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• Linked In Commentary Fatima Afia – Re NY Hemp Raid Judgement January 15, 2025
  Afia posted the following to Linked In 14 Jan 2025 NEW YORK UPDATE! Critical Decision dropped yesterday in Super Smoke N Save LLC v. OCM, CCB, and the NYC Sheriff’s Office: ⭐ The Court issued an injunction ENJOINING the Sheriff’s office from inspecting and/or raiding any LICENSED hemp/cannabis businesses on OCM’s directory without a warrant […]
• Media Report: “THC overdose” lands dispensary in legal trouble January 14, 2025
  Greenstate reports A novice consumer left a dispensary with a bottle of THC syrup and what he claims was some very questionable advice. Said advice led to an alleged 40 milligrams and an uncomfortable visit to the emergency room. Now, Skye Fitzgerald is suing the dispensary that served him. THC overdose lawsuit alleges bad advice Fitzgerald […]
• Judge rules Monday (Jan 13 2025) raids of hemp stores by NYC sheriff, state officials were improper January 14, 2025
  Times Union Decision prohibits NYC sheriff from raiding licensed hemp stores and orders state regulators to no longer enter those premises armed or with police State cannabis regulators overstepped their authority and the constitutional rights of licensed hemp stores when they used heavy-handed tactics to conduct warrantless raids of the shops, according to a court […]
• Publishing 1 February 2025: ” Legalizing Cannabis Extracts – A Journey To The Supreme Court of Canada” January 12, 2025
  Author, Owen Smith writes on Linked In Did you know Canada’s Supreme Court once compared recreational cannabis to cannibalism? When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of medicinal cannabis, it was a unanimous decision. But when the Court ruled on recreational cannabis in 2003, the outcome was quite different. The Court rejected the idea that […]
• Florida Lawyer Found To Be Smuggling Synthetic Cannabis To Client In Jail Soaked Into Legal Documents January 12, 2025
  A lawyer visiting a client in jail was arrested after deputies determined his legal documents were laced with a powerful drug, according to investigators in North Florida. The suspicious substance was identified as synthetic marijuana, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 7 news release. “Nathan Williams, a local criminal defense attorney, was arrested for […]
• Florida judges rule police dogs trained to alert on cannabis cannot be only reason used to justify vehicle search January 12, 2025
  News 4 Florida Tuesday’s ruling will apply in the future in the 5th District, which is based in Daytona Beach and includes areas such as Jacksonville and Ocala In what could be a first-of-its-kind ruling in Florida, an appeals court Tuesday said a drug-sniffing dog’s alert did not justify police searching a car because the […]
• UK : CBD flower company, Ocean Development (Dorset) Ltd, sues UK Government January 11, 2025
  Source A UK CBD business, Ocean Development (Dorset) Ltd., and its affiliate, CBD Flower Shop Ltd., have filed a £3.4 million lawsuit against the UK government, alleging unlawful seizure of hemp shipments by Border Force. The companies claim the seizures were based on a misclassification of hemp as illegal cannabis, despite Ocean Development holding a […]
• Michigan Circuit Court Approves Order for the Appointment of Receiver over Pharmaco Assets – Gene R. Kohut appointed as receiver on December 26, 2024. January 10, 2025
  Stock Titan Red White & Bloom Brands (CSE: RWB) announced that the Michigan Circuit Court has approved a receivership order for its indirect subsidiary Pharmaco’s assets. Trust Street Advisors, , through Gene R. Kohut, was appointed as receiver on December 26, 2024. The receivership follows continued defaults under Pharmaco’s senior secured loan agreement. Pharmaco, acquired by RWB […]
• Neil Willner Joins Vicente In NY Office January 9, 2025
  He announced today via Linked In I’m elated to share that I’ve joined Vicente LLP as Counsel in their hashtag#NewYork office! As we kick off 2025, the hashtag#cannabisindustry is surging with transformative potential. Joining Vicente provides the perfect platform to deliver insightful, strategic guidance to clients navigating the complexities of the marijuana and hashtag#hemp spaces. […]
• Judgement: Northern Virginia Hemp & Agriculture LLC, Rose Lane, Franny’s Operations In Vs Commonealth of Virginia. ” The plaintiffs have not shown that federal law preempts Virginia’s total THC standard, either expressly or implicitly” January 9, 2025
  Lawyer Dan Dan McKillop, Esq. • (Chair, Cannabis and Psychedelics Law ) Has posted the following on Linked In STATE AND INTERSTATE HEMP UPDATE In North Virginia Hemp and Agriculture, LLC et al v. Commonwealth of Virginia, et al., plaintiffs sued to challenge a Virginia law establishing a total THC standard more restrictive than the […]
• LA Weekly Article: The Battle of the Buds: Traditional Marijuana Dispensaries vs. Online THCA Cannabis Retailers January 9, 2025
  Here’s a taste of the article Traditional dispensaries have long served as the foundation of both the legal and medical cannabis markets. However, the emergence of online THCA flower dispensaries that offer “WEED, not Marijuana” represents a significant shift. It’s important to clarify that this isn’t about synthetic alternatives like k2 or spice or the less potent products like […]
• Paper: Evolution of the Brazilian Drug Control System: Case Study of ADB-FUBIATA, a Psychotropic NPS January 9, 2025
  December 2024 Introduction The New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) market is very dynamic, requiring new legislative approaches to tackle the drug problem. Brazil has improved the Drug Scheduling System, making the process more agile, which allows fast scheduling of NPS. The Working Group conceived between Anvisa and the Ministry of Justice, brings together experts of health […]
• Paper – December 2024: Future of Legalization of Cannabis and its Impact on the Availability of Synthetic Cannabinoids January 9, 2025
  Well spotted by Lex Pelger You can read all his other amazing discoveries here. https://www.cannabinoidsandthepeople.whitewhalecreations.com/ A. El Mougy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etdah.2023.100090Get rights and content Under a Creative Commons license open access https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667118223000417 In recent years, there has been a strong pressure on legislatures to legalize or decriminalize use and possession of specified amounts of cannabis in many Countries. Opinions about drug legalization/decriminalization […]
• PAPER: LET SLIP THE DOGS OF DRUG WAR: LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINES DON’T FALL UNDER THE “ONLY-CONTRABAND” EXCEPTION. January 9, 2025
  But marijuana-trained canines cannot detect a difference between hemp and illicit marijuana. Because these canines no longer detect only contraband, the “only-contraband” exception should no longer apply–a canine sniff is a search that requires probable cause. Authors HEISER, OLIVIA PHELAN Abstract The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Schedule I list of the Controlled […]