Introduction: An Ongoing Battle Let’s start with a provocation: The War on Drugs – is it over? Although we might wish to leave it behind as a catastrophic failure, its specter continues to loom over the cannabis and psychedelics industries today. If you’re involved in these businesses, you’re still battling this war. The constraints placed …
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Every cannabis-related legal matter has nuances that can’t be ignored, including trademarking cannabis-related products. Trademark attorney and contributing author Tyler Berger sorts it out in this week’s guest post. There is an extreme lack of clarity on the topic of trademarks in the cannabis industry. To best understand the complications of protecting the intellectual property …
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Today, James Zuko, an observer of the regulatory process in Washington DC with particular experience in drug development and FDA compliance, comments on the growing rumor that the FDA will soon issue a guidance that treats CBD as a drug, not as a food supplement. I am biased. I am talking about the federal powers, …
Many thanks for today’s guest post on Cannabis Law from Jen Randolph Reise. Jen is an attorney, teacher, and entrepreneur and heads Business and Cannabis Law at the North Star Law Group in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today Jen discusses the new Adult Use Law in Minnesota. Exciting times in the North Star State: Minnesota is poised …
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What does Silicon Valley Bank and banking uncertainty have to do with cannabis? Only that to the cannabis industry banking uncertainty is old news. The SVB closure brought national attention to the banking industry and the expectation of reliable credit for businesses, new and old. For cannabis entrepreneurs this expectation of commercial banking, a necessity …
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The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act is a federal proposal for sanity in legal marijuana financial management. Imagine if you had a business where your customers could not use a credit card, all transactions are in cash, you lock up your cash in a safe at the end of the day and hope …
