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HUD Housing and Cannabis Use

Why federally subsidized housing residents can be evicted for cannabis use even in states where it's legal.

9 sources 3 months ago

INCB Cannabis Reports

The International Narcotics Control Board's annual assessments shape — and often constrain — how countries ref...

10 sources 4 months ago

Off-Duty Cannabis Use Protections

A growing patchwork of U.S. state laws shields some workers from being fired or refused jobs for legal off-the...

16 sources 4 months ago

Per Se DUI Thresholds for THC

How U.S. states set blood-THC limits for driving, why those numbers are scientifically contested, and what the...

12 sources 2 months ago

Rhode Island Medical Cannabis Qualifying Conditions

The conditions that qualify a Rhode Island patient for a medical marijuana card, the legal basis, and how the...

6 sources 2 months ago

Robinson v. California (1962)

The Supreme Court case that held states cannot criminalize the mere status of being a drug addict under the Ei...

8 sources 2 months ago

Safety-Sensitive Position Carve-Outs

How state cannabis employment protections exclude workers in jobs where impairment could cause serious harm to...

10 sources 4 months ago

Schedule I and Cannabis

Cannabis has been a U.S. federal Schedule I controlled substance since 1970, though a formal rescheduling prop...

12 sources 1 month ago

Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code

The federal tax provision that bars cannabis businesses from deducting ordinary expenses, often producing crus...

14 sources 2 months ago

TTB and Cannabis-Infused Beverages

How the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau treats THC, CBD, and hemp-derived ingredients in beverag...

10 sources 5 months ago

UN Drug Treaties and Cannabis

How three international conventions shaped global cannabis prohibition, and what the 2020 WHO rescheduling act...

10 sources 3 weeks ago

United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative

The 2001 Supreme Court decision that rejected a medical necessity defense to federal cannabis distribution cha...

7 sources 3 months ago

Workplace Cannabis Testing Rights

An overview of employee and employer rights around cannabis drug testing in the United States, with major stat...

9 sources 4 months ago