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Opioid Crisis is Focus of Medical Marijuana Advocates as Congress Considers Extending – or Ending – Program Protection in December

It’s getting closer to December, which means it’s getting closer to yet another moment in which Congress could end the medical marijuana program protections for over 2 million patients in this country. That was the reason that the medical marijuana…

Cannabis as a Treatment for Effects of Cancer? Sure. But Curing Cancer? Cautious Optimism Grows

In what seems to be race to connect cannabis with cancer treatment, and add a huge burst of credibility to medical cannabis, new developments are coming in a flurry. But there are hints that research elsewhere - notably in Israel…

Elevating the Patient Role at the FDA and What That Means to the Cannabis Industry

October 30, 2017
David Hodes
Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology
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It’s a given in the industry that new cannabis processing and product manufacturing facilities should be built FDA-compliant. What that means is following a laundry list of rules, including having easily cleanable floors and walls, systems for monitoring environmental conditions…

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program On Track – Temporarily

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA-DOH) has been busy drafting temporary regulations for its medical marijuana program since June 25, 2016. But it appears to be making good headway towards a target of completing all regulations between now and the…

Ten Reasons Why 2018 Will Be the Year of Cannabis

We are quickly approaching the most important year of the cannabis industry since Colorado began selling recreational cannabis in 2014, or voters in Washington D.C. later that year approved an initiative for recreational sales in the District.. or maybe.. ever.…

Tick-Tock Tick-Tock: California Cannabusinesses Standing By on Regulations With Only Weeks to Confirm Compliance

As the deadline for California rolling out it’s recreational cannabis program approaches – with literally the whole world watching – regulators worked through a series of moves earlier this year and added a few more adjustments mid-year in an effort…

The Rec Regulations Game in Maine

A raucous and at times reportedly emotional crowd greeted the members of the Maine 20-member Joint Selection Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation (MLI), getting public opinion about draft legislation for recreational cannabis at the Appropriations Committee room – and two…

Landmark Trade Secrets Case to Test Federal Intellectual Property Protections for the Cannabis Industry

October 4, 2017
David Hodes
Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing, Science and Technology, Spotlight
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A potentially explosive landmark case about a pending federal court ruling on cannabis intellectual property is now in the works, with implications to the entire industry about the enforcement of trade secrets rights in the cannabis industry. The outcome of…

More Legislative Activity for Legalization Puts Prohibition Enforcement in Doubt

September 27, 2017
David Hodes
California, Delaware, Policy & Legal, Wisconsin
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With California set to completely rock the industry with recreational legalization beginning in January, that state and others are beginning to up the anty when it comes to testing the waters of full and complete legalization. The California state legislative…

Going Cashless in Hawaii Rests on Uncertain Future of Industry There and Potential Legal Challenges to Come

On September 12, Hawaii Governor David Ige and state Financial Institutions Commissioner Iris Ikeda announced what they called a banking solution for the marijuana business in the state that will allow Hawaii’s medical cannabis dispensaries to access financial services and…

Cannabis Sustainability Leaders Paving the Way – But More Work Needs to be Done

With the cannabis sector expected to grow to a $21.8 billion industry by 2020, and projected exponential expansion of the legal adult-use marijuana market into 17 additional states this year, sustainability is arguably the biggest opportunity and challenge for the…

Working Within the Cannabis Business License Environment Today

At the Boston CBEConnections cannabis industry conference at the Revere Hotel on September 12, Kris Krane, co-founder and managing partner of 4Front Ventures, presented an overview of cannabis business licensing in the U.S., focusing on how to succeed in a…

Forum on the Hill About Medical Cannabis for Veterans: “To Our Commander in Chief – Are You Listening?”

September 19, 2017
David Hodes
Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology, Training & Education
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I recently attended a powerful forum on Capitol Hill, “What Medical Cannabis Could Look Like for Our Veterans,” about veteran use of medical cannabis held at the Rayburn Congressional Representatives building on September 13. The forum included representatives from the…

Opioids v. Cannabis: Politicians, Researchers Quickly Moving to a Better Understanding

September 18, 2017
David Hodes
Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology
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First the good news: Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor September 13 about removing bureaucratic red tape to allow researchers to study the potential benefits of marijuana as…

New England Update: Recreational Stalls, Complications in Medical Persist

Two lawyers from the regulated substance practice group of New England law firm Drummond Woodsum, Hannah King and Edward “Ted” Kelleher, presented their findings in an informative session “Where legalization stands in New England” at the CBEConnections industry conference held…