Category: Cannabis Law News

Although we reported on this case 6-8 weeks ago we thought it worth bringing to your attention again. The BBC reports on Muhammad Lukman, and his death sentence for distributing cannabis oil. It has raised debates about both the death penalty and medical marijuana in Malaysia. We presume that the government is also casting a sharp eye at what’s happening to the north in Thailand and wondering whether they might be missing out on a great business opportunity.

Apparently there are rumblings. .. To remind you, this is the sort of thing he’s said in the past. ““You wanna elect somebody else who’s willing to legalize marijuana and expose our children to that gateway drug and the effects it has on their brain, you’ll have to live with yourself if you do that — but it’s not going to be this governor who does it.”

As part of the Marijuana Enforcement Division’s 2018 permanent rulemaking session, on November 09, 2018, Executive Director Michael Hartman, as the State Licensing Authority, adopted permanent medical and retail marijuana rules, which have been published on the Division’s website.

InterCannAlliance Symposia in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa offer education to new market entrants 

Great piece by Bloomberg detailing how authorities are now reacting to all the new rules in place. As always it depends upon which state and even which airport within each state.

On Friday, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly proposed amendments to the Health Ministry that would legalize both medical cannabis and Kratom for possession and distribution, according to the Washington Post. This should set both Malaysia & Singapore thinking.

MJ Biz reports..U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, one of the cannabis industry’s most outspoken allies on Capitol Hill, has lost his congressional seat. The California Republican from Orange County lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Harley Rouda after a lengthy vote-counting process that stretched into Wednesday. The final tally: Rouda 50.7%, Rohrabacher 49.3%.

Yes we are blowing our own horn but great to see Andrew Sacks , editor & sponsor of CLR featured in Philly.com this week.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, a senator who is expected to become interior secretary in the government of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador has filed a bill in which it would be legal to use, possess, cultivate and sell of cannabis, subject to regulations.

Marijuana Moment reports…“we are going to take a step forward in the regulation that may already involve the production, marketing and distribution of marijuana,” said Olga Sánchez Cordero, a senator who is expected to become interior secretary in the incoming government of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

MJ Biz report…Judge David Thomson, in a ruling issued Friday, struck down the New Mexico health department’s 450-plant limit on producers. The cap was said to be responsible for higher-than-average medical marijuana prices.

Police had argued that they feared they could face federal drug distribution charges by giving Smith back his marijuana. A trial court judge agreed with officers in an April decision.

But provincial inspectors have told head shops that selling items that appear to promote cannabis — a shirt with the word “bud” on it, for example — could mean a fine ranging from $2,500 to $62,500. 

The jury “found that we were not responsible for any of the alleged damages,” attorney Matthew Buck told the Colorado Sun. He represented the Colorado marijuana business and its owner, Parker Walton.
Walton, who runs CannaCraft, a small-batch marijuana greenhouse in southern Colorado, suggested in a recent interview with Marijuana Business Daily that if he were to suffer a large monetary loss related to the suit, it would put him out of business.

A long-simmering trademark dispute over the word “entourage” got wider this week, with one company asking others in the hemp industry to share how they use the term. Full Spectrum Nutrition, a CBD manufacturer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is calling for other businesses to help it challenge a 2016 trademark on the phrase “entourage hemp.” The trademark belongs to Cannoid, a Denver-based CBD manufacturer that sells tinctures, softgels and vape products under the brand Entourage Hemp.