The Blunt Truth

JUNE 11, 2020

The organization sent a letter this week to the SBA asking them to reconsider their policy barring companies that have any dealings with cannabis firms from receiving money under the PPP. Speaking of New Jersey, it tops Motley Fool’s list of four states most likely to legalize cannabis in 2020. where is legalization likeliest?

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

Despite the difficult year that was 2020, it was a great year for cannabis reform and normalization. In honor of the great strides cannabis reform has taken, we wanted to take a look at the milestones cannabis policy reform has taken during the pandemic. Cannabis is Deemed Essential – March 2020. By: Nabil Rodriguez , Associate.

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MMJ Recs

JANUARY 27, 2020

What you need to know about Oklahoma medical marijuana in 2020. This means that there are no caps on the number of business licenses that can be awarded to dispensaries. Municipalities are also prohibited from enacting zoning restrictions, so it’s difficult to actually prevent dispensaries from opening in certain areas.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 18, 2021

Will the SAFE Banking Act finally have its day in the Senate? And finally, in a victory for effective product placement, the Girl Scouts are back in front of dispensaries. The SAFE Banking Act returns for another shot at enactment. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) is the sponsor, hoping it will succeed in 2021, where it failed in 2020.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 17, 2020

On Tuesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced he was selecting Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate for the 2020 election. Harris, a former prosecutor, has experienced an evolution regarding her views on marijuana prohibition during the last decade. Views Prior to 2015.

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THCFinder

JULY 15, 2020

In 2020, I predict that HR models and systems will be further honed to accommodate this expansion. Additionally, Republican Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo issued a statement detailing his opposition to last year's SAFE Banking act that would have paved a way to obtain secure banking partnerships for cannabis organizations.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. IN resident? NJ resident? New Mexico.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2019

Additionally, on June 18, 2019, the Governor signed into law an emergency bill increasing the amount of marijuana and marijuana products that a caregiver may wholesale to other caregivers and dispensaries from 30% of annual yield to 75% of annual yield. In fiscal year 2023, Maine is banking on $33.2

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 19, 2021

Despite a busy year on the state level and multiple bills announced and introduced into Congress, not much legislative progress has been made on federal cannabis policy in 2021. . Could the acceptance of standalone banking regulations sap momentum for full scale reform? Reconciling standalone banking with descheduling .

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 20, 2021

Despite a busy year on the state level and multiple bills announced and introduced into Congress, not much legislative progress has been made on federal cannabis policy in 2021. . Could the acceptance of standalone banking regulations sap momentum for full scale reform? Reconciling standalone banking with descheduling .

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 19, 2021

Despite a busy year on the state level and multiple bills announced and introduced into Congress, not much legislative progress has been made on federal cannabis policy in 2021. . Could the acceptance of standalone banking regulations sap momentum for full scale reform? Reconciling standalone banking with descheduling .

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 19, 2021

Despite a busy year on the state level and multiple bills announced and introduced into Congress, not much legislative progress has been made on federal cannabis policy in 2021. . Could the acceptance of standalone banking regulations sap momentum for full scale reform? Reconciling standalone banking with descheduling .

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

cities during COVID in 2020 and 2021. Increasingly, cannabis businesses, particularly dispensaries, are targets for robbery or other criminal activity. Federal law still treats cannabis as a Schedule I narcotic, which means businesses have limited access to banking. Data reveal a concerning increase in violent crime in many U.S.

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CannaMD

APRIL 15, 2020

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has issued marijuana policy guidance for lawmakers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, along with a statement regarding the designation of medical cannabis facilities as “essential.” NORML: COVID-19 Memo to Lawmakers.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hardware stores and dispensaries alike, business operators who work out of commercial properties have been ensnared in a recent theft trend. cannabis industry is of course locked out of American banking. Broadly known as cash-only operations, the nation’s dispensaries have been targets since legalization’s dawn.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

The newly signed legal framework will boost medical cannabis purchase limits, as well as prolong specific policies that were imposed on a temporary basis when the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis initially erupted. million in recorded sales revenue from April 2020 to March 2021.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

3, 2020 Americans will elect a new president- or re-elect the present President of the United States. Only a licensed marijuana dispensary may sell cannabis products. Trump again tried to strike the policy to protect states’ rights on medical marijuana from the fiscal year 2021 proposed budget plan he released in February 2020.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S. This continues to create challenges for marijuana businesses, including access to the payment and banking systems. percent THC.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on cannabis business banking issues next week.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 10, 2021

