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Cannabis: The New York State Compassionate Care Act

1h 30m

Created on April 20, 2016

Intermediate

Overview

In July 2014, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a piece of legislation often referred to as the Compassionate Care Act (the “CCA”). Under the CCA, New York State legalized medical cannabis. In the spring of 2015, the New York State Department Of Health (“NYDOH”) issued detailed CCA regulations. In July 2015, the DOH announced its selection of the five “Registered Organizations,” (“ROs”), the enterprises who are authorized under the CCA to grow, process, and sell medical cannabis. In January 2016, those ROs opened the first medical cannabis dispensaries in New York State. Attorneys interested in representing clients involved in or seeking to become involved in the New York State cannabis industry must be familiar with the CCA and the NYDOH CCA regulations, and this course will address requirements the CCA imposes on patients, physicians, and Registered Organizations.

 

Join Hanan Kolko for a discussion of these issues. Mr. Kolko, a New York City-based shareholder at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein and a co-chair of that firm’s Cannabis Practice Group, is also a member of the National Cannabis Bar Association. He has previously presented CLE programs for Lawline entitled Ethically Representing the Cannabis Client, In Re Arenas and Access to Bankruptcy for the Cannabis Client, and Cannabis: Understanding the Cole Memorandum and the Interplay of Federal and State Law.

 

Learning Objectives:

I.     Grasp the relationship between the federal Controlled Substances Act (the “CSA”) and state cannabis laws such as the New York CCA

II.    Familiarity with the DOJ Cole Memorandum, and how it impacts the CCA

III.   Learn the obligations that the CCA imposes on those who wish to obtain and use medical cannabis

IV.   Know the obligations that the CCA imposes on physicians who wish to allow their patients to have access to medical cannabis

V.    Understand the obligations that the CCA imposes on Registered Organizations, the only entities authorized under the CCA to grow, process, and distribute medical cannabis

VI.   Discuss pending legislation that might affect medical cannabis in New York State

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