It’s a very exciting time in the cannabis industry right now. One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. Legal cannabis generated $16 billion in total economic output in the United States […]
Category: Business
How Alcohol Companies are Dealing with Cannabis Legalization
Alcohol business currently have the facilities to produce mass quantities of marijuana instilled beverages. Presently, there aren’’ t a lot of business concentrated on the marijuana drink sector within the market. . Read more: cannabis.net
Illinois Legalizes Medical Marijuana as an Opioid Alternative
The changes for the Illinois law are significant because it not only makes access to cannabis easier, but it also allows more people even more access to their medicine. Read more: cannabis.net
FREE Portland Event: Employment Law for Oregon Cannabis Businesses
What’s in YOUR employee handbook? Even if your company is fully compliant with all OLCC-mandated marijuana laws and regulations, you can still expose yourself to legal pitfalls if you aren’t just as strict keeping up with state and federal employment laws. While the rapid evolution of corporate cannabis is evident in the news alone, you […]
Connecticut Federal Court Finds Employer Liable For Refusing To Hire Medical Marijuana User
Last week, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (the Court) granted summary judgment to a job applicant on her claim that an employer discriminated against her because of her approved use of medical marijuana pursuant to the Connecticut Palliative Use of Marijuana Act (PUMA). Plaintiff Katelin Noffsinger suffered from post-traumatic stress […]
Oregon Cannabis: Josephine County Loses Again
…another Josephine County setback. Poor Josephine County. We have been writing on this blog about the southern Oregon county’s mounting frustrations with cannabis, its successive losses in litigation, and its most recent attempt in federal district court to submarine Oregon’s cannabis programs. We immediately identified this lawsuit as a “stunning overreach” and we predicted the […]
Is Washington’s Marijuana Business Owner Residency Requirement Constitutional?
Could absolutely be unconstitutional. We believe it deserves reconsidering at whether Washington’’ s stringent residency requirement is constitutional. Considering that Washington initially accredited cannabis services in 2014, we have actually questioned if anybody would want to bear the costs of that specific obstacle. And to this day, there are no Washington appellate or federal legal […]
California Cannabis Advertising: Changes Coming?
Open season coming for non-licensees? It’s been a while since we wrote about advertising regulations in California, in large part because the regulations have been a moving target. But with AB 2899 making steady progress, we thought it would be a good time to give a rundown of current Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation […]
California, CDTFA and Proposed Cannabis Tax Regulations
On July 20, 2018, the CDTFA released its discussion paper on proposed rulemaking regarding the administration of the cannabis cultivation and excise taxes. This blog post highlights the issues addressed in the proposed regulation. By way of background, on August of 2017 the CDTFA promulgated two emergency regulations. The first, Regulation 3700, Cannabis Excise […]