Tina Maiolo
District of Columbia and Maryland’s Cannabis Social Equity License Verification Deadlines
District of Columbia Deadline is October 30, 2023 The application period for D.C.’s medical cannabis business license opened on August...
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Tina Maiolo, Esq. and Stephen Rutigliano, Esq.
- Jun 6
Maryland Now Accepting Applications for Grants Under Cannabis Adult-Use Laws
Maryland officials are now accepting applications for grants to help existing medical marijuana businesses change over to dual licensees,...
Tina Maiolo
- Mar 6
Federal Judge Rules Banning Firearms for Marijuana Users Is Unconstitutional
Last month, a Trump appointed judge from the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Oklahoma held that the statute banning...
Tina Maiolo
- Feb 21
DC Employment Protections for Cannabis Users to Go Into Effect in July 2023
The D.C. Cannabis Protections Amendment Act of 2022 became law in October 2022, after it was signed by Mayor Bowser on July 13, 2022. ...
Tina Maiolo
- Feb 17
OSHA to Consider Ground Cannabis to Be a “Hazardous Chemical”?
Despite the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s failure to issue regulations specific to the cannabis industry, it appears,...
Tina Maiolo
- Feb 13
Mayor Signs Bill Making Extensive Changes to D.C.’s Medical Marijuana Program
On January 25, 2023, the mayor of Washington, D.C. signed The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act, making fundamental changes to D.C.’s...
Tina Maiolo
- Feb 2
Unionization of Cannabis
As the legalization of marijuana expands, so has the unionization of "budtenders" behind the counter and in all other areas of the...
Tina Maiolo
- Jan 10
D.C. Council Passes Bill Making Extensive Changes to the Medical Marijuana Program
The Washington, D.C. Council has unanimously passed a bill to make extensive changes to the medical marijuana program in the District. ...
Tina Maiolo
- Nov 10, 2022
Election Day Results on Recreational Marijuana
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, voters in Missouri and Maryland voted to legalize recreational marijuana. This move is estimated to loosen...
Tina Maiolo
- Nov 1, 2022
President Biden’s Recent Efforts on Marijuana Reform
Since its inception in 1970, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has placed marijuana in a Schedule I category. Schedule I substances...
Tina Maiolo
- Sep 13, 2022
New Jersey Cannabis Regulation Commission Issues Guidance For Employers
In the wake of the wave of legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana use, employers question how to balance these new employee...
Tina Maiolo
- Jul 20, 2022
WEED the People…Where does Congress Stand on Legalizing Cannabis?
On April 1, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment Expungement (MORE) Act along party lines,...
Tina Maiolo
- Jun 9, 2022
Think Twice Before Firing, or Refusing to Hire, for a Positive THC test in DC!
Washington, D.C.’s City Council passed a bill Tuesday which, if Mayor Muriel Bowser approves it, will prohibit employers from firing...
Tina Maiolo and Colin Neal
- May 5, 2022
The “Cans” and “Cants” of Cannabis Testing: Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia
While the marijuana legalization revolution has reached Washington D.C., Maryland, and West Virginia, the jurisdictions have varied...
Tina Maiolo and Colin Neal
- Apr 28, 2022
The “Cans” and “Cants” of Cannabis Testing
What Commonwealth of Virginia Employers and Employees Need to Know Effective July 1, 2021, Virginia joined 18 other states (and the...
Tina Maiolo and Kimberly Ohanuka
- Dec 27, 2021
Thin Line Between Advising and Abetting: Ethical Considerations in Practicing Cannabis Law
The tension between cannabis federal and state laws is high. Almost fifty states have decriminalized, allowed medicinal use, or legalized...
Tina Maiolo and Kimberly Ohanuka
- Nov 17, 2021
No Drugs Allowed at Work
Cannabis legalization is sprawling throughout the country. More than thirty-five states have authorized medicinal marijuana, and sixteen...
Tina Maiolo
- Sep 1, 2021
Legislation Surrounding The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
While various jurisdictions across the United States have legalized medical and recreational use of marijuana, there has yet to be...
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