Board of Pharma Inspections + Verano's Noisy Exit
This premium content issue includes: lawyer Elliot Ginsburg's account of his client's inspection by the Board of Pharma and how Minnesota's local hemp businesses might have killed a $400M MSO deal
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1. Board of Pharma Starts Complaint Inspections
Last week, Axios reporter Torey Van Oot tweeted that the “MN Board of Pharmacy says it's received 14 complaints related to hemp-derived THC products since edible legalization law took effect July 1” but is not sharing any details because “they are ‘active open complaints and considered confidential data.’”
MN Board of Pharmacy says it's received 14 complaints related to hemp-derived THC products since edible legalization law took effect July 1. Exec director declined to share details, saying they are "active open complaints and considered confidential data."⏪ Memory Rewind: Shortly after the new help-derived THC law went into effect in July, the Board of Pharma published a form on its website by which anyone can file a complaint against a cannabinoid product manufacturer, distributor, or retailer. Per the Board’s website, “[t]he information provided in the complaint will be reviewed and may lead to an investigation of the entity/entities that are the subject of this complaint, as well as possible enforcement by the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, local law enforcement, and other state agencies with jurisdiction over these products.”
⚖️ Pre-Roll Exclusive: A first-person account from the lawyer of a business it happened to
Cannabis attorney Elliot Ginsburg of Garner, Ginsburg & Johnsen, P.A. had it happen to one of his clients who kindly consented to him sharing the story and some lawyerly insights with all of you fine people. Here’s what Elliot has to say: