Category: Cannabis Law News

A California marijuana distribution company plans to file a lawsuit soon over what its attorney alleges is a “conspiracy” between the state Highway Patrol and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security involving the seizure of a large amount of cash.

The Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division, Department of Agriculture, and
Department of Public Health and Environment (collectively “the Departments”) jointly issue this industry
bulletin regarding the scope and extent of permitted testing on industrial hemp by retail marijuana testing facility licensees.

Applications are organized by county of the proposed premises and include any applications within a municipality within that county.

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission today accepted the findings of an Oregon administrative law judge upholding the immediate temporary suspension of an OLCC licensed marijuana retailer in Benton County.  The OLCC temporarily suspended the license of the Corvallis Cannabis Club on June 15, 2018 after it became the subject of a federal criminal investigation.

The Taulamwaar Sensible CNMI Cannabis Act of 2018 is now law.

How things have changed. 18 months ago a big 4 firm wouldn’t have been working on a cannabis deal and if they had they wouldn’t have been so public about it.

One one hand the Health Ministry seems to support harsh sentencing whilst Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that the government should review Muhammad’s sentence. Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah seeks a pardon for Muhammad and Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar is poised to take the issue of medical marijuana law reform to the Cabinet.

It’s too good to be true. We’ll believe it when we see it.

MJ Biz Reports, “A part-owner and operator of two medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon was sentenced to seven months in prison Monday, marking what a prosecutor called the country’s first federal sentencing of a legal MJ business owner for tax crimes. Matthew Price also was ordered to pay $262,776 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service during sentencing in federal court in Portland, according to The Oregonian.”

South Africa’s top court says adults can use marijuana in private. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld the provincial court’s ruling in a case involving Gareth Prince, who advocates the decriminalization of the drug. The court has given parliament 24 months to change the law to reflect its ruling.

Julian Stobbs, from the non-profit organisation Fields of Green for All, says that they hope the Constitutional Court will uphold the Western Cape High Court ruling.

Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris would not rule out supporting the bill.

Radio Free Europe reports….”A draft law proposed by the ruling Georgia Dream party was introduced in the South Caucasian country’s parliament this week that would allow the growth of marijuana for the express purpose of exporting it for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use.”

Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson will introduce a bill that would effectively legalise cannabis for personal use, when the ACT’s parliament resumes sitting this week. Reports The Canberra Times.

Talking Drugs.com reports , “On 30 August, the Shah Alam High Court sentenced Muhammad Lukman to death by hanging, after he was convicted of possessing, processing, and distributing cannabis oil. Three litres of cannabis oil and 279 grams of compressed cannabis were found in his home, according to local sources.”

In 2016, Katelin Noffsinger filed suit against Bride Brook Health and Rehabilitation Center, a federal contractor, after a job offer was rescinded following a positive test for cannabis on a pre-employment drug test.

They are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to consider their argument that there is no legal difference between marijuana edibles, liquids, dried flowers or leaves.

They write: “A new Ninth Circuit ruling confronts the clash between federal and state marijuana laws. “If [Charles] Lynch was not compliant with state law, he is not covered by the rider and is subject to the penalties of his conviction,” the Ninth Circuit said.”

The state’s efforts to shut down nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state until the businesses are approved for a license hit a speed bump Thursday when a state Court of Claims judge approved an injunction against the closures.

In a recommended order issued August 30, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke found the lawsuit shouldn’t move forward. The primary reason: Clarke found an Oregon county can’t sue the state over a state law. Next stop will be a District Court Judge.