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Cannabis and Driving Impairment Laws

How different jurisdictions handle stoned driving, why THC blood limits are scientifically messy, and what the...

11 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis and Homeowners Associations

How HOAs, condo boards, and co-ops can restrict cannabis use even where state law permits it.

4 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis and Unemployment Benefits

How cannabis use, failed drug tests, and state legalization interact with eligibility for unemployment insuran...

9 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis on Tribal Lands (United States)

Tribal nations have their own cannabis laws that exist alongside — and sometimes in tension with — federal and...

11 sources 2 months ago

Child-Resistant Packaging for Cannabis

How child-resistant packaging rules apply to cannabis products in the US and Canada, why they exist, and what...

8 sources 1 month ago

Excise Tax on Cannabis

How governments tax cannabis at the wholesale or retail level, why rates vary so wildly, and what it means for...

9 sources 2 months ago

FDA Regulation of Cannabis-Derived Products

How the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approaches cannabis, CBD, and hemp-derived consumer products under f...

9 sources 2 months ago

Federal Cannabis Banking Restrictions (United States)

Why state-legal cannabis businesses still struggle to get bank accounts, loans, and credit card processing und...

10 sources 1 month ago

Federal Cannabis Law in the United States

Cannabis remains a Schedule I controlled substance under U.S. federal law, despite widespread state legalizati...

12 sources 2 weeks ago

Federal Employment Drug Testing Rules

How U.S. federal drug testing rules treat cannabis for federal employees, contractors, and safety-sensitive wo...

11 sources 1 month ago

Federal Immigration Consequences of Cannabis

Why cannabis use, work, or possession can still derail green cards and visas even in states where it is fully...

9 sources 2 months ago

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

The Supreme Court case that ruled federal cannabis prohibition applies even to homegrown medical marijuana und...

8 sources 1 week ago

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 1 month ago

INCB Cannabis Reports

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

10 sources 2 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 2 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 3 weeks 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 1 week 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 6 days ago

Safety-Sensitive Position Carve-Outs

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

10 sources 2 months 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 weeks 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 3 months 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 1 month 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 2 months ago