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How Cannabis Fared in the California Elections

California Medical Marijuana Uncategorized 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…

Hold Your Horses: Los Angeles EMMDs Will Soon be Prevented from Relocating

California Medical Marijuana Uncategorized November 6, 2018

Los Angeles’s existing medical marijuana dispensaries (“EMMDs”) under Measure M will soon be precluded from relocating from their current operations unless and until they receive their local annual licenses from the City of Los Angeles. Movement post-initial application to L.A. has been a common practice for EMMDs for some time, and has apparently caused a…

Get Ready Now for the California Cannabis Licensing Logjam

California Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized October 30, 2018

A backlog of cannabis license applications has no doubt happened in almost all of the other states that have medical and adult use licensing. You wouldn’t normally think this is such a big or concerning development, but in cannabis licensing delays can mean angry investors, a complete 180 for your business plans and even insolvency….

California Cannabis Cultivation: DFA’s Proposed Permanent Rules

California Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized October 24, 2018

On Friday, the three California agencies charged with issuing and enforcing rules for cannabis business licensees issued a stack of proposed changes to the final rules it had previously proposed in July. Many of the most dramatic changes came from the BCC and will likely motivate more than a... Read more

What You Need to Know Now: BCC Drops Revised, Proposed, Permanent Cannabis Rules

California Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized October 22, 2018

Huge changes ahead. Get your comments in by Nov. 5! Last Friday, we wrote about the amended proposed permanent cannabis regulations that are now in a 15-day notice-and-comment period for each California agency—the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”), Department of Public Health (“DPH”), and Department of Food and Agriculture... Read more

California needs more time to vet and license marijuana businesses

Uncategorized October 9, 2018

The state is in the process of creating a second stop-gap licensing program for the cannabis industry to avoid a potential disruption in the supply chain for California’s newly legal marijuana market. Since the state’s recreational marijuana market kicked in, on Jan. 1, the state has issued only temporary business... Read more

Cities Should Not License Cannabis Businesses. They Should Support Them.

Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized October 9, 2018

. City cannabis licensing in action. Recently, the City of Portland announced that it would lower cannabis business licensing fees. Most notably, retail license fees have been reduced from $4,975 to $3,500, in line with other license types.... Read more

Washington Regulators Ban Cannabis-Infused Candies

Uncategorized October 5, 2018

By April 3, 2019, Washington retail marijuana stores will no longer carry infused hard candies, tarts, fruit chews, jellies, and gummies due to a newly enacted ban on the production said products. The announcement came from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) during a recent meeting. A... Read more

Oregon Cannabis: Employees and Changes in Ownership

Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized September 28, 2018

Your license transition plan should consider employees. You’re new to the Oregon cannabis scene and quickly realize you won’t be able to open a newly licensed cannabis retail store due to the Oregon Liquor Control Commissions (OLCC) pause on issuing new licenses that went into effect on June 15.... Read more

Enforcement Ramps Up Against Unlicensed California Cannabis Operators

California Uncategorized September 23, 2018

Unlicensed cannabis traders, beware. California has experienced some growing pains as it has continued to roll out its regulated cannabis regime pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”), but despite delays in implementing permanent regulations, the state and many local jurisdictions are not... Read more