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NYC cracked down on illegal weed bodegas, left behind hundreds of shuttered storefronts

A candy-colored “Exotic Clouds” sign that once beckoned customers into a smoke shop at Stanton and Ludlow streets now hangs over a darkened storefront with windows covered in graffiti. Blocks away, on Allen Street, the gate is down on another…

How a ‘well-known secret’ in Massachusetts cannabis testing is obscuring what’s in your weed

‘No testing would be better than what we do today,’ one lab founder said. Holistic Industries knew its marijuana-growing facility in Massachusetts had a mold problem in 2020 and 2021. To sell its cannabis, Holistic had to have it tested…

The New Mexico cannabis cowboys: Modern day desperados

It was something once relegated to the shadows in back alleys and dimly lit street corners. But all that changed two years ago after lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana. In New Mexico today there are 13 times more cannabis stores than…

Recreational cannabis tax revenue jumped by 52% in Maryland this spring, comptroller’s office says

September 25, 2024
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Maryland collected over $22.3 million in tax revenue from recreational cannabis sales this spring, marking an increase of more than 52% over the previous quarter, according to the state comptroller’s office. The bump comes as adult-use cannabis sales steadily increase following the…

Federal Cannabis Roundup: Nixon, DEA, Tobacco-Hemp . . . and the DOOBIE Act (sigh)

September 24, 2024
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By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski Last week, I wrote a round-up post on Oregon cannabis. This week, I thought I’d drop a line on the federal happenings. Which are quite a few. The Nixon tapes This was a…

California legal weed industry in tumult after Times pesticide investigation

September 18, 2024
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A scandal over California’s failure to keep pesticides out of legal cannabis is causing turmoil throughout the industry, with a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, the departure of a top cannabis official, the state hiring a private investigator, and a race in…

New Cannabis Legalization Introduced To PA Legislature

September 17, 2024
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Advocates believe recreational legalization is only a matter of time. The question is what it will look like. Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg on July 26, 2023. Credit: Amanda Berg/Spotlight PA The legislature returned from recess Monday in Harrisburg,…

More Bad News for Intoxicating Hemp (California, Missouri, New Jersey)

September 16, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Last week, I wrote a post entitled “Loper Comes For the DEA. Will it Matter Though?” In that post, I discussed a brand new federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals case that concluded that…

Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous.’

President Richard Nixon’s remarks were captured on his secret White House recording system but had eluded the notice of leading Nixon era historians until now. Two years after former President Richard M. Nixon launched a war on drugs in 1971, calling…

Oregon Cannabis Roundup: Fall 2024

September 12, 2024
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By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski Now that Labor Day is in the rear view and people are paying attention again, it seems like a good time to drop a line on Oregon cannabis. Here are some highlights, to…

New Jersey Governor Murphy signs law that will pull Delta-8, THC seltzers from shelves

September 12, 2024
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In one fell swoop, the loophole that allowed intoxicating hemp products — from candy-shaped edibles and cannabis flower available at gas stations to the THC seltzers on liquor store shelves — has been closed off. Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday…

Ohio dispensaries sold millions of dollars of recreational marijuana in first month

September 11, 2024
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Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio surpassed $50 million in the month since adults could start buying cannabis, according to new state data. The Division of Cannabis Control said dispensaries sold nearly $54.6 million in recreational products as of Saturday, about one month…

Gavin Newsom Wants California To Have More Restrictive Drug Laws Than Florida

September 10, 2024
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Newsom's "emergency" rules banning all THC in hemp products doesn't square with his insistence that his state provides more freedom than Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed strict new rules on intoxicating substances derived…

Shannon O’Brien fired as state’s top cannabis regulator, ending year-long suspension and months of uncertainty

State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg on Monday fired the state’s top cannabis regulator, formally removing Shannon O’Brien from her post a year after first suspending her and following months of upheaval at the agency. In a statement, Goldberg said O’Brien “committed gross misconduct” and “demonstrated she is…

Loper Comes for the DEA. Will it Matter, Though?

September 6, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney@ Harris Sliwoski, Earlier this week, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case entitled Anderson v. Diamondback Investment Group, LLC, handed the DEA a big loss when it comes to hemp – at least for now.…