A lot has happened in New York since the Canna Law Blog’s first New York State of the State. Last year was action-packed for the cannabis industry in New York. With licenses issued and sales starting in 2022, New York got the ball rolling on an actual and legal cannabis industry. We expect 2023 will
The 2023 Oregon legislative session kicked off yesterday. It’s a regular session this year, meaning we’re in for a longer stretch– a 160 day calendar, versus the 35 day affair we see in even-numbered years. Following November’s elections, the state government also looks quite different than the last few years, from the Governor’s office on
In November 2022, the OLCC adopted and amended a suite of cannabis rules that became effective January 1, 2023. You can download the changes here and read our previous coverage of many of these changes here, here, here, and here. Now that Oregon’s new cannabis rules are effective, let’s take a look at some of
Yesterday, January 13, 2023, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) released an interactive mapping tool for determining whether people meet have lived in Disproportionately Impacted Areas (“DIA”)–one of three eligibility criteria for the forthcoming Social Equity in Cannabis (“SEIC”) program licensing. The map can be found by a link on the LCB’s website,
كونيتيكت هي أحدث ولاية تسمح ببيع القنب المخصص للاستخدام الشخصي للبالغين. وقد أصبح حيازة القنب من قبل البالغين أمراً قانونياً في كونيتيكت منذ عام 2021، عقب سن القانون العام رقم 21-1. ومن المثير للإعجاب أن هذا القانون ألغى أيضاً 43,754 حكماً بالإدانة في قضايا تتعلق بجرائم القنب. وفي ديسمبر، أعلنت وزارة حماية المستهلك بالولاية (DCP) أن الهجين
يُعد الاستخدام القانوني في التجارة شرطًا أساسيًا لتسجيل العلامة التجارية في الولايات المتحدة. وبالنسبة لعلامات القنب التجارية، يعني ذلك أن مكتب براءات الاختراع والعلامات التجارية بالولايات المتحدة (USPTO) لن يسجل العلامات التجارية المستخدمة في سياق منتجات تعتبر غير قانونية بموجب القانون الفيدرالي، وأبرزها الماريجوانا. ومع ذلك، فإن النهج المثير للجدل الذي يتبعه مكتب براءات الاختراع والعلامات التجارية بالولايات المتحدة (USPTO) تجاه الاستخدام القانوني
Welcome to the seventh annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. For the first year since program launch, regulated cannabis sales fell in the state. We also saw significant legislative and regulatory changes, further contraction of the hemp industry and a myriad of interesting odds and ends. Overall, it has been a rocky
Last month, my Portland colleague and cannabis business litigator extraordinaire Jesse Mondry authored a post titled Oregon Cannabis: Drive-Thru Marijuana Sales Ending? On Friday, December 16, we got an answer to that question. The answer, I’m glad to report, is “not at this time.” That determination came via the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission’s (OLCC)
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) has clarified what cannabinoid additives are allowed in Cannabis products in WA. The LCB recently published a notice that it had adopted interpretive statement IS22-01, “Use of Additives in Authorized Cannabis Products”. The adopted policy statement clarifies that non-cannabidiol (“non-CBD”) cannabinoids may be added to cannabis products
The OLCC rulemaking process continues after a public hearing on October 25 and the close of the public comment period on October 31. You can read our prior coverage here, here and here, and you can read the proposed rules here. The public hearing lasted about 35 minutes and a hot topic was whether retailers may
