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Before the Big Drop – Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania

  Good Afternoon Pennsylvanians! The leaves are turning, the wind is cooling, the sun is sitting high, glistening off the...
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Policy

Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Keep Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Despite AG Protest

By: Melissa Chapaska Upon assuming office, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a letter to Congress requesting it remove the bi-partisan...
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Business

All Cannabis Consultants are not Created Equal

By: Judith Cassel & Christopher Knight Wisely choosing your consultant can make all the difference to the success of your...
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Updates

Dispensary Permit Application Not Even Scored by PA DOH?

By: Kevin McKeon With 280 dispensary permit applications to evaluate and score in 100 days, it is perhaps understandable that...
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Regulations

DOH Denied My Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permit Application. Now What?

By: Kevin McKeon The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced the recipients of the first twenty-seven permits to dispense medical...
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Business

DOH Denied My Medical Marijuana Permit Application. Now what?

By: Kevin McKeon At 1 PM today, the Pennsylvania Department of Health plans to announce the recipients of the first...
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Updates

Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Applications By the Numbers

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has released the full lists of grower/processor and dispensary applications received. Cannabis Law Solutions has...
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Policy

PA Governor Wolf Responds to Attorney General Sessions Request to Prosecute State-Legal Medical Marijuana

By: Melissa Chapaska Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently penned a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions lambasting the Attorney General...
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Cannabis Law Solutions to Join Industry Leaders for Medical Marijuana CLE at Lancaster Bar Association

On June 13, 2017, Judith Cassel and Melissa Chapaska, attorneys at Cannabis Law Solutions, will present “Planting the Seed: Legalities...
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Business

The Appeals Process: Challenging a Medical Marijuana Permit Denial in Pennsylvania

By: Micah Bucy Most who follow the medical marijuana industry know that in most states the roll out of medical...
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Policy

Long Overdue Banking Act Reintroduced in House

By: Whitney Snyder Various federal controlled substance and banking-related laws prohibit or severely disincentivize banks from providing financial services to...
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Policy

New Jersey Physicians Recommend Expanding Conditions List

By: Judith Cassel Earlier this year New Jersey doubled the number of patients certified to take medical marijuana from 5,000...
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Policy

West Virginia Improves Health of its Citizens and Economy with Medical Marijuana

By: Judith Cassel West Virginia did not legalize medical marijuana because it was a popular, progressive movement.  West Virginia passed...
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Policy

Delaware Seeks to Be the Ninth State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use

By:      Judith Cassel On March 30, 2017, Delaware lawmakers, Rep. Helene Keeley and Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, introduced a bill...
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Policy

PA’s Medical Marijuana Law Earns High Grades from Americans for Safe Access; Room for Improvement in NJ and MD

By: Melissa Chapaska To date, despite continued federal prohibition of marijuana, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and...
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Business

The Importance of Compliance for Medical Marijuana Organizations

By: Cannabis Law Solutions and RW Group The Pennsylvania Department of Health is currently accepting applications for prospective medical marijuana...
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Policy

Update: Legislative and Legal Challenges Continue to Create Uncertainty for Medical Marijuana in Maryland

By: Melissa Chapaska On April 14, 2014, Maryland legalized cannabis for medicinal use. Patients were hopeful that the Maryland Medical...
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Business

Pennsylvania Marijuana Grower Industry Must Be Energy Savvy

By:  Whitney E. Snyder The energy-intensive marijuana industry is having a significant impact on electricity usage in states where it...
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Regulations

DEA Faces Court Challenge to Its Rule that Lists Marijuana Extract-Based Products such as Hemp as a Schedule I Drug

By: Micah Bucy On January 13, 2017, a collection of hemp-based businesses filed a petition[1] with the United States Ninth...
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Medical Marijuana Treatment

A Physician’s First Amendment Right to Recommend Medical Marijuana

By: Melissa Chapaska As of November 2016, 28 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use. ...
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