The North Carolina House is ready to talk about marijuana and did just that today. Senate Bill 3 – also known as the Compassionate Care Act – appeared on the House’s agenda last week. Until then, there had been no movement (or even murmurs) from the House on the bill’s prospects, despite high hopes after
Last week, we wrote about the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) February 13, 2023 response letter stating that delta-8 THCO and delta-9 THCO – two forms of THC acetate ester (THCO) – are illegal controlled substances under federal law. The DEA’s decision centered on THCO’s “synthetic” nature. The DEA explained that “[d]elta-9 THCO and delta-8 THCO
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at exactly 4:20 p.m., the Compassionate Care Act passed a preliminary vote in the North Carolina Senate. The bill – which passed the Senate in 2022 but stalled in the House – would allow medical marijuana use in the state for individuals with qualifying conditions. The 4:20 passage time may
In the summer of August 2022, and again in February 2023, a North Carolina attorney wrote to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to ask about the status of certain cannabinoids under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). His question was whether THC acetate ester (THCO), a lab-created substance used to synthetically derive THC delta-8 and delta-9
Ah, South Carolina. Its siren song has tempted cannabis advocates for years with its diversity – political, geographic, geologic, and otherwise. But to date, nada.
That may change soon, as the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act has been refiled with procedural fixes designed to avoid the same fate as the version filed in the 2022
We have long suspected that North Carolina may be the next great cannabis market. In describing North Carolina as “the sleeping giant of the South,” we wrote recently:
From Murphy to Manteo, North Carolina is a state that will have a lot to offer the medical marijuana industry at some point in the future. The
The North Carolina Senate has voted 35-10 to legalize medical marijuana. The vote, which took place on June 2, 2022, puts the state one step closer to joining the 37 other states (plus D.C.) that have legalized marijuana for medical use.
Both Senate Democrats and Republicans voted to approve SB 711, North Carolina’s Compassionate Care
On May 4, 2022, South Carolina’s medical marijuana bill — SB 150, also known as the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act — was ruled unconstitutional by the state’s House of Representatives.
The constitutional challenge was mounted by Rep. John McCravy, who argued that because the bill involves the creation of a new tax, specifically on
Attorney General Merrick Garland has reiterated that the Department of Justice will not prioritize prosecuting marijuana use, a position that Garland expressed during his confirmation hearings. In remarks in front of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on April 26, 2022, Garland held firm in this position, stating that prosecuting the possession of marijuana is “not