As we previously discussed in Medical Marijuana 103: Patient and Practitioner Regulations in New York State, practitioners in New York must be registered with the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) in order to certify patients for medical marijuana use. The DOH maintains a list of registered practitioners on its website, however such
Everyone involved, or thinking about becoming involved, in the cannabis business is aware of the conflict between the laws of those states legalizing marijuana and the Controlled Substance Act (the “CSA”). The CSA is a federal law making it illegal to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance. For purposes of the CSA, marijuana is
On November 1, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a release concerning its issuance of warning letters to four companies concerning the marketing of products containing cannabidiol (CBD).
CBD is a cannabinoid found in hemp which lacks the psychoactive ingredient THC. Hemp and its derivatives are legal to import to the US and
In our previous post, Medical Marijuana 103: Patient and Practitioner Regulations in New York State, we discussed that patients certified for medical marijuana use can designate up to two caregivers. Caregivers can assist patients who are unable to pick up medical marijuana at a dispensing facility or are unable to administer medical marijuana to
This blog post is the last in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana. To read the previous post in the series, Medical Marijuana 105: Marijuana in the Workplace, click here.
Despite its potential, New York’s Medical Marijuana Program is off to a slow
This blog post is the fifth in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana. To read the latest post in the series, Medical Marijuana 104: Responsibilities of Health Insurers, click here.
As you may recall from our first post in this series, medical marijuana
This blog post is the fourth in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana. To read the latest post in the series, Medical Marijuana 103: Patient and Practitioner Regulations in New York State, click here.
It will come as no surprise that patients who
This blog post is the third in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana. To read the latest post in the series, Medical Marijuana 102: NYS Registered Organizations and Dispensaries, click here.
In today’s post we’re going to be reviewing the requirements imposed by
This blog post is the second in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana. To read the first post in the series, Medical Marijuana 101: The State of the Law in NY, click here.
One of the biggest questions that people have when discussing
This blog post will be the first in a series of articles discussing the current state of the law in New York regarding medical marijuana.
There’s no denying that one of the hottest topics in health care law these days is the constant evolution of the state of the law as it relates to the