July 13, 2018
Israel has been, for decades, the global leader in medical marijuana research and treatment, with the government funding human clinical trials even as the United States and other countries discouraged or criminalized such studies. Alon Blatt with NiaMedic, the Israeli company behind a medical clinic in Laguna Woods that... Read more
