The so-called War on Drugs was mostly a war on marijuana. Drug testing has mostly been marijuana testing, and when police arrested people for drug crimes, it was disproportionately black and brown people found in possession of, or selling, small amounts of marijuana which are...
By: Fabiola Jimenez, Strategic Legal Counsel at Cultiva Law The 420 Bills, introduced in Congress by two Senators from Oregon, seeks to overcome one of the greatest uphill battles faced by the cannabis community: the stigma that sometimes attaches to the plant. Despite the fact that...
Over the weekend, new Washington laws went into effect expanding state licensed marijuana producers' and processors' ability to source, utilize, and integrate CBD from a non-licensed source into a CBD product available for sale within the state's recreational marijuana market. I. Washington State Expands Access...
The Seattle office of Cultiva Law, PLLC will be holding a vacation of criminal records clinic at Seattle Hempfest 2018. This weekend, the members of Seattle Cultiva Law Office will be at Hempfest donating our time and knowledge to help clear drug criminal histories. We will...
Cultiva's own Aaron Pelley was recently featured in the Spokesman-Review for his selection as a Featured Speaker at this year's upcoming Seattle Hempfest. Aaron Pelley will be featured at Hempfest's 27th annual "protestival" held in Myrtle Edwards Park and Elliot Bay Park on August 17, 18, and 19, 2018....
Cannabis industry insiders recently learned the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) is considering implementing a “Hidden Ownership Amnesty Program” that would allow cannabis businesses to come into compliance with ownership and financing regulations without fear of license revocation. In this article, we dive...
By: Sam Mendez, Strategic Legal Counsel at Cultiva Law The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) recently proposed a “Hidden Ownership Amnesty Program” at their June 27, 2018 Executive Management Team meeting. Insiders learned about this development after a transcript (see p. 5) was written up by a team...
The laws applicable to the advertising of legal cannabis and legal cannabis business are some of the most rapidly evolving not only in Washington state, but also across the country. Mass confusion resulted over these regulations in Washington state in the spring of 2017, when...