Categories of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act, ranging from Schedule I to Schedule V. Schedule I is the most restricted and it includes “marihuana” and “tetrahydrocannabinols” but excludes “hemp”.

Federal legislation signed by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1970. The CSA segregates a host of drugs into five schedules. “Marihuana” and “tetrahydrocannabinols” are currently a Schedule I controlled substances. States have each adopted “mini” controlled substances acts, generally mirroring the federal CSA.

Criminal liability imposed where two or more people conspire to commit an illegal act. Generally, the same charges can be brough against all conspirators, even ones who did not commit the illegal act themselves.

Products derived from cannabis flower using mechanical, chemical, or other means, and include cannabinoids and terpenes but not plant biomass. Common concentrates include oil, wax, shatter, butter, badder, resin, and rosin.

2002 case decided by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed a lower court’s order enjoining federal policies that would have prohibited physicians from recommending marijuana to patients on First Amendment grounds.

California voter initiative that permitted physicians to recommend marijuana to qualified patients for medical purposes and provided an affirmative defense to prosecution for qualified patients who consumed medically recommended marijuana and their primary caregivers. It was the first law in the United States after the passage of the Controlled Substances Act that created state-legal protections

Federal memorandum issued on August 29, 2013 by former Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole with the subject “Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement.” Often simply referred to as the “Cole Memo.” The Cole Memo enumerated and limited the federal government’s enforcement priorities with respect to marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act to prioritize enforcement of eight

Federal memorandum issued on June 29, 2011 by former Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole with the subject “Guidance Regarding the Ogden Memo in Jurisdictions Seeking to Authorize Marijuana for Medical Use. Succeeded by the second Cole Memo of August 29, 2013 and rescinded by Jeff Sessions via the Sessions Memo of January 4, 2018.

A common industry acronym for “cost of goods sold.” Cf. I.R.C. § 280E.

Packaging designed to reduce the risk of children accessing the contents of the package. Many jurisdictions require cannabis businesses to use CRP.