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After Sessions Takes Off the Gloves, the Legalized Cannabis Industry Strikes Back. Here is Hoban’s official response to today’s Jeff Sessions memo (Ryan Malkin is Of Counsel at Hoban Law Group: While the gloves are off, it’s unclear who will be throwing the first punch: United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions or the legalized cannabis industry. In this morning’s attached internal…
Perhaps the newest trend in the cannabis craze is alcohol infused with hemp or cannabis. Given the regulatory hurdles and federal prohibition, so far infusions are a cottage industry with just a handful of manufacturers producing beer, wine and spirits infused with hemp or cannabis. Since any product containing the psychoactive properties of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a violation of federal law, most…
It seems like every day since Florida voted in November to pass Amendment 2 that someone asks what is going on with medical marijuana in Florida. When is it going to start? How do I get a license? What are the new laws? The truth is, we in the industry don’t have all the answers yet because the Florida Legislature…
Is New York going to join Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon and permit recreational marijuana use? New York Senate Bill S01747, filed January 14, 2015, seeks to bring recreational marijuana to New York, noting “regulating, controlling, and taxing marihuana like alcohol will save criminal justice resources, reduce violent crime, reduce racial disparities, and generate revenue.” Please find my summary of…
The New York Times Editorial Board said, “the federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana.” The NYT reached that conclusion “after a great deal of discussion among the members of The Times’s Editorial Board, inspired by a rapidly growing movement among the states to reform marijuana laws.” Click here to read the full story.
Florida is the latest state to pass a medical marijuana bill to allow limited access to marijuana for treatment of chronic epileptic seizures, cancer and select other severe illnesses. Senate Bill 1030, (http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1030) passed in the House by a vote of 111-7, and a vote of 30-9 in the Senate. Governor Rick Scott said he will sign the bill into…
