California publishes quarterly data concerning its “enforcement” efforts against the illegal cannabis market. Over the last couple of quarters, I’ve gotten in the habit of analyzing this data (see here for Q3 2023, and here for Q2 2023). I’ve been blogging here since 2018 and my opinion is that the state is doing very, very
لمن فاتته الندوة الشهر الماضي، فقد نشرنا تسجيلاً كاملاً ونصاً كاملاً لندوتنا عبر الإنترنت بعنوان: «آراء المحامين حول صناعة القنب لعام 2024: اسألونا عن أي شيء». يمكنكم مشاهدة التسجيل وقراءة النص هنا. وقد حظيت الندوة بحضور كبير، حيث أجاب المحامون Vince Sliwoski، وجريفين ثورن، وجيسي موندري على مجموعة متنوعة من
Cannabis regulation efforts are usually sold to voters or legislators with the express promise that a state will be able to milk the new industry for all it’s got through cannabis taxes. Don’t believe me? Well, look no further than California’s landmark Proposition 64, also known as the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana
We spill a lot of ink on the Canna Law Blog talking about different types of business entities that cannabis entrepreneurs often use. In most cases though, the choice is between LLC and corporation. It may come as a surprise to some readers that some states have many different subcategories of corporations, including California. Today
أقوم بتمثيل عملاء في قطاع القنب بولاية كاليفورنيا منذ عام 2018. وقد دأبت شركتنا على تمثيل الشركات العاملة في هذا المجال لسنوات عديدة قبل ذلك، في ولايات تتمتع ببرامج ترخيص أكثر نضجًا. ومن أكثر الأخطاء شيوعًا التي نلاحظها في أسواق القنب الناشئة هو اعتماد الشركات بشكل مفرط على إقرار التشريع الفيدرالي. على سبيل المثال،
At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a post entitled “California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market” in which I went into detail about the state’s failure to meaningfully address the festering illegal market. More recently, I wrote about “Another California Cannabis Enforcement Program That Won’t Work.” As the name suggests, this post was
Earlier this week, California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced yet another cannabis enforcement program: the Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor Program (CAPP). CAPP is the newest of California’s ever-growing list of acronym enforcement programs, alongside EPIC (previously CAMP), UCETF, alongside countless other county and local agencies. Will the new enforcement program make a dent in the illegal
ليس سراً أن صناعة القنب تشهد تراجعاً حاداً في العديد من الولايات، بما في ذلك كاليفورنيا. وقد كتبنا مراراً وتكراراً عن المشاكل المحددة التي تعاني منها صناعة القنب في كاليفورنيا. فمن بين هذه المشاكل: الضرائب المرتفعة، وأزمة الائتمان المذهلة ومشاكل تحصيل الديون، وحالات الحراسة القضائية، وانتشار الحظر المحلي، والإفراط في التنظيم من قبل الولاية، وتفشي الأنشطة غير القانونية
On the heels of my last post discussing the limited situations under which a lawsuit can be filed against a cannabis business owner, today’s post will kick off a series of other ways you can protect yourself and exert leverage in a lawsuit. This is a key question as so many in the cannabis industry
Over the last five years, I’ve done countless compliance reviews for cannabis product and CBD product labels, packaging materials, and products themselves. In all cases – not most, all – cannabis product labels needed at least one change. Product type, shape, and ingredients often needed work. And even packaging material has had plenty of issues.
