Your Company May Be a Likely Target of State Attorneys General. You May Not See It Coming.
Risk and compliance teams are familiar with potential enforcement from federal regulators. But action from state attorneys general (acting alone ...
Tag: Cannabis
Schedule of Controlled Substances, established by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA), places marijuana in the most restrictive class, Schedule I, alongside heroin. Schedule I is reserved for drugs with a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical uses, and a lack of accepted safety for medical use.
While de-scheduling marijuana will facilitate medical research, ensure patient access, and remove federal prohibitions, doing so will create issues for compliance, HR and risk professionals in today’s workplace — as evidenced by the challenges currently faced in states where marijuana is now legal.
Assessing the Risks Associated with Cannabis-Based Businesses in the U.S. and Canada
The federal government still prohibits banks from doing business with cannabis-based businesses, leading banks to miss out on a green ...
Tackling the Cannabis Conundrum
What to Do When State and Federal Laws Disagree Nationwide, laws around marijuana are in flux, and employers struggle to ...
Knock, Knock. Is That a City Inspector… Or a Hired Gun?
What Business Owners Need to Know as Governments Outsource Code Enforcement Companies across virtually every industry are experiencing a rapid ...
Colorado High Court’s Marijuana Ruling Strengthens Employers’ Hand, Attorney Says
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (6/25/15)—A Colorado Supreme Court ruling has strengthened the ability of employers to enforce workplace drug policies, advises ...
