As we wrote about here and discussed on the latest episode of our podcast, there has been a debate recently about the proper interpretation of the word “location” in Illinois’s Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
Read MoreIn 2014, San Diego adopted a zoning ordinance legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries but limiting their location and operation. The result was 30 dispensaries for a city of 1.4 million in a county of 3.4 million.
Read MoreResearch can be fickle, especially with respect to public-health issues. One week, coffee is bad for your health; the next week, it is good. Same with red wine, chocolate, red meat, and innumerable other consumable products. The health research disagreements may now be coming to the marijuana industry.
Read MoreIllinois remains the epicenter of marijuana legalization in 2019. During August alone, Illinois has passed new legislation expanding and cementing its medical marijuana program, and shown necessary flexibility as it attempts to get its recreational market off the ground by January 1, 2020.
Read MoreA judge in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania recently threw out evidence obtained from the search of a vehicle after state troopers used the smell of marijuana as the basis for their probable cause.
Read MoreSeven Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensaries are suing Facebook after the platform allegedly booked them into “Facebook jail.” “Facebook jail” is when Facebook temporarily disables a page or profile for allegedly violating community standards.
Read MoreYou don’t see many Writs of Mandamus these days. Yet on August 5th, Santa Fe District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid signed an Alternative Writ of Mandamus officially ordering the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to allow out-of-state residents to participate in New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program.
Read MoreIn 2015, Louisiana lawmakers legalized medical marijuana. It took four years, but sales are finally set to begin this week after the Department of Agriculture cleared the first product for release.
Read MoreFlorida’s First District Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Florida Dept. of Health, et al. v. Florigrown, LLC, Case No. 1D18-4471, last week. The court’s ruling upended Florida’s medical marijuana industry by deeming the state’s current regulatory scheme—and by extension the cap on the number of licenses—unconstitutional.
Read MoreMarijuana-related employment lawsuits are on the rise as more workers who have been fired or denied a job over their marijuana use are utilizing litigation to challenge the decisions. This, in turn, is forcing employers to formulate new strategies to balance the risk of litigation against the possibility of impaired employees hurting someone on the job, damaging the business, or possibly even worse.
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