Unraveling the Road to Recreational in the “Live Free or Die” State May 24, 2023 Tom Hymes New Hampshire, News & Insights 1 Comment During a Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee hearing held by the New Hampshire House this week to discuss a recent amendment to HB639 relative to the regulation of adult-use cannabis in the state, several members and witnesses mentioned the state… Read More→
The Economics of Legal Weed Don’t Work June 21, 2022 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Ten years ago Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to fully legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Many other states followed, and several others already had sufficiently lax medical marijuana legislation, that now an estimated 40% of American… Read More→
California Governor Newsom Includes Cannabis Industry Reforms in Revised State Budget Proposal (UPDATED) May 16, 2022 Tom Hymes Policy & Legal 0 Comments With an historic state budget surplus of $97 billion in hand, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday released a revised 2022-23 state budget proposal that included several changes to the state’s cannabis tax and regulatory regime that are meant to… Read More→
California Will Regulate CBD April 29, 2022 Rob Meagher Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments by Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken For many years, we’ve written about California’s truly bizarre animus towards hemp-derived CBD. Many efforts to regulate CBD failed. Last year, the state finally managed to pass AB-45 but the California Department of… Read More→
CBD isn’t regulated by the FDA. Here’s why Colorado companies are pushing for that to (quickly) change. August 22, 2021 AggregatedNews Federal, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments Colorado is at the center of the nation’s cannabidiol boom, producing much of the nation’s hemp and serving as home to many CBD sellers Inside a nondescript office building in Englewood, a deafening alarm stops a team of workers in… Read More→
Federal Regulation 21 CFR 1301.72: What It Means for You November 9, 2016 Rebecca Cicarelli and Matt Gifford Security 1 Comment To say that the pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is perhaps the understatement of the century. DEA and FDA oversight is critical to consumer safety; therefore requirements and documentation can appear to be endless.… Read More→
At Last, Here Come the Lawyers to the Cannabis Commerce Scene! June 16, 2016 Allen St. Pierre News & Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments What’s that sound? Off in the distance, the mighty sound of hoofbeats, kicking up a storm of dust. Gucci-clad men and women with white cowboy hats emerge from the surge, here to provide their best legal advice and services: It’s… Read More→