Marijuana Business Magazine - March 2018

Post Polak Goodsell & Strauchler has one of the leading Hospitality & Alcoholic Beverage practices in New Jersey. We pride ourselves on our familiarity with New Jersey liquor laws and regulations and our positive working relationships with the administrators and governing personnel who enforce those laws and regulations and with municipalities throughout the state. We are proud to welcome Jerey Warsh to establish a new cannabis industry practice group. Je is an alcoholic beverage and cannabis law attorney and registered governmental aairs agent with over 30 years of experience in highly regulated industries. Our practice group advises entrepreneurs in the complex and evolving field of cannabis law, providing guidance and insight into entity formation and capital raising, real estate and zoning, permitting and regulatory compliance, and enforcement and transactions related to the licensing of alcoholic beverages and cannabis. A Long-Time Leader in Serving New Jersey’s Alcoholic Beverage Community A Pioneer in Serving New Jersey’s New Cannabis Industry Contact us to learn more: Paul D. Strauchler Jeffrey A. Warsh Douglas J. Sherman Jerry Fischer 425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 200 • Roseland, NJ • 07068-1717 • (973) 228-9900 • postpolak.com Nevada Citing a “zero-tolerance policy,” regulators have sus- pended the licenses of four of the state’s nine testing labs since July. The state’s Department of Taxation, which took over regulating the industry last summer, shut down the four labs for “not following proper procedures.” The agency most recently suspended the license of Las Vegas-based Digipath Labs on Jan. 19. Suspensions previously were handed down to Las Vegas-based G3 Labs and RSR Ana- lytical Laboratories as well as Certified Ag Lab in Sparks. RSR and Certified’s licenses were later reinstated. New Jersey Newly elected Gov. Phil Murphy promised during his campaign that he would legalize recreational marijuana in the state. But first the Democrat hopes to revive New Jersey’s medical cannabis program. Murphy signed an executive order to study a program he said has existed “in name only.” The governor said he’s asking regulators to focus on expanding the medical marijuana program, proposing new regulations and repealing rules that hamper the market. The program has 15,000 registered patients while similar-sized state markets have hundreds of thousands of enrollees. March 2018 • Marijuana Business Magazine • 25