Cannabis • Industrial Hemp • Psychedelics • Cryptocurrency

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Access general counsel services to help you navigate legal, regulatory, and business challenges for emerging and regulated industries including cannabis, industrial hemp, psychedelics, and cryptocurrency. Ad Lucem Law has a proven record of supporting businesses working with Health Canada to obtain licensing and approvals under the Food and Drug Regulations, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Cannabis Act, Section 56 ministerial exemptions and the Special Access Program (SAP).

Ad Lucem Law Founder and President Robert W.E. Laurie has represented start-ups, entrepreneurs, and companies in all stages of development, including licensed cannabis cultivators, processors, medical cannabis advocates, adult-use cannabis retailers, ancillary cannabis services, and psychedelic access cases in Canada and abroad.

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LEGAL SERVICES FOR EMERGING & REGULATED INDUSTRIES INCLUDE:

  • TheraPsil (First Section 56 Exemption for Psilocybin in Canada)
  • Guest Speaker Lord Reading Law Society
  • Decriminalize Nature (Petition Drafter)
  • Amazon Restoration Project Society, Board of Directors
  • Active, dedicated service to the cannabis industry for over 10 years
  • Legal Counsel Vancouver (City) v Karuna Health Foundation, 2018 BCSC 222, a leading decision regarding the scope of municipal power to regulate cannabis dispensaries
  • Board Advisor Heroic Hearts Project UK
  • Board Advisor, Last Prisoner Project
  • Board Advisor, MAPS Canada
  • Board Advisor Canadian Psychedelic Association
  • Member, City of Nanaimo Municipal Cannabis Task Force
  • Obtained in 2017 First Municipal Dispensary Temporary Use Permit (Penticton, B.C.)
  • Regular speaker and presenter at leading international cannabis conferences in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia
  • Guest Speaker, Nimbin Mardigrass (Nimbin Hemp Embassy), Australia

Cannabis

Career Highlights

  • TheraPsil (First Section 56 Exemption for Psilocybin in Canada)
  • Guest Speaker Lord Reading Law Society
  • Decriminalize Nature (Petition Drafter)
  • Amazon Restoration Project Society, Board of Directors
  • Active, dedicated service to the cannabis industry for over 10 years
  • Legal Counsel Vancouver (City) v Karuna Health Foundation, 2018 BCSC 222, a leading decision regarding the scope of municipal power to regulate cannabis dispensaries
  • Board Advisor Heroic Hearts Project UK
  • Board Advisor, Last Prisoner Project
  • Board Advisor, MAPS Canada
  • Board Advisor Canadian Psychedelic Association
  • Member, City of Nanaimo Municipal Cannabis Task Force
  • Obtained in 2017 First Municipal Dispensary Temporary Use Permit (Penticton, B.C.)
  • Regular speaker and presenter at leading international cannabis conferences in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia
  • Guest Speaker, Nimbin Mardigrass (Nimbin Hemp Embassy), Australia

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