Cannabis not only won big around the country on Election Day 2018, but also on a local level last week within states that had already legalized adult use marijuana, such as Oregon and California. As to Oregon in particular, a handful of cities voted to lift bans on recreational marijuana on November 6. Nearly all of…
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Uncertainty Abounds in Defining “Commercial Cannabis Activity” under California’s New Rules
CaliforniaUncategorized November 11, 2018
Last month, California’s regulatory agencies charged with writing commercial cannabis rules released new modifications to the final rules proposed in July. The Bureau of Cannabis Control’s (BCC) proposed modifications contained some of the most dramatic changes, including what would effectively be an outright ban on intellectual property licensing for cannabis products—something we are still trying…
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From The Ballot Box: Post-Midterm Election Analysis
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichiganNorth DakotaUtah November 10, 2018 0
Marijuana Embraced in Michigan, Utah and Missouri, but Rejected in North Dakota
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganNorth DakotaUtah November 10, 2018 0
NCIA’s 2018 Post-Election Webinar
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichiganNorth DakotaUncategorizedUtah November 9, 2018 0
Illinois just elected a cannabis-friendly governor and Chicago pot companies are on the move
IllinoisMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana November 9, 2018 0
California Intellectual Property Licensing: Our Comments to the Bureau of Cannabis Control
CaliforniaUncategorized November 9, 2018
As we’ve been blogging about for the last couple of weeks, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) recently released modifications to the proposed regulations for cannabis licensees, one of which effectively prohibits all licensing, white labeling and manufacturing agreements between two parties where one of those parties is not a licensed cannabis business. In our…
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How Cannabis Fared in the California Elections
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized November 9, 2018
As we wrote on Tuesday, the midterm elections were monumental for cannabis: Michigan voters approved of a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use, Utah and Missouri will soon establish medical marijuana regimes, and Texas Representative and marijuana antagonist Pete Sessions lost to a Democrat. All in all, Tuesday was a good day at the…
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BREAKING NEWS: Cannabis Wins Big at the Midterm Elections
Medical MarijuanaMichiganRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized November 8, 2018
Today was a stellar day for marijuana advocates around the country. Not only did a handful of states authorize legalization of medical and recreational marijuana at the polls, but the Democratic Party took control of the House of Representatives, and one very problematic Congressman, Pete Sessions, was sent packing down in Texas. Below is a…
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Michigan becomes 10th state to allow recreational marijuana
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana November 7, 2018 0
