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Title: Cannabis & the Law

Publisher:  kwebb123
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Nearly a full decade after Massachusetts voters approved the legalization of recreational cannabis, the Commonwealth’s cannabis industry is staring down an existential threat in the form of ballot initiative No. 25-10, known as “An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy.” The ballot initiative, proposed by the “Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts” (the “Coalition”), propos...

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On February 24, 2026, a coalition of Wisconsin Democrats introduced SB 1045, which proposes to legalize and regulate cannabis in the state while at the same time imposing new rules for intoxicating hemp products. This, of course, is not the first effort from Wisconsin Democrats to push for the legalization of cannabis in The Badger State, having introduced bills in multiple legi...

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The Commonwealth of Virginia has inched closer to (finally) launching an adult-use marijuana marketplace nearly 5 years after it legalized adult-use possession and home grow activities. On February 16, 2026, the Virginia House and Senate passed competing versions of a bill to legalize and regulate adult-use marijuana sales in the Commonwealth. Both bills (

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2025 ended and 2026 commenced with a flurry of legislative activity in New Jersey touching on cannabis businesses. These changes, as a whole, impact several material changes to the marketplace, including: (a) increasing retail license caps; (b) adopting illicit cannabis enforcement; (c) implementing strict hemp regulation; (d) updates advertising rules; and (e) expands labor ove...

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