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By Lauren Mendelsohn August 15, 2022 Last week, Senate Bill 519 — which would have removed criminal penalties from certain activities associated with LSD, psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, mescaline, ibogaine, and MDMA — was amended and gutted of all meaningful parts in a hearing before the Assembly Appropriations Committee last week. […]
by Omar Figueroa, Lauren Mendelsohn, and Andrew Kingsdale July 12, 2022 Please peruse our latest Expert Analysis in Law360, entitled, California’s Cannabis Appellations Plan Charts A New Frontier. The document can be downloaded here.
Proposals Include Allowing Outdoor Cultivators to Use Light Deprivation; Scheduled Closures; Clarification on Use of Shipping Containers; and More By Lauren Mendelsohn July 7, 2022 The California Department of Cannabis Control (“DCC”) has released modifications to the proposed regulations initially published in March (which we previously discussed here, and […]
July 5, 2022 By Lauren Mendelsohn Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) published the application materials for the State’s new Industrial Hemp Enrollment and Oversight authorization (“IHEO authorization”), which is a requirement for manufacturers using industrial hemp (“IH”) or IH-derived ingredients. There are applications to process, manufacture, repack and […]
June 30, 2022 By Lauren Mendelsohn Yesterday, the California legislature adopted Assembly Bill 195, a budget “trailer bill” specifically regarding cannabis-related items. The bill is now headed to Governor Newsom’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. AB-195 makes a number of changes to cannabis policy, […]
June 18, 2022 By Lauren Mendelsohn Yesterday, the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) published three sets of proposed regulations, dealing with large (Type 5) cultivation licenses and conversion to large and medium licenses; cannabis license fee waivers and deferrals; and standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures. […]
May 18, 2022 By Andrew Kingsdale Last month, our office organized a team of legal and industry experts to submit comprehensive public comments improving New York’s proposed revised medical cannabis regulations. The International Cannabis Bar Association’s (INCBA) then reviewed, further improved, and submitted these comments, which can be viewed here. […]
May 13, 2022 By Lauren Mendelsohn Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed 2022-2023 Revised Budget and gave a press conference discussing his proposals. In terms of cannabis policy, which is addressed in the General Government and Statewide Issues chapter, Governor Newsom is proposing to set the cultivation tax […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn April 28, 2022 On April 27, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) proposed emergency regulations pertaining to industrial hemp manufacturing licensing fees, kicking off a 30-day public comment period. The text of the proposed regulations, which would comprise Sections 23200 through 23235 of Title […]
by Omar Figueroa April 26, 2022 On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, craft cultivators from all across California rallied in Sacramento in support of Assembly Bill 2691. This proposed legislation would allow licensed cultivators with less than one acre to sell directly to consumers at farmer’s markets and other cannabis events […]