Latest Cannabis News: July 19, 2022
Latest Cannabis News: July 19, 2022
Stay up to date with the latest legalization and cannabis news with the C.B. Advisors. Every week, we will release a snippet of what’s happening with each state in the cannabis industry. Did you miss last week? No worries – click here for last week’s cannabis news.
CBD
Texas: As Texans increasingly signal their acceptance of marijuana legalization, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican, said he supports expanding medical marijuana access and nods to conservative states that have legalized the drug for adults altogether.
In a letter, Miller said he believes government should only be allowed to make something illegal “for a powerful reason or set of facts.” He also compared the marijuana laws to the alcohol prohibition of the 1920s.
Medical
Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission met on Thursday to select software company METRC for seed-to-sale tracking.
The state can move forward with contract negotiations now that the commission has backed this choice. The contract would be subject to approval through the legislative contract review process if solidified.
METRC’s software system will keep track of cannabis use and production around the state from the time it’s planted until it’s sold. AMCC Director John McMillan said it will also “ensure regulatory compliance and protect consumer safety.”
Source: https://www.aldailynews.com/medical-cannabis-commission-selects-tracking-company/
North Dakota: n July 11, North Dakota activists turned in what they believe to be more than enough signatures to place a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot.
The campaign New Approach ND delivered 25,762 signatures to the secretary of state’s office, which will now go through a verification process before the measure is potentially qualified. Activists need 15,582 valid signatures from registered voters to cut. This development comes about three months after the state cleared the campaign to begin the signature drive.
Source: https://filtermag.org/north-dakota-marijuana-legalization/
Pennsylvania: State legislation recognizing the rights of Pennsylvanian cannabis companies to secure financial services from banks and lenders has been signed into law, picking up solid bi-partisan support amid an essentially chaotic legislative session.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill, sponsored by Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe, into law on Monday. It adds a section “legitimate cannabis-related business” to the state’s commerce and trade statutes, giving them broad protections for financial services: “A financial institution authorized to engage in business in this commonwealth may provide financial services to or for the benefit of a legitimate cannabis-related business and the business associates of a legitimate cannabis-related business subject to.”
Brown’s legislation defines legitimate cannabis businesses broadly to include growers, manufacturers, suppliers, transporters, and dispensers. It covers companies that conduct business in other states as long as they comply with Pennsylvania law.
Recreational
Colorado: The governor of Colorado on Thursday signed an executive order to provide broad professional licensing protections for workers who use marijuana in compliance with state law. The move also prevents state agencies from assisting in any out-of-state investigations related to lawful cannabis conduct that could result in employment penalties.
Gov. Jared Polis (D), a longtime legalization supporter, issued the directive to protect “the individual freedom and rights of Coloradans,” a press release says.
Connecticut: Connecticut made an essential first step toward issuing adult-use marijuana licenses this week, prompting Gov. Ned Lamont to say a market launch could be only six months away.
Out of 41 applicants, the state’s Social Equity Council recommended that 16 equity cultivation applicants receive licenses. The next step is for the state Department of Consumer Protection to approve provisional licenses for the group, the New Haven Register reported. Applicants will be identified after that approval. “We’re about six months away from opening a safe, equitable market,” Lamont tweeted following the Social Equity Council’s action.
The winners of final licenses will be able to build cultivation facilities up to 250,000 square feet.
Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/connecticut-social-equity-council-endorses-16-adult-use-cannabis-growers/
New York: Last Thursday, New York’s Cannabis Control Board approved regulations for conditional dispensary licenses, updated rules for its medical program, and approved 20 new conditional cultivator licenses.
During Thursday’s meeting, CCB members voted in favor of adopting final regulations for the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses and an online application portal. To receive the license, applicants must prove they’re justice-involved (meaning they or a family member were convicted of a marijuana crime before March 31, 2021) and have at least two years of experience owning a profitable business to other requirements.
Vermont: Vermont punishes hemp cultivation oversight to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as it sets up a single state agency to oversee cannabis products in advance of adult-use marijuana sales beginning this fall.
Last week, agriculture authorities notified farmers that the state’s Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets has withdrawn an oversight plan approved by the USDA just last December. The change means that Vermont’s hemp farmers must apply directly to the USDA for the 2023 growing season.
Also, this summer, Vermont is joining its neighbor New York in regulating finished cannabis products regardless of THC content through a single agency, the new Cannabis Control Board.
Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/vermont-shuffles-hemp-oversight-in-advance-of-recreational-mj-sales/
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