While recreational use of marijuana is still illegal in New York, the state legalized a medical marijuana program in 2014. As cannabis use is still strictly medical, rules and regulations have been put in place to ensure the safe and secure packaging and labeling of marijuana and marijuana-infused products.
Both medical and recreational use of marijuana is legal in Oregon, with legal dispensaries opening in 2015 under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, or OLCC. Oregon’s packaging-labeling rules are some of the more robust, so it’s important to familiarize yourself with the legally-mandated requirements for labeling, as well as
In 2019, the state of Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana use - and the very first to do it through the state legislature, rather than a ballot initiative. As with all states that have legalized marijuana use, Illinois has a specific set of rules and regulations for the packaging of cannabis for sale.
Technically, Washington was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use, as Colorado’s legalization law took a few months to go into effect. Along with the new legal status came a series of rules and regulations about how any and all marijuana products must be packaged and labeled. A main component of these packaging rules is
Recreational marijuana use was legalized in Massachusetts in 2016, following a successful ballot initiative, making it the eighteenth state to do so. With legalization came regulation and the state has issued guidelines for cannabis labeling and packaging, but