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So How Did It Go? – The SAFE Banking Act Senate Hearing

Canna Law Blog

As we reported last week , a Senate Banking Committee hearing occurred this past Tuesday to consider the SAFE Banking Act. He cited that polling now shows about 65% of Americans support legalization of marijuana and 93% support medical marijuana. But the SAFE Banking Act is narrowly targeted,” she said. “It’s

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SAFE Banking Act Refiled on Heels of $17.5 Billion in U.S. Cannabis Sales in 2020

SpeedWeed

State-legal cannabis companies aren’t stashing large stacks of cash behind walls or rubber-banded bankrolls in hidden vaults. billion of legal cannabis sales in the U.S. billion of legal cannabis sales in the U.S. But those banks are not the “national associations” of the world. Shannon Price | Adobe Stock.

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Summer 2022: A Brief Cannabis Legalization Update

Cannabis Law Report

What To Know: – The efforts to legalize cannabis have gained traction in some states and run into serious roadblocks in others. Thirty-eight states have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational adult use. [1]

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Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer Feels SAFE Banking Act is Not Enough

WeedAdvisor

With cannabis reform sweeping across the country, measures life the SAFE Banking Act are welcome by many financial institutions and members of the cannabis industry. However, top Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer feels that the SAFE Banking Act is insufficient and potentially detrimental to legalization. Not Likely to Change.

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Several Cannabis Reforms Advance in Louisiana, Including a Decriminalization Bill

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The 14-page legislation isn’t as long-winded but puts the removal of cannabis as a controlled substance, banking protection, reform for veterans and mandated NIH studies at the forefront. Department of Justice from spending federal funds on prosecuting state-legal medical cannabis businesses. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., A former U.S.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/29

NORML

House Financial Services Committee has passed The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 out of committee this week. Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. House Judiciary Committee.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/5/19

NORML

This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law.