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Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
The Flawed Science of Cannabis Impairment Detection: The Need for Evidence-Based Reform by David Kim As state after state abandons the failed experiment of marijuana prohibition, a critical public safety challenge remains largely unaddressed: how do we accurately and fairly identify individuals whose cannabis use has rendered them dangerously impaired …
Eleventh Circuit: Asylee’s Florida Convictions for Marijuana Possession and Lewd and Lascivious Battery Do Not Warrant Removal Under INA by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an asylee’s convictions in Florida state court for possession of marijuana under Fla. Stat. …
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Odor of Burnt Cannabis Alone Is Insufficient to Establish Probable Cause for a Warrantless Vehicle Search by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Illinois invalidated an officer’s search of a vehicle and held that the odor of burnt cannabis, on its own, …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Maryland Governor Pardons Thousands of Low-Level Marijuana Convictions, Seeking to Right Historical Wrongs by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 17, 2024, Democratic Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order in Annapolis to issue more than 175,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions, seeking to rectify “historical wrongs” …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Federal Government Proposes Reclassifying Marijuana as Less Dangerous Schedule III Drug in Historic Policy Shift by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In a significant decision on May 16, 2024, the Justice Department of the Biden Administration proposed to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. This history-making …
Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024
After Ohio Becomes 24th State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana, What Next? by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Back on November 7, Ohio voters supported Issue 2, which legalized the sale, purchase and possession of cannabis for Ohioans 21 and older. However, it appeared on the ballot as an initiated statute, …
Article • May 25, 2023
Maryland Cops Stop People Based on Smell of Pot Despite Being Legal in State, Lawmakers Pass Bill to End Abusive Practice by Miles Dyson by Miles Dyson Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill that will restrict police officers’ ability to search people based on the smell of marijuana. The bill, …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
Mislabeling of Marijuana Products Is a National Problem by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A recent study showed that many vendors of hemp products legal under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill, actually carry a chemical makeup of higher than 0.3% of …
Article • December 8, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Marijuana Pardon Project Had the Potential to Help Thousands but Fell Short by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 1, 2022, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons made decisions on the 2,600 applications it received under Democratic Governor Tom Wolf’s PA Marijuana Pardon Project available during September …
Article • November 19, 2022
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
Missouri Legalizes Recreational Marijuana by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 8, 2022, voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative legalizing cannabis for recreational use after having approved marijuana for medical use four years earlier. Amendment 3, or Legal Missouri 2022, passed with 53% voter support. The …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Marijuana Law Not a Categorical Match to Federal Law for ACCA Sentencing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a defendant’s convictions under South Carolina law for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in …
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Smell of Marijuana Alone No Longer Establishes Probable Cause to Conduct Warrantless Vehicle Search by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the smell of marijuana, by itself, no longer creates probable cause to justify a warrantless search of a vehicle …
Article • May 5, 2022
California County Sheriff Targets Companies Associated With Legal Marijuana Sales by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The FBI agreed to return $1 million confiscated from Empyreal Logistics armored car company, which was seized as illegal drug money at the end of 2021. The proceeds belong to a state licensed …
Article • May 3, 2022
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
Weed Now Legal in New Jersey, New Yorkers Cannot Cross State Lines With It by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott You can buy marijuana legally in New Jersey as of Thursday, April 21, 2022, one day after “World Weed Day.” Governor Phil Murphy signed into law three bills defining …
Article • March 28, 2022
50 Years After Nixon’s Commission Declared Criminal Laws Were ‘Too Harsh’ on Pot Users, the Federal Ban Remains in Place by Brooke Kaufman By Brooke Kaufman March of 2022 marks 50 years since President Richard Nixon’s National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse issued its report, Marihuana: A Signal of …
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
Filed under: Marijuana Laws/Issues
Marijuana Arrests Keep Dropping by Marijuana arrests have dropped to their lowest level since 1991, according to a report by the FBI released in September 2021. The reason for the sharp reduction in arrests for marijuana crimes is simple: legalization. But the trend has been slow coming. Back in 1991, …
Article • December 9, 2021
Policy Paper Cites Benefits of Eliminating Federal Marijuana Prohibition by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Data collected concerning the positive impact on federal incarceration rates and their cost if marijuana were to be decriminalized are impressive. Ending the federal marijuana prohibition would reduce incarceration costs by $571.8 million …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Fed Position on Pot Pushing Vets to Black Market by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  The walls in Alex’s home are decorated with medals earned from two tours as a Marine serving in Iraq. He returned to the U.S. in 2007 at age 21, psychologically scarred by a war that …
Pasadena Alternative Care, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Unlawful Seizure and Destruction of Property, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREE.Mti:NT ANU MU'I'UAL GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between Pasadena Alternative Care Inc. ("Plaintiff'), on the one hand, and …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Minnesota Lab Figures Out How to Tell Between Legal Hemp and Illegal Marijuana by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Medical marijuana is legal in the state of Minnesota, but recreational use is not. This causes problems for the state’s Hemp Pilot program, which licenses growers of hemp as long as …
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