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Mar 31
Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law has its updated list of ABA accredited law schools that teach cannabis law courses

Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law has its updated list of ABA accredited law schools that teach cannabis law courses. It allows visitors to add a course that might have been missed. The website starts with Why Teach Drugs?. This is a treasured resource created by faculty dedicated to drug education at the law school level for […]

Mar 31
Karma Koala Podcast 246: Victoria Cvitanovic Of Counsel @ Ruddick Law Group .. Psychedelics & Treatments In New Mexico. Slow & Steady

  As I do on the Karma Koala with all psychedelics lawyers I speak with  Victoria, initially, how she came to the world of psychedelics law. She started as a narcotics prosecutor in Louisiana, so it’s been an interesting journey. We then talk about the details about what’s happening in New Mexico with regard to […]

Mar 31
The Division of Cannabis Regulation is notifying licensees that a new guidance titled Advertising Marijuana Product Online has been posted to the DCR Facility Communications and Guidance page

The Division of Cannabis Regulation is notifying licensees that a new guidance titled Advertising Marijuana Product Online has been posted to the DCR Facility Communications and Guidance page as of March 27th, 2025. The guidance document can be found in the General Guidance section: Advertising Marijuana Product Online – 3.27.25 For questions or feedback, please email CannabisCompliance@health.mo.gov.  

Mar 31
Flying High – Tao Climate Want To Use Hemp …”to remove carbon emissions and provide a sustainable fuel source for planes.”

Well. not really but i thought I would get in with the pun before everybody else A LIMERICK-led startup is pioneering a bold solution for the aviation industry, proposing the use of industrial hemp to remove carbon emissions and provide a sustainable fuel source for planes. For decades, the aviation industry has sought ways to cut […]

Mar 31
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Requires Employer to Pay Injured Lawyer’s Costs for CBD Oil

Employees who would rather use CBD oil than go through risky surgery or take pharmaceutical drugs with potential side effects may now be able to secure reimbursement for the oil. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that CBD oil can qualify as “medicines and supplies” under the workers’ compensation act. The case involved a workers’ […]

Mar 31
Oklahoma’s cannabis underworld worth over $100 billion, new estimates show….. says media report

Oklahoma’s illicit marijuana market may now be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, according to new statistics presented Friday by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the Texoma High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Start Viewing at 5:57 The comments tell you everything you need to know Between March 2024 and March 2025, state tracking systems failed […]

Mar 31
Trump appoints Fox News Talking Head Sara Carter as next Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)via announcement on Truth Social

Can’t find any pronouncements on cannabis . I presume we shall soon find out   NY Post Donald Trump appointed Sara Carter as the next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). He made the announcement on Friday in a post on social media platform Truth Social. “As our next Drug Czar, […]

Mar 31
Foley Hoag: USVI Cannabis Cultivation License Applications Go Live on Monday 3/31/2025

March 28, 2025 By Stephen L. Bartlett Categories: Recreational Industry , Medical Cannabis , State License Applications The US Virgin Islands (“USVI”) is finally inching closer to launching a dual medical and adult-use cannabis program. Earlier this week the USVI Office of Cannabis Regulation (“OCR”) announced that applications for cultivation licenses and micro-cultivation permits are set to open on Monday, March 31, […]

Mar 31
Interview..Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Kim Ahern on licensing, social equity, & more

Maybe somebody could ask her why they keep cancelling meetings? She spends most of this interview deflecting the interviewer’s questions   Rhode Island’’s approach was touted for including so-called social equity elements to help people hurt by the war on drugs. Three years later, though, the state has yet to move ahead with issuing licenses […]