Every city, town, and municipality in the country has its own unique set of policies. Understanding the policy ecosystem is critical to how you will conduct operations, apply for a license, and of course, where you open your business. . Retail dispensaries. Take California for example. Delivery services. Manufacturing (e.g.,

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Ballot initiative campaigns to approve adult-use and medical cannabis, respectively, moved closer to appearing on the 2020 ballot in Arizona and Idaho, while a similar effort to put the issue of adult-use cannabis to Ohio voters has met with legal challenges from the State Election Board. The SAFE Banking Act (H.R.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After this historically successful year, we expect to see public and political support continue to increase in 2020 as more and more states implement sensible cannabis regulatory policies. “Never before in American history has marijuana policy advanced in Congress as far or as fast in one year as 2019. Erik Altieri.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For example, even though cannabis dispensaries cannot deduct employee wages against their taxes, they nevertheless must comply with minimum-wage laws. While these businesses must pay taxes, they are largely unbanked due to regulatory hurdles that prevent such businesses from accessing banking and other financial services. [10]

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

We’ve already reported on Canada, San Francisco, Oregon & Amsterdam and medical cannabis dispensaries getting permission to stay open, the exemptions go wider. Boulder Dispensary Receives First Weed Delivery Permit. MARCH 19, 2020. CALIFORNIA. City of Sacramento Email Update.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

This week, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 co-sponsors has reintroduced legislation in Congress, The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), HR 1595, to allow state-licensed marijuana-related businesses to engage freely in relationships with banks and other financial institutions. MN resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It also marks a gradual shift in focus from state legislatures, where a raft of measures legalizing the sale of recreational and medicinal use have put more pressure on Congress to reclassify the drug and remove federal restrictions on banking and research.” Marijuana Policy Project ($75,000). Surterra ($240,000) trail only.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

House Financial Services Committee has scheduled to convene a markup on The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 on Tuesday, March 26th. Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

They write… In this week’s edition: Plans to vote on cannabis banking legislation announced in both chambers of Congress, with predictions that House will pass the SAFE Act by the end of October. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D) intends to put the cannabis banking legislation on the floor by the end of September.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

It passed a full floor vote in December 2020, making history as the first bill to explicitly legalize cannabis to pass in Congress. We expect MORE will be the baseline for the Schumer, Booker & Wyden efforts in the Senate,” said Dawson in an email to Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. Introduced in the House by Rep.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 14, 2021

It passed a full floor vote in December 2020, making history as the first bill to explicitly legalize cannabis to pass in Congress. We expect MORE will be the baseline for the Schumer, Booker & Wyden efforts in the Senate,” said Dawson in an email to Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. Introduced in the House by Rep.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

From July 2017 to June 2018, the state saw $529,851,245 in taxable medical and adult-use cannabis sales, a figure that has steadily increased to $719,216,651 during the current fiscal year, which includes sales data from July 2020 to March 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

From July 2017 to June 2018, the state saw $529,851,245 in taxable medical and adult-use cannabis sales, a figure that has steadily increased to $719,216,651 during the current fiscal year, which includes sales data from July 2020 to March 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 28, 2021

22 – Marijuana legalization in New Jersey , passed in 2020, becomes official. WEIRD NEWS: Elizabeth Banks to Helm “Cocaine Bear” Movie. 15 – Joi Hutchinson hired as CEO at Marijuana Policy Project. Look for Woody Harrelson and Bill Maher to open a dispensary in the L.A.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 22, 2021

From July 2017 to June 2018, the state saw $529,851,245 in taxable medical and adult-use cannabis sales, a figure that has steadily increased to $719,216,651 during the current fiscal year, which includes sales data from July 2020 to March 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

CDTFA allows for anonymous online complaints and states that it has seized more than $32 million in cash and products since 2020. The RSF assessment tool is designed to help OCC and a bank determine customer type for large risk analysis. At any location, other than a dispensary facility, retailer or hybrid retailer.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 15, 2021

“The hope was that with the ‘essential’ designation, there would be more recognition that cannabis was here to stay, that there was strong consumer preference for it,” said Steve Hawkins, executive director of the Washington DC-based Marijuana Policy Project and CEO of the U.S. Cannabis Council. “I By the numbers.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2019

In this week’s edition: Oregon Legislative Assembly passes bill allowing interstate transfers of cannabis, subject to certain limitations, in the event of a federal policy change. The new commission will help draft proposed legislation for 2020. Arizona enacted S.B.

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