In the third episode of the Joint Status report, Chicago partners Doug Sargent and David Standa discuss former FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb’s recent op-ed calling on the FDA to take action on CBD (1:00), the recent legalization of hemp in Ohio, which enforcement officials believe has effectively legalized recreational marijuana (6:42), a court ruling in Pennsylvania that threw out evidence obtained via a search of the medical
marijuana cardholder’s vehicle where the search was initiated because the officers smelled marijuana (14:36), Cornell university’s announcement that it will offer courses about cannabis starting this fall semester (17:46), and a recent lawsuit initiated by Oklahoma medical marijuana companies against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly putting the companies’ Facebook pages in “Facebook Jail” (20:11). Continue to check out Locke Lord’s blog for more upcoming episodes of the Joint Status Report.