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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

In their letter , AGs opine: “The current predicament of a rapidly expanding national marketplace without access to the national banking systems has resulted in an untenable situation. We stress that current legislative models are available to fix this situation.

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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

According to an August 2019 federal report , past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8 Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent. percent to 12.5

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Marijuana Banking Bill Scheduled For Committee Markup

NORML

Thousands of state-licensed and regulated businesses lack access to the banking industry and are unable to accept credit cards, deposit revenues, or write checks to meet payroll or pay taxes because federal law discourages financial institutions from engaging in such partnerships.

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Marijuana Banking Passes Critical Committee

NORML

Currently, thousands of state-licensed and regulated businesses lack access to the banking industry and are unable to accept credit cards, deposit revenues, or write checks to meet payroll or pay taxes because federal law discourages financial institutions from engaging in such partnerships.

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Article – Reed Smith: UK: Cannabis In The UK – A Regulatory Environment In Transition?

Cannabis Law Report

19 August 2019. Recently, three British MPs went to Canada on a fact-finding cross-party trip to consider the effects of a more relaxed regulatory environment in respect of cannabis. Authors – Carolyn E. Pepper and Jess Parry.

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HEMPSHIRE GROUP ANNOUNCES APPROVAL TO SELL MOUNTAIN SMOKES INTO BELGIUM PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN UNION AND DESIGNATES EXCLUSIVE EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTOR

Cannabis Law Report

Access to the European Union (EU). Incorporated in 2019, The Hempshire Group, Inc. Belgian Approval. The notice allows MOUNTAIN ® Smokes to be legally imported into, and commercially sold in, the country. “ About Hempshire. formulates and markets its own proprietary brands under the MOUNTAIN ® Smokes label with <0.3%

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Wake Up California Cannabis Growers It’s 2019

Cannabis Law Report

Wake Up California Cannabis Growers Its 2019 and the world you may have grown up and worked in since the late 1990’s was changed forever on January 1, 2018 due to the passage of SB 94 [Proposition 64]. The rights of Californians to have access to cannabis for medical use is discussed in Keeping Proposition 215’s.