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Cannabis Law & Regulation Reporter

April 2021

Volume 2, Number 11 April 2021

FEATURE ARTICLE

New York Legalizes Recreational Cannabis and Prioritizes Equity Issues by Jordan Ferguson, Esq. and Robert Schuster, Esq187

PRACTICE GUIDE

Local Jurisdiction Considerations of Cannabis ‘Activity Buffers’ in California191

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

Members of Congress Introduce Joint Bills in the House and Senate Seeking to Facilitate Discussion and Potential Recommendation for the Use of Cannabis to Treat Veterans193

Nevada Legislature Proposes a Bill to Address Cannabis Use and Driving under the Influence Standards194

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

State:

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules on Injured Employee’s Right to Reimbursement for Medicinal Cannabis Use—Finds No Federal Preemption of the State’s Medicinal Cannabis Law196

Hager v. M&K Construction, 2021 N.J. LEXIS 332 (N.J. April 13, 2021).

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Finds State’s Medical Cannabis Law Eliminates Any Previous ‘Bright Line’ Rule that Provides Probable Cause to Search a Locked Vehicle without a Warrant198

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Groom, Case No. 71 MDA 2020 (Pa Super Feb 24, 2021).