For information on laws and legal developments in the cannabis/marijuana industry, click on the topic of interest below:
- Click here to read a brief history of cannabis laws in the USA
- Also read about the top issues of concern to investors and operators of cannabis industry businesses
- Medical marijuana use in any form declared legal by courts throughout Canada – read full article.
- Why law enforcement opposes legal recreational marijuana use – the real story
- Why Big Pharma opposes medical marijuana – the real story
- June 2015 – US Congress taking steps to protect state medical marijuana initiatives – read the full article
- federal cannabis-marijuana law overview – click here for a NORML summary (Note we will soon provide extensive analysis by legal experts who have concluded medical marijuana use cannot reasonably construed as a violation of 21 U.S.C. 812 (Controlled Substance Act) as said act specifically requires a finding that a controlled drug or substance “has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” 21 U.S.C. 812 (b)(1)(B), a required finding. Due to many state’s leading integration of marijuana into the general medical community, it is merely a matter of time before a majority in office at the federal level recognize sweeping legislative amendments to exclude medical cannabis specifically from the Controlled Substance Act is overdue and will get done)
- special tax law implication overview – IRS Code Section 280E
- insurance issues for companies dealing in medical cannabis
- FDA and related product labeling laws
- foreign law schemes and variations
- trademark and patent law implications
- investor legal concerns and cautions
- investment securities law implications
- public trading cannabis industry company legal issues
- asset protection and asset confiscation issues
- criminal law issues and implications
- cultivator and grower specific legal issues
- dispensary and retail sales specific issues
- ancillary business legal issues
- June 2015 highlights – Puerto Rico legalizes medical marijuana use
… more to come.