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Over 40 Members of Congress Request SBA Access For Small Marijuana Businesses

NORML

“Many of these establishments are small-to-medium size operators, with their employees keeping their doors open without access to the support systems in place for other businesses, thus depriving them of potentially lifesaving protections.” ” You can find the full Senate letter here.

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House COVID Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief, But Not Small Business Support

NORML

NORML Political Director Justin Strekal said: “The inclusion of the SAFE Banking Act in the CARES 2 package is a positive development, but one that’s akin to applying a band-aid to a gaping wound. Nonetheless, language to amend SBA eligibility was not included in the bill.

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IDOA announces Metrc implementation timeline

Illinois News Joint

The implementation will start with transporter licenses and registered testing laboratories, followed by cultivation centers, craft growers, and infusers, and with dispensaries transitioning last. To move items into Metrc, plants and packages will need Metrc RFID Tags. Metrc has additional information and support available online here.

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Cannabis omnibus bill passes Illinois House committee

Illinois News Joint

The new bill also adds that dispensaries now shall have a certifying health care professional on-site at the dispensary, make referrals to a certifying health care professional, include links to a certifying health care professional on the dispensary’s website, or otherwise direct patients to a certifying health care professional.

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5 Ways to Thank Essential Workers

Americans for Safe Access

Whether they’re preparing the food we eat, saving lives in the ICU, delivering packages, or working in a dispensary to provide medicine to patients; these individuals are putting themselves at risk to ensure that the essential services we rely on remain open.

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Hemp-Based Packaging Could Solve the Industry’s Plastic Problem

Veriheal

Despite access to sustainable packaging alternatives such as hemp, plastic packaging remains the preferred material for packaging cannabis products. Many believe that hemp-based packaging could be a solution to the plastic problem in the cannabis industry—so why isn’t it being used more widely?

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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