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A Hillsborough County judge has sided with a paramedic who was suspended after testing positive for cannabis, ruling that the county must accommodate employees with medical marijuana cards. Judge Melissa Polo in her ruling said Hillsborough County cannot discriminate against employees using medical marijuana off-site and must provide accommodations unless there’s evidence of use or

Charleston, WV: Judges may prohibit people on probation from using medical marijuana despite the state’s decision to legalize and regulate the substance, according to a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court. 2024-23-68 The Court determined that the West Virginia Cannabis Act, which lawmakers passed in 2016, “does not supersede or prevent a circuit court from requiring a probationer

In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Hilary Bricken hosts Jennifer Morris, former Supervisor of the Cannabis Enforcement Team for Riverside County, California, who discusses her experience navigating one of the toughest cannabis markets in the U.S. as California transitioned from illegal to legal adult-use cannabis with the passage of key legislation in 2016. Jennifer highlights the

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (pictured right) has filed a lawsuit against Foxhole Farms LLC, a Mesa County-based business that marketed cannabis products as federally legal industrial hemp, and the company’s owner Dane Snover. The lawsuit, filed in Adams County District Court on Nov. 21, shows how investigators with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office conducted undercover buys

West Virginia News reports.. The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld that probationers cannot use medical marijuana if it violates federal law or court-imposed probation conditions. Judges have broad discretion to impose reasonable probation conditions, including prohibiting otherwise lawful medical cannabis use. The ruling clarifies that the West Virginia Cannabis Act doesn’t override probation laws or

Vast and complex global network The 2023 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report by the U.S. State Department described a “whole of government approach” to drug control and a strategy of deep collaboration and “capacity building” with counterparts in other countries. A vast and complex global network of U.S. government agencies, programs, and activities has been

The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report, Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform, exposes how punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations. In 2023 alone, over 3.1 million people were arrested for drug-related offenses, with 20% of the global prison population detained for such crimes – nearly

Foley Hoag have kindly published a simple overview and the dates of the evidentiary hearings After months of uncertainty and what Administrative Law Judge John J. Mulrooney called “spirited motion practice by the Designated Participants,” we finally have some clarity on the path forward toward the potential rescheduling of marijuana. Following a preliminary hearing on

MJ Biz Hemp retailers and growers in Tennessee have filed an 11th-hour legal challenge to halt impending rules that are expected to restrict all THCA products in the state. The Tennessee Healthy Alternatives Association and Tennessee Growers Coalition last week filed complaints against the state’s Department of Agriculture, contending rules requiring hemp product testing conflict with a

[embedded content] Also – further commentary by OR cannabis lawyer Andrew DeWeese Published on Linked In A colleague, Thomas Howard, made a video (link below) recently, claiming that federal circuit court precedent defining “hemp” under federal law was wrongly decided, smacked of judicial activism, and would have former Justice Antonin Scalia rolling over in his