The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Yet another industry comes out in favor of marijuana banking. Germany may legalize cannabis. cannabis banking. Uber Eats in Canada is now offering marijuana. The fly in the ointment? uber eats.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that, for the first time ever, a cannabis bill, the SAFER Banking Act, got a markup in the Senate. The MORE Act has been re-introduced and it’s possible the HOPE Act will become part of SAFER.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 21, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. SAFE Banking made it into the NDAA, but will it stay there? We heard discussion of bills to decriminalize cannabis and release prisoners. safe banking. decriminalization. and finally.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

In a pretty historic moment, the House of Representatives officially voted to pass the SAFE Banking Act (H.R. We’ve extensively covered the Act’s progress in past posts (the latest can be found here and here ), but just as a reminder, the Act would finally allow the cannabis industry to access banking and financial services.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

Hopes were high in early 2021 that new President Joe Biden and a Democrat-controlled Congress would legalize marijuana at the federal level. But while cannabis becoming more mainstream is one of the expected trends of 2022 , marijuana legalization in 2022 is not for many in the industry. None of these bills have passed.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Congressional Republicans have taken a new approach to changing cannabis law, introducing a bill that will decriminalize marijuana, but not legalize it. The bill also eliminates the legal hazards that face many cannabis-related businesses, such as banks, and sets up a system to regulate cannabis much like alcohol.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 29, 2019

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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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Several governors called on Congress to pass a marijuana banking bill. Speaking of bills, we have the full text of the new Republican legalization proposal. West Virginia opens its first medical cannabis dispensary.

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WeedAdvisor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

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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SpeedWeed

MARCH 21, 2021

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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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Like many other lawmakers, Tom Wolf , the Governor of Pennsylvania, is looking to capitalize on the monetary advantages of legalizing recreational cannabis. The new answer for everyone’s tax problems seems to be to legalize cannabis and tax it to the max. Pennsylvania Governor Wants to Legalize Cannabis to Address the Deficit.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 28, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Virginia decriminalized marijuana. In federal news, the marijuana banking provisions in the latest relief bill may not be dead on arrival. The news is mostly happening in the states this week. Her reasons?

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Cannabis banking appears in the Democrats’ new stimulus bill. New Jersey may decriminalize cannabis. In other federal news, Democrats included the SAFE Banking Act in its latest stimulus bill.

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WeedAdvisor

JUNE 10, 2019

If passed, this bipartisan bill would demolish an obstacle that has plagued banks and dispensaries alike. Due to the clashes between laws in legal states and federal laws – which maintain that marijuana is illegal – banks fear federal prosecution if they handle money from otherwise legal dispensaries. Banking Policies.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2022

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, and Cory Booker unveiled the long-awaited Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) , which, if passed, would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and require various federal agencies to establish rules for regulating various aspects of the marijuana industry.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 12, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. One allows doctors at VA hospitals to prescribe medical cannabis in states where it is legal. As for banking, banking associations around the country sent a letter to Sen. FEDERAL NEWS.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

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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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

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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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that Alabama is considering a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Meanwhile, in Virginia, both chambers of the state legislature passed decriminalization bills.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As well as understanding that the war on drugs was a massive waste of time, Mace understands that the people want legalization and won’t stand down until their representatives hear them loud and clear. While this piece of legislation will not exactly legalize cannabis across the country, it would make some absolutely substantial changes.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 10, 2021

Senate Bill 767, which would legalize and regulate recreational cannabis, passed the Senate at a 20 to 5 margin. Hawaii is already somewhat decriminalized, as 2019 laws reduced the criminal penalties for cannabis possession, but only up to three grams. The other bill being considered, Senate Bill 785 , passed 24 to 1.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 3, 2022

Federal legislation legalizing or de-scheduling cannabis is not in the immediate future. It means that cannabis business will still be conducted on a state by state basis while some members of Congress continue to advocate for federal legalization or decriminalization of cannabis. The leading target? Single state operators.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of legalization. FL resident? NJ resident? NJ resident? New Mexico.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 17, 2020

In 2010, while Harris was making a run for state attorney general, she came out against Proposition 19 — a bill designed to legalize and tax marijuana in California. Her campaign made the statement, “[Harris] supports the legal use of medicinal marijuana but does not support anything beyond that.”. 2015 Through the Present .

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

CRO Financial Services: The SAFE Banking Act. The SAFE Banking Act was introduced in 2019 and has passed the House seven times, but it still needs to make it to the Senate floor. Throughout the years, the SAFE Banking Act has been revised and is now referred to as the SAFE Banking Plus Act. States Reform Act.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

High hopes characterized January , when it looked as if both New York and New Mexic o would legalize adult-use cannabis this year. Ideas ranged from legalization on day one (Sanders) to decriminalization and expungement (Bloomberg). legalized hemp , despite the governor’s lack of enthusiasm. Neither of them did.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Unlike the MORE Act, which would remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the MMJ Research Act would not legalize or decriminalize marijuana, but would allow for expanded FDA approved research of medical marijuana. Thus, it would allow members of Congress opposed to legalizing marijuana to vote for the bill.

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 15, 2021

From CBD to edibles to medical marijuana, legal cannabis has become the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. If you have your heart set on starting your very own cannabis, then you probably will be wondering where to legally get marijuana seeds from? Marijuana seeds can be purchased legally for other uses such as use in paints, etc.

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Veriheal

APRIL 4, 2022

During Biden’s presidential campaign, he promised voters he would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level. It’s also not for a lack of support from the people, seeing as another YouGov poll found that 57% of Americans support full cannabis legalization. The liberal administration shocked the U.S. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.),

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 19, 2021

Establishing a budget for unfunded students at Ariel University in the West Bank. Submitting a master plan for transportation in the West Bank. The government will pass legislation decriminalizing the use of marijuana and introduce legislation to fully regulate the cannabis market, including for medical use. –

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis in the 1970’s, I have been working to correct the disconnect between federal cannabis policy and the needs and wishes of the American people. I will continue to fight to legalize and ensure that Congress catches up to the American people.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Cannabis entrepreneurs spent decades longing for Washington’s blessing — but now a vocal corner of the industry is afraid federal marijuana legalization poses an existential threat. In general for social equity, I think it would be a disaster at this point for federal legalization to occur.”. Here’s the introduction to the piece.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Part two in this series will cover the SAFE Banking Act, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, and the Hemp Advancement Act. The MORE Act has an established history of support—more than any other federal cannabis legalization bill. The MORE Act Will Not Legalize Cannabis.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Regular readers will doubtless recall that legalization failed earlier this year and that lawmakers are considering a ballot initiative. So is Brazil.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

NORML Key West Legal Seminar – Key Trends and Near-Term Forecasts for State Cannabis Programs | Friday, December 3rd at 11:50AM EST. Get your Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for practicing attorneys during this event! San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association – California Cannabis Law Update | Monday, December 6th at 12PM PST.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Oregon Psychedelics: Petition to Legalize Psilocybin for Therapy Moves Forward. Large cities across the country have also adopted decriminalization measures for psilocybin and other entheogenic (psychedelic) plants, including Ann Arbor, Denver , Oakland, Santa Cruz, and most recently, Washington, D.C. Federal Legality.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2022

A few weeks ago, we published comprehensive overviews ( Part 1 and Part 2 ) of all the federal bills floating around Congress intended to decriminalize cannabis. Mace said that winning the primary despite being attacked for supporting cannabis legalization “shows that the only place that this is controversial is in Washington, D.C.”

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