Jonathan Udell, attorney at Rose Law Group, presents cannabis CLE for Coconino County Bar

Staying Out of the Weeds – A Cannabis Law Overview: A Continuing Legal Education presentation delivered Tuesday by firm cannabis attorney and AZ NORML Communications Director Jonathan Udell for the Coconino County Bar Association. A wide array of topics: Ranging from the history of cannabis use/prohibition, the movement to legalize cannabis, and the campaign for Prop. 207, to opportunities for entering the cannabis industry, the financial issues dispensaries …

Arizona Department of Health Services Released Draft of Social Equity Rules

By Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney | Rose Law Group Reporter Yesterday at approximately 4:30pm, the Arizona Department of Health Services (“ADHS”) released its first draft of rules that would govern the social equity program established by Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act. See Ariz. Dep’t of Health Svcs., May 2021 Draft of Social Equity Rules (May 6, 2021), available …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner, cannabis department director, on Arizona’s marijuana lottery

By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Thirteen fortunate businesses on Monday won the lottery, literally, giving them the multi-million dollar opportunity to run marijuana dispensaries, farms and processing plants in rural Arizona counties. The new dispensary licenses are each designated for a specific county with fewer than two marijuana dispensaries operating today. The lottery follows Arizona voters’ approval of Proposition …

Free expungement clinic hopes to give some Arizonans a second chance; Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell comments

Mike Robinette (left), Executive Director of Southern Arizona NORML and Deputy Director of Arizona NORML with Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney. By Elliot Polakoff | AZ Family Photo by Jonathan Udell PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Legalizing marijuana has the potential to impact Arizona in so many ways, and now hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will soon have the …

Recreational marijuana sales neared $3M in first 10 days; Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and cannabis department director, provides insight

By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Dispensaries in Arizona rang up at least $2.9 million in recreational sales in the first 10 days adults 21 and older were allowed to purchase marijuana without a medical card, according to data from the Arizona Department of Revenue. Arizona voters approved adult use of marijuana in November via Proposition 207, and state health …

Why one bank takes marijuana dispensaries’ cash; Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and cannabis department director, weighs in

By Andy Blye | Phoenix Business Journal Pawn shops, casinos and money services firms are all cash-intensive businesses. Reliance on cash means that banks working with these customers have to put more resources toward regulatory compliance, and thus, some institutions opt out of working with them. The same goes for marijuana dispensaries; the volume of cash and the fact that …

Opportunities abound in AZ’s budding $1B legal marijuana industry; Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and cannabis department director, comments on the industry’s growth

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal What started as a fledgling medical marijuana industry in 2010 has flowered into a sector that generates more than $1 billion in annual sales in Arizona. And it’s going to keep growing, well, like a weed, experts say. Read the full subscription story from the Phoenix Business Journal. “The growth of this industry is …

‘Big concerns’ with Prop. 207 DUI bill, Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell tells Tucson Weekly

By David Abott | Tucson Weekly In the wake of the passage of Prop 207 legalizing adult-use recreational cannabis, lawmakers are struggling to define what constitutes driving under the influence of the drug. One recent bill, HB 2084 introduced by John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills), seeks to set a blood level limit of 2 nanograms per milliliter to prove impairment, but …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and cannabis department director, talks marijuana legalization, investment on KFNX

By Matt Battaglia | 1100 KFNX, Business Roundtable Podcast Topic: BRT Grows: Best of Cannabis 2020 1. Seg. 3 of 8/16/20 Show – Alan Brochstein CFA of https://www.newcannabisventures.com/ Alan covers the Cannabis industry, from investing ideas, to news 2. Seg. 1 of 8/23/20 Show – Interview w Adam Trenk / Rose Law Group https://www.roselawgroup.com/trenk-adam-m/ – talks about the legality of Cannabis and Hemp 3. Seg. …

Marijuana and non-citizens — Darius Amiri, immigration law chair at Rose Law Group, sheds light

  By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Immigration Dept. Chair Now that Prop 207, Arizona’s Recreational Marijuana law, has passed and recreational licenses are being distributed, there is naturally a lot of buzz surrounding the topic of legal possession and use of marijuana and other cannabis products. As an Immigration lawyer, I am often approached by clients or prospective clients about …