Higher Law: What's Next in 2022 | Bressler, Amery & Ross Adds Cannabis Law Counsel | 400 NY Towns Say 'No' to Legal Pot | Malta Blazes Cannabis Trail in Europe
What's next for cannabis law in 2022? Lawyers in and around the industry offer their predictions.
December 16, 2021 at 03:01 PM
7 minute read
Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I'm Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento.
This week we're looking at:
- Predictions for 2022.
- Bressler, Amery & Ross' cannabis law practice addition.
- New York towns just saying 'no' to marijuana sales.
- Europe's first country to legalize adult-use cannabis.
Higher Law will be taking a break for two weeks. We'll return on Jan. 6. Thank you for patiently answering my questions, passing along story ideas and giving me insight into the evolving world of cannabis law in 2021. I look forward to continuing the work in 2022. You can contact me at [email protected]. and call me at 916.448.2935. Follow me on Twitter @capitalaccounts.
Credit:Ormalternative/Shutterstock.com 2022: What's Next for Cannabis Law
Looking back, 2021 started out as a year of promise for the cannabis industry and the lawyers who serve it. More states enacted marijuana-use regulations. The federal government seemed poised to act on minor, if not wholesale, reforms to prohibition. Law firms everywhere touted new, or maybe just unmasked, cannabis practices.
But as the new year approaches, problems continue to plague states trying to figure out how to fairly distribute licenses and ensure that residents hurt by the war on drugs get a share of the economic pie. Courts have blocked efforts to launch new markets. And Congress still has not passed legislation to increase banking services to a cash-dependent marijuana industry despite bipartisan support for the idea.
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