News & Analysis as of November 17, 2024

Medical Marijuana › Recreational Use › Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

+ Follow

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... more +

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 -

Advising a Cannabis-Related Business: The Importance of Attorneys in Navigating the Marijuana Regulatory Framework and Licensing...

Troutman Pepper on 5/30/2024

Introduction - The medicinal and recreational use and popularity of marijuana has continuously grown throughout the U.S. since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize marijuana in 1973. To date, thirty-eight states...more

Schedule 3 Marijuana Alert: DEA Publishes NPRM

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/17/2024

On May 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA“) published its 92-page notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM“) to move marijuana from schedule 1 on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule 3 (ironically, the...more

DEA Advances Marijuana Rescheduling; Senators Propose Descheduling

Frantz Ward LLP on 5/2/2024

Advocates of marijuana reform and those seeking an end to marijuana prohibition received welcome news this week. Tuesday (April 30, 2024), The Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration will move...more

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Recommends Rescheduling Marijuana To Schedule III, Similar to Tylenol With Codeine

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/2/2024

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will recommend that marijuana should be rescheduled from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug, according to an announcement made April 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice. ...more

BREAKING: DEA Will Reschedule Cannabis to a Schedule III Drug

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/1/2024

The biggest legal shift in the cannabis industry in decades just occurred on the heels of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposal for cannabis rescheduling. Specifically, as many anticipated, the DEA will...more

Texas Politicians Take Aim at Hemp-Derived THC

McGlinchey Stafford on 4/29/2024

On April 11, 2024, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick released his 2024 Interim Legislative Charges. This list indicates his goals for the upcoming legislative session, and among his priorities ahead of the 2025 Texas Legislative...more

The Week in Weed: February 2024

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/2/2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We see some movement on setting up a retail market in Virginia. Senate Democrats would like to see less re-scheduling...more

The Week in Weed: January 2024 # 2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/22/2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we note that HHS released the full text of its report on cannabis rescheduling. ...more

The Week in Weed: December 2023 # 3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/15/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legislators are busy writing a marijuana law. STATES 2.0 makes an appearance in Congress. The Department of...more

HHS Recommends DEA Reschedule Marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III – Now What?

Warner Norcross + Judd on 10/9/2023

A year ago today on October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden asked the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Attorney General to initiate an administrative process to review how marijuana is scheduled...more

The Week in Weed: September 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/1/2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see the rocky road to a retail market in New York continues to be, well, rocky. Alabama is having...more

Senior Communities Opening Up to Legalized Marijuana

Lowndes on 11/21/2022

Senior Housing News recently offered some insights into how senior living communities are addressing the desire of some residents to use marijuana in states where such use has been legalized, while also trying to avoid...more

Descheduling or Rescheduling Cannabis: The Road Ahead

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 11/4/2022

On Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden issued a public statement on cannabis policy reform, indicating a potentially seismic shift in how the substance may be treated under federal law. Among President Biden’s directives was a...more

New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/2/2021

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana on March 31, 2021. The legalized use of marijuana is effective immediately, even though retail sales of marijuana are not expected to begin...more

NY Is Set To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Rivkin Radler LLP on 3/31/2021

After years of fits and starts, New York has passed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana under the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act (S854-A) which Governor Cuomo intends to sign. The legalization aspect of the...more

Massachusetts DPH Clears the Air for For-Profit Conversion of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/16/2017

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has provided a much anticipated pathway to enable for-profit entities to operate Registered Marijuana Dispensaries (RMDs). DPH’s Medical Use of Marijuana Program (the “RMD...more

16 Results

/

View per page

Page: of 1