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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: Case Law

  • NPR Affiliate: Your Legal Rights

    Chris Conrad joins Your Legal Rights Host Jeff Hayden for interviews and call in questions. NPR affiliate station KALW, May 10, 2023

    December 20, 2023Advocacy, Case Law, Interviews, Media, Statutory law

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  • Chris Conrad US Supreme Court Washington DC

    Heads magazine: “What you can help others achieve”

    “Activist of the Month, Chris Conrad” by Marc·Boris St·Maurice Heads magazine, March 2005, p. 16 (photo: chris conrad) CHRIS CONRAD This month’s activist, Chris Conrad, is an author, political strategist, researcher and spin doctor whose […]

    October 21, 2019Advocacy, Cannabusiness, Case Law, Culture and Lifestyle, Drug War, Industrial Hemp, Interviews

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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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  • 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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  • Medical marijuana optional during probation

    People v Tilehkooh Qualified medical use is allowed during probation: “The people of California and a growing number of other states have recently enacted compassionate use laws. Congress should consider the wisdom of accommodating the […]

    September 1, 2016Case Law

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  • Medical approvals may not expire

    People v Windus “[W]e see nothing in the statute that requires a patient to periodically renew a doctor’s recommendation regarding medical marijuana use. The statute does not provide, as the Attorney General asserts, that a […]

    July 22, 2016Case Law, Medical Marijuana

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  • Local ordinances do not pre-empt medical immunity

    Kirby v Fresno “We conclude that the provision in the ordinance that classifies the cultivation of medical marijuana as a misdemeanor is preempted by California’s extensive statutory scheme addressing crimes, defenses and immunities relating to […]

    January 13, 2016California Law, Case Law, Medical Marijuana

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  • 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?

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

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  • Book Reviews
  • Books
  • California Law
  • Cannabusiness
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  • 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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