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Cannabis Law Now Podcast: THC Infused Beverages: Cantrip's Journey Through the Hemp-Derived Looking Glass
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Investing in the U.S. - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: The ‘CannaBoies' Lawsuit and Why it Matters
Internal Investigations and the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry
Cybersecurity Threats Facing Food and Agribusiness Companies & the Preparation and Protection Safeguards to Help Mitigate Them
A Look Inside the Expanding Cannabis-Infused Beverage Market With the CEO of Hillview, Producer of Hemp-Infused Seltzer Brand Kaló
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Five: Exploring Succession and Generational Change with Kevin Adams, Managing Director for The Mountain Group
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Four: The Financialization of Agriculture with David Muth from Alternative Equity Advisors
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Three: Diversity in Agriculture: From its People to its Products with Elin Miller, Founder of Umpqua Nut Farms & Umpqua Vineyards
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Two: A Bright Future for Agriculture with Phil Ward, CEO of Oregon Future Farmers of America
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode One: Keeping America Fed with Jeff Huckaby, President & CEO of Grimmway Farms
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see California dealing with intoxicating hemp products. The Eastern Band of Cherokee opens their...more
On August 1, Missouri Governor Michael Parson issued Executive Order 24-10 (the EO), a bold move aimed at addressing consumer safety concerns surrounding unregulated psychoactive cannabis products. The EO sparked a legal...more
Whether you practice full time as a cannabis attorney, dabble in cannabis law, or are simply interested in the evolving federal views and laws on marijuana, you may have caught wind that the federal Agriculture Improvement...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. First, we have an update on the Missouri rules dealing with intoxicating hemp products. Then, we see the...more
I recently traveled to Amsterdam to participate in an expert seminar on European cannabis and drug policy. The seminar covered various topics, including a thought experiment on where European Union (EU) cannabis reform was...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the House Appropriations committee weighed in on protecting state legal markets and rescheduling. A...more
Over the last several years, there has been a dramatic increase in retail and online sales of products containing hemp-derived and synthetically created cannabinoids. As a result, an increasing number of states are poised to...more
Although the possession and sale of cannabis remain federally illegal under the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Department of Justice has largely exercised a general policy of nonprosecution for state-regulated cannabis...more
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Last week the Ohio House proposed legislation designed to revise a number of aspects of Issue 2, the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative, passed by over 57% of Ohioans in November. Today, the Ohio Senate proposed its own...more
Apologies for the cannabis puns in the title, but they are required by law. Okay, you are correct. That is not true. But it is true that trademark protection is important for individuals in the cannabis industry. Earlier this...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see cannabis companies filing a lawsuit over the federal marijuana ban. We check in on the situation in...more
On October 12, hemp producers and retailers notched an early win in litigation challenging the legality of Maryland’s cannabis licensing program as it applies to hemp. By way of background, the Maryland General Assembly...more
Major news broke on August 30, 2023, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would recommend moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, as first reported by Riley Griffin for...more
Unlike so many other state cannabis laws that impose separate and distinct regulatory frameworks for hemp and cannabis, Minnesota’s newly enacted recreational cannabis law (“Adult-Use Act”) incorporates hemp-derived...more
Businesses considering entering the recreational marijuana market under Minnesota’s recently passed act creating a regime for adult-use cannabis would be wise to consider the state’s unique geography and local politics. While...more
While the Ohio Legislature’s May 3, 2023, deadline to put forth adult-use legislation to avoid a ballot initiative went up in smoke, Ohioans have continued pushing forward in their attempt to legalize adult-use cannabis. And,...more
It seems like every day I read a new story about legislators, high-ranking federal officials, and frustrated advocates of marijuana research complaining that researchers still can't study the actual marijuana that people are...more
House Speaker Jose Oliva announced on February 13, 2020, that establishing THC limits in all medical marijuana products sold to patients in Florida is a priority for the Florida House of Representatives this year. ...more