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Cannabis hemp advocate, author, expert witness, educator, curator, artist

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      • The Newbies Guide to Cannabis and the Industry
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      • Hemp: Lifeline to the Future
      • Hemp for Health
      • Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War
      • Human Rights and the US Drug War
    • Paintings by Chris Conrad
  • Dynamic Speaker, Author, Media Figure
    • World Class Cannabis Expert
    • Mikki Norris, Social Justice Activist
  • Expert Witness, Consultant
    • Legal Overviews
    • Safe Access Now medical marijuana guidelines
  • Political Consultant / Organizer
    • American Hemp Council
    • Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp
  • Books by Chris Conrad
    • The Newbies Guide to Cannabis and the Industry
    • Cannabis Yields and Dosage
    • Hemp: Lifeline to the Future
    • Hemp for Health
    • Shattered Lives: Portraits from America’s Drug War
    • Human Rights and the US Drug War
  • Paintings by Chris Conrad

Category: Case Law

  • Chris Conrad US Supreme Court Washington DC

    Heads magazine: “What you can help others achieve”

    “Activist of the Month, Chris Conrad” by Marc·Boris St·Maurice Heads magazine, March 2005, p. 16 (photo: chris conrad) CHRIS CONRAD This month’s activist, Chris Conrad, is an author, political strategist, researcher and spin doctor whose […]

    October 21, 2019Advocacy, Cannabusiness, Case Law, Culture and Lifestyle, Drug War, Industrial Hemp, Interviews

     
  • Physicians’ First Amendment right to recommend cannabis

    Conant v. Walters: Physicians have a First Amendment right to discuss cannabis with patients — not to help them obtain it. The order enjoins the federal government from either revoking a physician’s license to prescribe controlled substances […]

    December 14, 2016Case Law, Federal Law

     
  • Luna: Hash oil manufacturing case needs all components

    People v Luna: “while the [chemical extraction] manufacturing process need not be complete, it must at least be started.” “[W]hile the [solvent extraction] manufacturing process need not be complete, it must at least be started.” […]

    December 14, 2016Case Law, Extraction

     
  • SB 420: Patient collectives get defense for sales

    People v. Urziceanu: While Prop 215 did not protect collective medical marijuana gardens or sales, SB420 HS 11362.775 did (ending in 2019). NOTICE: The California Legislature voted to terminate the legal defenses for Collective gardens and sales in […]

    November 17, 2016Case Law, Medical Marijuana, MMRSA Medical Marijuana Regulation, Statutory law, Uncategorized

     
  • Medical marijuana collective and extraction defenses

    SB 420 / Senate Bill 420 Cannabis collective defense; AB266 / 243 Collective defense ends in 2019 SB 2679 Interim extraction licenses through 2019 Summary: In 2003 the California legislature (SB420) created a limited collective […]

    November 10, 2016Cannabusiness, Case Law, Extraction, Legislation, Medical Marijuana, MMRSA Medical Marijuana Regulation, Statutory law

     
  • BHO and chemical extraction of cannabinoids / concentrates

    People v. Bergen: Medical use is not a defense against charge, use of chemical extraction to manufacture a controlled substance Note: Because marijuana and extracts are in the controlled substance list, because the HS 11379.6(a) […]

    November 9, 2016Case Law, Extraction, Medical Marijuana, Statutory law, Uncategorized

     
  • Medical marijuana optional during probation

    People v Tilehkooh Qualified medical use is allowed during probation: “The people of California and a growing number of other states have recently enacted compassionate use laws. Congress should consider the wisdom of accommodating the […]

    September 1, 2016Case Law

     
  • Medical approvals may not expire

    People v Windus “[W]e see nothing in the statute that requires a patient to periodically renew a doctor’s recommendation regarding medical marijuana use. The statute does not provide, as the Attorney General asserts, that a […]

    July 22, 2016Case Law, Medical Marijuana

     
  • Local ordinances do not pre-empt medical immunity

    Kirby v Fresno “We conclude that the provision in the ordinance that classifies the cultivation of medical marijuana as a misdemeanor is preempted by California’s extensive statutory scheme addressing crimes, defenses and immunities relating to […]

    January 13, 2016California Law, Case Law, Medical Marijuana

     
  • Localities can ban personal medical marijuana gardens

    Maral, et al., v Live Oak “Accordingly, we conclude the CUA [Proposition 215] and MMP [SB 420] do not preempt a city’s police power to prohibit the cultivation of all marijuana within that city. ” […]

    January 13, 2016California Law, Case Law, Cultivation, Medical Marijuana

     

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