Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, we see a lot of action on the state level. The New Hampshire House passed an adult-use bill. Virginia, on the other hand, failed to pass any legislation involving an adult-use market. Iowa, North Carolina and Kansas all considered cannabis bills. And finally, we have yet another celebrity who is *not* associated with CBD products.
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 25, 2021, concluding that Iowa’s comprehensive drug testing statute requires employers to “substantially” comply with its mandates, the Iowa Supreme Court issued two separate decisions finding that employers violated the statute after terminating employees in response to failed drug tests. The decisions serve as important reminders to employers to ensure their drug testing policies and practices
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Our big news this week is that the American Bar Association asked the Small Business Administration to make marijuana-related companies eligible for relief funds. There’s plenty of state news also. Iowa votes to reform its medical marijuana program. Maine faces lawsuits
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 12, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Let’s start, as we so often do, with the states. Nebraska has decided against legalizing medical marijuana. Texas is moving towards legalizing hemp. Iowa is one step ahead of them – hemp cultivation will begin in 2020.
Delaware lawmakers have introduced
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 24, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
There were several interesting developments this week on the federal level. We’ll start off with the news that the Senate may not take up the issue of banking in the marijuana industry. Sen. Mike Crapo (R. Idaho) won’t commit to holding
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 3, 2019