Licensing Blog

On March 31st, Governor Andy Beshear signed Senate Bill 47 to legalize medical marijuana—making The Bluegrass State the 38th state in the country to approve the medical use of marijuana for its qualifying patients! Under Senate Bill 47, patients with certain qualifying conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, muscle spasms, or spasticity, chronic nausea or cyclical vomiting, post-traumatic stress …

After years of pushback and intense litigation, Florida’s Billion-dollar Medical Marijuana Industry will double in size as the Florida Department of Health, Office of Medical Marijuana Use (“OMMU”) just released an Emergency Rule setting forth the new 2023 Application Window. From April 24, 2023, to April 28, 2023, Applicants vying for a coveted Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (“MMTC”) license will …

After four (4) years and only three (3) licensed Dispensing Organizations later, Texas will begin accepting applications for new Dispensing Organization licenses. In 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed HB 1535 which not only added PTSD and any stage of cancer to a patient’s potential qualifying conditions, but also increased the THC percentage from .5% to 1% in regulated cannabis …

With over 750,000 registered patients in the State of Florida, the Office of Medical Marijuana Use (“OMMU”) has been under fire over the past years due to the lack of new licenses for Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (“MMTC”) as the current licensed MMTCs are unable to serve the increasing number of patients in accordance with Fla. Stat. § 381.936(8)(a)(4). However, …

After the North Carolina Senate passed the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act, the “Tar Heel State” was on its way to fall in line with the other thirty-seven (37) states who have legalized medical marijuana within its borders. However, following an internal caucus vote, the Senate-passed bill was effectively dead in the House session pushing back legalization for at least …

On September 20th, 2022, eleven of the twelve Pigford/BFL applicants vying for a coveted Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (“MMTC”) license were notified by the Florida Department of Health, Office of Medical Marijuana Use (“OMMU”), of their application’s denial. However, the majority of those who received denial letters refused to take the OMMU’s decision as final, including Applicant P007-2022, Fred Fisher/Donald …

The State of Oregon is paving the way as the first state to design and implement psilocybin licensure within their communities. Under Oregon Health Authority’s framework, there will be four (4) types of licenses to apply for: (1) Service Center; (2) Manufacturer; (3) Facilitator; and (4) Psilocybin Testing Laboratory. From the Oregon Department of Revenue to the Oregon Department of …

With President Biden’s instruction to the Attorney General to begin the process of modifying the scheduling of cannabis last week, federal drug reform has been a hot topic among those working in the cannabis industry. However, the biggest change that can happen to drug reform in the next couple months is happening at the state-level with the midterm elections fast-approaching. …

With cannabis legalization blazing its way through almost all of the fifty states, no matter the different approaches each state takes, they all face a common issue: diversity among their license holders. Due to this continuous problem within the cannabis industry as a whole, states have taken different avenues to further solidify license holders who were most affected by the …

On October 6th, 2022, President Biden shocked the nation by announcing federal pardons for any person charged or convicted under federal law for a simple possession of cannabis. However, Biden’s announcement did not stop there—he further proclaimed that he is instructing his administration to review the possibility of re-scheduling or de-scheduling cannabis. In a statement by the President himself, “I …