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'Our Kids Are the Guinea Pigs': Lawsuit Targets STIIIZY for High-Potency Cannabis Vapes, Increase in Cannabis-Induced Psychosis

"It's a huge problem kids are suffering from with huge increases in hospitalizations and treatments, it is crushing and ruining kids' lives," Sarah R. London, partner at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, told Law.com. "[Providing] clear, unambiguous information for anyone to understand the risks of these products is essential. People are trying to get truth information so they can decide what to do when it comes to these products."
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New York Law Journal

'Landmark' $15M Court Fine Against Illicit Cannabis Operator in Central New York 'Sends Message,' Governor Says

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard Healey signed off on the unprecedented fine.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Asks Judge to Dismiss Challenge to Federal Cannabis Ban

Cannabis companies argued in federal court Wednesday that widespread state legalization of marijuana has outpaced existing case law on prohibition.
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The Legal Intelligencer

DEA Rescheduling, Pa. Legalization Efforts May Breathe New Life Into Cannabis Practices

"There's not a legal practice area that hasn't touched or worked for our cannabis practice here," said Duane Morris cannabis practice co-leader Paul Josephson.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

How Safe Is Cannabis, Really? Here's What Plaintiffs' Attorneys Should Know

"The cannabis industry is following the playbook of the tobacco and opiate industries by putting profits before people," according to David G. Evans, senior counsel for the Cannabis Industry Victims Educating Litigators.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Special Section: 2024 Cannabis/Liquor Law

In The Legal's Cannabis/Liquor Law special section, read about advertising practices to consider if adult-use marijuana becomes legal, the legal impacts of rescheduling cannabis, and the high hopes of THC-infused beverages in the state.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Selling Cannabis: A Look at Advertising Practices as Pa. Considers Adult-Use Legalization

Pennsylvania seeks to become the 25th state to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use and establish standards for, among other things, the marketing of cannabis facilities and products.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Reefer Remand: Sending Smoke Signals to NJ's Highest Court for Novel Cannabis Law Questions

The judicial landscape, at both the state and federal levels, is tasked with determining the existence of a private cause of action under each state's medical cannabis statute. This determination hinges on whether the statute delegates enforcement responsibilities to a governmental entity, or if it lacks an independent mechanism for addressing employer violations.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Reform of Federal Marijuana Law and Potential Impacts on State Medical Marijuana Programs

Momentum has been gathering behind efforts to reclassify marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Regardless of how marijuana is rescheduled under federal law, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could consider medical marijuana products to be unapproved "new drugs" subject to regulation under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

DEA's Marijuana Rescheduling Plan Has Law Firms High on Expanding Relationships With Cannabis Clients

"As the cannabis market starts to perform better, our services across our entire platform should be in greater demand," said Seth Goldberg, co-chair of the cannabis industry group at Duane Morris.
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