Topic: Podcasts

On this episode of the Joint Status Report, Doug and David check back in on the bribery scandal involving the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts and how the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is now involved (:30), analyze whether a federal judge can appoint a receiver to oversee a company providing financial services to cannabis companies (3:01), discuss Leafly’s annual cannabis jobs report (6:19), and chat about Politico Pro’s recent article regarding the environmental impact of the cannabis industry (10:34).

On this episode of the Joint Status Report, Doug and David discuss how laws regarding marijuana in the workplace are evolving, and how a pending case in front of the Supreme Court of New Jersey could change the landscape (1:05), a recent decision out of the Ninth Circuit regarding marijuana and deportation (7:54), the surprising decision of MedMen’s founder to step down (11:05), and the record numbers set in Illinois’s first month of recreational sales (14:11).

In the second episode of season 2, Doug and David interview Locke Lord’s Cannabis Industry Group Coordinator, Akshita Singh. Akshita details how she became involved in the cannabis industry, what she has learned through her experiences working in-house at a large MSO and during her time at Locke Lord.

In the first episode of the new season, Doug and David discuss how the Illinois rollout of recreational marijuana has gone so far (1:28), updates on recent attempts in Florida, South Dakota (medical), and Mississippi (medical) to get marijuana legalization on ballots in the upcoming 2020 election (13:31), and where things stand with the FDA’s efforts regarding CBD regulation (17:03).