Who is a “qualified applicant” under Oregon’s new marijuana license reassignment program? First, some context. House Bill 4016, which introduced the reassignment concept, represents a sea change for Oregon’s licensed marijuana industry. The bill presently awaits signature by the Governor, and no one is betting it won’t become law. Our take on all of Oregon’s
Happy MLK Day! If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would almost certainly advocate to end the War on Drugs. Dr. King never spoke publicly about drugs or cannabis in particular: he was assassinated in 1968, two years before President Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). But it is well established that
Hace poco recibí un correo electrónico publicitario al azar en el que me saludaban con la palabra «high» en lugar de «hola». Mi primera reacción fue un profundo y visceral escalofrío. La segunda fue pensar: «Oye, si yo —que solo soy un humilde abogado del sector del cannabis y no un actor real de la industria— me siento tan...
Según mi experiencia, el cabildeo es realmente un arte y no una ciencia, y además un arte muy importante. Y a lo largo de los años no han faltado iniciativas de cabildeo en torno al cannabis, tanto a nivel estatal como federal. Por lo general, las asociaciones del sector del cannabis (y parece que ahora hay una para cada tema relacionado con el cannabis, incluida una creada recientemente
El 3 de diciembre de 2020, MAPS (la Asociación Multidisciplinar para los Estudios Psicodélicos) publicó un comunicado de prensa sobre una demanda interpuesta contra la DEA y el Fiscal General para «obligar a la concesión de licencias para la fabricación de marihuana con fines de ensayos clínicos y una posible aprobación por parte de la FDA». Hemos escrito sobre MAPS y sus 35 años de defensa y compromiso con
Racism in America is not confined to the criminal justice system, it is embedded in all aspects of our society, but the continued killing of Black men and women by police and law enforcement personnel has lead to a breaking point. The video of George Floyd’s murder is particularly gruesome and has lead to nationwide
Several months I wrote an article about CBD and false advertising under the Lanham Act and noted an important case on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning damages in trademark cases, Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. (Supreme Court Docket No. 18-1233). As you may recall, the Lanham Act, also known as the
Last month, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a now widely shared keynote speech at an Anti Defamation League event in New York, in which he spared no harsh words for social media companies who he claims provide a platform for hate speech and the proliferation of fake news. In his speech, Cohen offered sharp criticisms for
On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives voted 267-165 to prohibit the United States Department of Justice from using appropriated funds to interfere with state-legal cannabis programs. The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment (a.k.a. the Hinchey–Rohrabacher, Rohrabacher-Blumenauer, and Joyce Amendment) has provided similar protection to state-legal cannabis programs over the past decade, but only to medical programs.
California’s illicit market for cannabis is booming—not just out in remote grows deep in the wilderness, but also in delivery and even brick-and-mortal retail stores in big cities all over the state. Our California cannabis attorneys regularly receive questions from licensed cannabis companies about what they can do to stay competitive in the face of
