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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

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This policy ensured significant penalties and incarceration for possession, cultivation, and trafficking for anyone found guilty in the U.S. Harpers magazine also released an article in 2016 , with clips from an interview with a top Nixon advisor who made a similar admission.

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FCPA Blog Article: Legitimate cannabis investors face massive tax and legal headaches

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An excellent article by Angela Bilbow for Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) draws attention to the potential pitfalls of the fiscal elements of the investment and ongoing legitimization process around the cannabis industry. federal and the UK’s national banking systems. This is a public safety hazard. Martin Kenney.

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Article – National Law Review: House Vote on Cannabis Industry-Related SAFE Banking Act Scheduled for September 2019

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As early as September 23, 2019, the United States House of Representatives is expected to vote on the widely anticipated Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. His corporate practice focuses primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital raising (debt and equity), and bank regulatory compliance.

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Further Delays To Cannabis Dispensaries Opening In Maine

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The article adds. State budget forecasters are banking on a robust kickoff, however, estimating $5 million in sales by the end of the month. Maine is “very close” to issuing the first round of conditional recreational business licenses, said Erik Gundersen, the director of the Office of Marijuana Policy. Says the Press Herald.

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National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Critcizes Congress On Their Tardiness On Reforming Cannabis Laws.”The bottom line is this: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.”

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Read full article. Top Federal Financial Regulator Slams Congress Over Marijuana Inaction And Calls For Interagency Banking Workgroup. Hood Remarks at the PBC Conference 2021: Payments, Banking, Compliance in the Cannabis Industry. He also said that he feels legalization at the federal level is an inevitability. September 2021.

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Growing marijuana regulators group pressures Congress

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18 missive to Congress, the CANNRA outlined its policy priorities, including: Reinstituting the Cole Memorandum. Facilitating access to banking and other traditional financial services. Facilitating access to banking and other traditional financial services. Coordinating product-safety standards across state jurisdictions.

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Manzuri Law – Their Top 10 of 2021 – Cannabis Law News and Soft Predictions for 2022

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This year our office wrote about the various legislative and policy changes – We break down 2021’s highlights below. The 2021-2022 State Budget Bill consolidated the three cannabis agencies – the Bureau of Cannabis Control, CalCannabis, and Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch – into the DCC to try and streamline application processes.

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