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Chris Conrad

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

    • 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
  • 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: California Law

Proposition 64 Adult Use of Marijuana Act

  • Lawful Personal Use: Possession, Cultivation, Transportation, Sales and Restrictions
  • Medical marijuana
  • Commercial Regulations
  • Taxes and Disbursements
  • Health and Safety Code: Violations and Penalties
    (Note: Prop. 64 only amended code through 11361)

General Health and Safety Code Marijuana Laws after Prop. 215 and Prop. 64 

  • Unlawful Possession, Cultivation, Transportation and Sales
  • Compassionate Use Act
  • Chemical Extraction of Concentrates
  • Destruction of Evidence

 

  • Hash oil, BHO, chemical solvent extraction laws

    Solvent extracts and concentrates are covered by a number of California laws and case law. Propositions 215 and 64 both included extracts but did not remove cannabis from the controlled substances list.  The Health and Safety Code […]

    December 16, 2016Extraction, Statutory initiative, Statutory law

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • California: Personal Adult Use of Marijuana

    Proposition 64 Section 4. PERSONAL USE. The personal adult use section of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act 2016 (AUMA) initiative defines marijuana, legalizes it and establishes parameters for lawful use and responsible behavior. Age of […]

    November 13, 2016Cultivation, Medical Marijuana, Prop. 64: Adult Use of Marijuana Act 2016, Statutory law

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  • California industrial hemp laws

    Proposition 64 Section 9. INDUSTRIAL HEMP. This section of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) provides for the production and processing of industrial hemp as a small scale to large scale agricultural crop and manufacturing resource. […]

    November 11, 2016California Law, Industrial Hemp, Prop. 64: Adult Use of Marijuana Act 2016, Statutory initiative, Statutory law

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Interviewed as expert on cannabis extracts

    Concentrated: A new era for cannabis extracts in California By Will Houston, Eureka Times-Standard [Excerpt] Chris Conrad, a cannabis legal expert and author of “The Newbies Guide to Cannabis & The Industry,” said the type of […]

    October 29, 2016Advocacy, Cannabusiness, Extraction, Interviews, Media

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  • Hempresent Radio interview October 2016

    Friend of Prop. 64 Chris Conrad’s #yeson64 interviewed by Seattle Hempfest’s own Vivian McPeak on Cannabis Radio’s Hempresent Show. Listen in! By the time it’s over you’ll understand why it is so important to Vote Yes […]

    October 26, 2016Advocacy, Media, Statutory initiative

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  • SF Gate: Has 420 lost its meaning?

Recent Posts

  • NPR Affiliate: Your Legal Rights
  • Photo: Kamala Harris’ Medical Marijuana Advisory Group
  • Heads magazine: “What you can help others achieve”
  • Merry Jane: Slow Arc of Legalization
  • SF Gate: Has 420 lost its meaning?

Categories

  • Advocacy
  • Art
  • Book Reviews
  • Books
  • California Law
  • Cannabusiness
  • Case Law
  • Cultivation
  • Culture and Lifestyle
  • Drug War
  • Extraction
  • Federal Law
  • Industrial Hemp
  • Interviews
  • Legislation
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  • MMRSA Medical Marijuana Regulation
  • Prop. 64: Adult Use of Marijuana Act 2016
  • Statutory initiative
  • Statutory law
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