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California AG Warns Of Major Risks Of Interstate Marijuana Sales
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta made it clear on Tuesday that authorizing the exportation of marijuana by legal cannabis companies would expose the Golden State to substantial legal risks.
In a legal opinion sent to state cannabis regulators, Bonta said that if California were to permit interstate cannabis sales, the federal government could initiate legal action against the state.
"We are not in a position to make political or economic predictions about whether the United States or another party would be likely to sue," according to Bonta's opinion prompted by a request from the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) Director Nicole Elliott, earlier this year.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed SB 1326 from Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) last year, which set up a framework for interstate commerce.
Pennsylvania Moves To Protect MMJ Patients From DUI Arrests
A pair of measures to protect medical cannabis patients from being charged with impaired driving by the police unless there is concrete evidence of intoxication is advancing through the Pennsylvania legislature reported Marijuana Moment.
Sen. Camera Bartolotta's (R) Senate Bill 363 got the green light from the members of the Senate Transportation Committee with amendments last week.
"Pennsylvania’s “zero tolerance” driving under the influence (DUI) law does not contemplate the difference between medicinal and recreational use of marijuana," the bill's memo stipulates. "Because of this, unimpaired patients currently face the risk of being arrested, prosecuted and convicted for using medicinal marijuana that has no bearing on their ability to drive a vehicle."
House version of the legislation, House Bill 983 from Rep. Christopher ...