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Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

NORML

Allows the existing state-legal marijuana industry to access financial services and enjoy the standard tax treatment available to all legal businesses. America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs.

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Cannabis and Black History: A Complex and Controversial Connection

Peninsula Alternative Health

Cannabis has a long and complex history, with roots stretching back thousands of years. As part of this history, cannabis has had profound impacts on the African American community. Despite this, the relationship between cannabis and black history is often overlooked and misunderstood.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support. “The Ending Federal Prohibition Act is about acknowledging political, scientific, and economic reality.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

The bills would also allow for the expungement of certain prior convictions, delivery of medical marijuana to qualified patients, and restructures the medical marijuana licensure process to eliminate the requirement that business be vertically integrated. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access.

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Tips for Establishing a Successful Cannabis Business

Cannabis Law Report

With skyrocketing demand for cannabis, it’s your time to start your cannabis business and have a booming success. Are you interested in launching a cannabis-related business? The business is flourishing, and as this industry continues to develop rapidly, there’s a lot of money to be made. Unique Brand Value.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/21/19

NORML

This week, history was made. Also this week, the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing to discuss the economic and employment opportunities in the emerging legal cannabis industry and the challenges that federal prohibition and criminalization pose in regards to the Small Business Administration. CA resident?

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The Hot Box: bridging the gap between black business owners and financing

The Cannigma

The Hot Box Pitch Contest is an event at the Black CannaConference that seeks to bridge the gap by making it easier for fledgling business owners to showcase their ideas to high-level financers. It is patently obvious that minorities have a true lack of access to capital. Making a difference one business owner at a time.

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