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Medical Marijuana refers to the use of marijuana to treat or alleviate symptoms of certain illnesses. A growing number of states permit individuals to use marijuana on the recommendation of a physician. Despite state laws to the contrary, Federal law still prohibits the use or possession of marijuana. The conflict between state and federal law on this issue has created interesting enforcement issues and significant legal hurdles for medical marijuana providers. less -

The Week in Weed: June 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/6/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Texas is the center of gravity in the hemp world. The First Circuit rules against cannabis businesses. ...more

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Card-Holder Survives Employer’s Motion to Dismiss

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/4/2025

A recent opinion from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania serves a win to a medical marijuana card-holder who brought claims against an employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Pennsylvania Medical...more

Texas Medical Cannabis Expansion Bill Would Unlock 12 New Licenses

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/3/2025

Texas is on the brink of expanding its medical cannabis program in a significant way. House Bill 46 (HB 46) passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature and now awaits action by Gov. Greg Abbott. He has until June 22 to sign...more

Native American Tribal Sovereignty and the Cannabis Industry: A New Frontier

Vicente LLP on 6/3/2025

Native American Tribal sovereignty and the budding cannabis industry have intersected in a unique way, giving rise to an evolving landscape. Exercising their inherent rights to self-governance, many Tribes are exploring and...more

Proposed Bill from Joint Cannabis Committee Would Adopt Meaningful Reforms to Struggling Mass. Cannabis Industry

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 5/29/2025

Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is addressing the challenges (and that’s an understatement) the industry is facing with a very...more

The Week in Weed: May 2025 # 4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/23/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on the Nebraska situation. We hear that the administration’s nominee for DEA head won’t...more

Georgia House Speaker Names Members To 16 Interim House Study Committees

McGuireWoods Consulting on 5/21/2025

On May 14, 2025, House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, announced the formation of 16 official study committees to review and evaluate major policy areas during the Georgia General Assembly’s 2025 interim. These committees,...more

The Week in Weed: May 2025 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/16/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Wisconsin’s legislature says no to the Governor’s cannabis proposal. Pennsylvania’s Senate says no to the...more

Marijuana Legalization Cut From Wisconsin Governor’s Proposed Budget

Amundsen Davis LLC on 5/15/2025

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers took another swing at legalizing cannabis in his proposed 2025-27 budget and struck out. On May 8, 2025, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee eliminated marijuana legalization from...more

M-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Humpback, Humpback-I: Checking in on Mississippi Cannabis

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/7/2025

Another legislative session has come and gone in Mississippi (a limited, short special session is all but a certainty, as the Legislature passed no state budget), resulting in tweaks to the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act...more

The Week in Weed: April 2025 # 4

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/25/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see two federal bills involving legalization. A lawsuit against the DEA has been dropped. Nebraska’s...more

Court Voids Alabama Medical Cannabis Awards: What’s Next on This Far Too Long, Too Strange Trip?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/23/2025

On Monday — the day after the holiest of days on the cannabis calendar and just days after a hearing during which the Montgomery County Circuit Court heard arguments about whether an emergency rule promulgated by the AMCC in...more

Personal Injuries, Treble Damages and Attorney’s Fees: The Supreme Court Approves Civil RICO Actions Resulting from Personal...

Quarles & Brady LLP on 4/22/2025

Under the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), an individual can bring a civil action for an injury to the individual’s business or property caused by a RICO violation (referred to as “civil RICO”). 18...more

Georgia House Announces New Study Committees on Elections, Medical Marijuana/Hemp and Insurance Rates

McGuireWoods Consulting on 4/22/2025

On April 17, 2025, Speaker Jon Burns announced the formation of three new House study committees that will investigate pressing policy issues in Georgia. These committees build upon resolutions introduced during the 2025...more

Cannabis Day: Top 10 Weed Roundup of Budding Trends’ Trendiest Blog Posts of the Year

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/20/2025

As the hallowed cannabis holiday for stoners-turned-business-entrepreneurs falls upon us, we find ourselves in the shifting sands of change in the cannabis industry as usual. Not surprisingly, many states have seen...more

The Week in Weed: April 2025 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/18/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that the DEA’s rescheduling hearing is still pending. Germany’s cannabis program is likely to...more

Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Reverses Dismissal of Medical Marijuana Cardholder’s Disability Discrimination Claim

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2025

On April 11, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. Western District of Pennsylvania reversed his recent decision to dismiss a disability discrimination claim from a job applicant with a medical marijuana card who alleged he had...more

Understanding the Trump Administration’s Stance on Cannabis and Hemp Policy

Vicente LLP on 4/16/2025

The legal status of cannabis and hemp in the United States remains uncertain, which makes the executive branch’s policy stance on these issues extremely pertinent to the future of these industries. Cannabis remains federally...more

The Week in Weed: April 2025 # 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/11/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Delaware dealing with a delay in setting up a retail market. A move to put a legalization...more

Pennsylvania Federal Court Follows State Ruling That Medical Marijuana Use Is Not a Disability Under State Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/10/2025

A Pennsylvania federal court recently ruled that a job applicant who had a job offer rescinded could not allege disability discrimination under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) for medical marijuana use as a matter...more

The Week in Weed: April 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/9/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, New Hampshire makes another attempt to legalize adult-use cannabis. Minnesota works on rules for its...more

Unlocking the Secrets of the Endocannabinoid System: A New Frontier in Therapeutic Cannabis Research for Adolescents

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/7/2025

Humans possess several well-established bodily systems, including the sympathetic nervous system, the central nervous system, and the endocrine system. A relatively recent discovery is the endocannabinoid system (ECS)....more

The Impact of the Horn Case on RICO - RICO Report Podcast

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/7/2025

In this installment, Cal discusses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Medical Marijuana Inc. v. Horn that settled the longstanding Circuit Court split over whether personal injuries are ever compensable under the RICO...more

Toking the Line: Where Medical Marijuana Meets Employment Law

Snell & Wilmer on 4/7/2025

The use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 39 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. Some studies suggest that medical cannabis may help treat various...more

Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/3/2025

On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365, holding that the RICO civil cause of action for “[a]ny person injured in his business or property,” 18...more

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