Controlled Substances and Regulatory Law

NJ Cannabis Insider reports on recent event, highlighting speakers including Joshua Bauchner

NJ Cannabis Insider reported on its largest panel and networking event, NJ Cannabis Insider Live: The Road to Legalization held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison. The event featured regulators, industry power players, entrepreneurs and professionals.

Among the speakers highlighted were Joshua Bauchner of Ansell, Grimm & Aaron. Other speakers included Jeff Brown, assistant commissioner in charge of the Department of Health’s Medicinal Marijuana Program; Joseph Zoltowski, plant industry director for the state Department of Agriculture; Scott Rudder, president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association; Janice Kovach, mayor of Clinton and the first vice president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities; and South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum.

Read the full article on NJCannabisInsider.nj.com  (subscription required)

New Jersey Launches A Hemp Program In Accord With The Federal Hemp Farming Act Of 2018

New Jersey recently launched a hemp program in accord with the federal Hemp Farming Act of 2018  which removed hemp (generally defined as cannabis with less than 0.3% THC) from Schedule I of the  Controlled Substances Act instead treating it as an ordinary agricultural commodity. Its provisions were incorporated into the 2018 United States Farm bill that became law on December 20, 2018.

New Jersey State Senate President Steve Sweeney spoke at the State Agricultural Convention this month expressing his hopes for the emerging industrial hemp industry in the State, calling hemp the “next major cash crop for New Jersey.”  New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Doug Fisher also praised this emerging industry: (more…)

Joshua S. Bauchner to Present at the 2nd Annual Cannabis Symposium

Event: 2nd Annual Cannabis Symposium

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Location: Webcast

Details: Ansell Grimm & Aaron shareholder, Joshua S. Bauchner will present at the 2nd Annual Cannabis Symposium presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Cannabis Law Special Committee. On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 9:10 a.m., Bauchner will join David Vitale, VP, Optimus Partners, LLC in sharing insights on getting legalization on the ballot and into law.

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