DEA giveth and taketh away.
Whether you submitted your DEA registration application during the initial 60-day window or are still working toward federal registration, DEA’s new guidance requires your attention. For “timely applicants” (defined below), it means checking trading partners’
Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we start with an update on the DEA hearing situation. Then, we turn our attention to New Hampshire, where
California’s proposed group tagging rules: what cultivators should know
California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is proposing to change how cultivators identify and track cannabis plants. The goal is to reduce tagging costs and environmental waste while preserving the state’s
Buying Distressed Cannabis Assets: What Does “Free and Clear” Actually Mean?
The price looks good. The receiver is ready to sell. And someone has described the transaction as “court-approved” and “free and clear.”
Before treating those words as a clean
We recently hosted a webinar titled “DEA Enforcement in a Changing Cannabis Landscape, Rescheduling Hemp, and What Comes Next”. We had just one hour to cover topics that could easily fill several hours of discussion. Unsurprisingly, the chat
If you blinked this week, you may have missed Alabama cannabis news breaking, un-breaking, and re-breaking within about 24 hours. According to an analysis published by Alabama Political Reporter, multiple outlets reported Monday that Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Executive
After a long hiatus, we are back with our popular feature, the Reefer Brief. Just kidding, it was never popular, but the hiatus has been long.
Justin Givens is a cannabis consultant and the sole member of Apical Biotek, LLC
Effective October 1, 2026, Connecticut has replaced its multi-tiered, potency-based cannabis excise tax with a single flat rate of 10.75% of gross receipts on all adult-use cannabis retail sales. Under the prior structure, retailers calculated tax on a per-milligram-of-THC basis across three product
