Cannabis Law Report

MAY 2, 2019

The agency is called the California Cannabis Authority [yet another “CCA”] and here is the short version: The California Cannabis Authority is a Joint Powers Authority established by county governments to develop and manage a statewide data platform. The CCA’s By-Laws can be found here.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2019

BANKING: The growth? The Republican-controlled US Senate hosted a hearing on cannabis banking on July 23, 2019. In Who’s Now Lobbying on the SAFE Banking Act? Financial institutions, even in states where cannabis is legal, are usually hesitant to serve cannabis businesses while cannabis remains illegal at the federal level.”

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

As cannabis continues to make its way into the mainstream marketplace, state governments are increasingly legalizing and regulating it for medical or recreational use. billion industry in 2021, according to cannabis data analytics firm BDSA, with an additional $47.8 billion in illicit spending.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 5, 2021

But there are a few data points that we can isolate that are highly telling. And, again, since working with banks at all isn’t an option for the majority of cannabis businesses—they must conduct transactions in cash, which many people don’t carry at all, and many who do are reluctant to pass during a pandemic.

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The Herb Collective

APRIL 29, 2019

A Cash-Only Industry The final California cannabis regulations still haven’t fixed the banking problem. Unfortunately, cannabis consumers in the state are still only able to pay for their purchases in cash or use an ATM-at-the-register payment system with high fees.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Not only are banks reluctant to lend money to dispensary operators but they are federally prohibited from doing so. Depending on your state, starting a dispensary from scratch requires anywhere between $150,000 to $2,000,000, according to Gary Cohen at Cova Software, and sometimes much more. [2] 2] [link]. [3]

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The CDC promoted a policy that prohibits employees from using marijuana while on the job but recognized that a zero-tolerance policy for marijuana use may not be possible, depending on the relevant state law. A town has the option to later opt back in; however, the state will be issuing a limited number of dispensary licenses.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 7, 2021

In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, my co-host, Amanda Guerrero, and I discuss international licenses in Columbia and Canada as well as new point-of-sale and CRM data being added to the Cannabiz Media License Database. We’ve got a great show for you guys today with some very interesting data highlights.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Currently, 36 states regulate medical cannabis distribution to qualifying patients. The law took effect August 1, 2021. House Bill 1090 : State law previously permitted adults to legally possess up to one ounce of either marijuana flowers or concentrates for recreational purposes without penalty. EXPUNGEMENT.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 12, 2021

She brings 20 years of experience in the financial industry, specifically 10 years in banking and underwriting. The Company, through several of its subsidiaries, is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale, and distribution of cannabis in the recreational and medicinal cannabis marketplace in the United States.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 24, 2021

In the latest episode of the Cannacurio Podcast from Cannabiz Media, I speak with Tony Repanich, President and Chief Operating Officer of Shield Compliance , a comprehensive compliance management platform for banking cannabis-related businesses. I spent 25 years in community banking and I loved it. So what was that like for you?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 14, 2022

Momentum Builds in Senate for Passing SAFE Act – Bipartisan support in the Senate grows for passage of the SAFE Banking Act, which would facilitate banking access for cannabis companies. Multiple Republican and Democratic senators continue to oppose cannabis legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released new data indicating a substantial increase in the growth of US hemp production. The SAFE Banking Act (H.R. Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed into law new legislation aimed at addressing the cannabis industries’ banking woes.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

We also discuss why advocates have a problem with the SAFE Banking Act, the impediments to wide-spread legalization and the best ways for companies to navigate regulations. The SAFE Banking Act that passed yesterday, what are your thoughts on all of that? So, I’ll use the SAFE Banking Act. Okay, of past records.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Laws protecting patients and their providers vary from state to state and, in some cases, may vary from county to county. Many individuals choose to break outdated state laws that do not account for medical use or their access. The latter formed the ‘medical user’ group. ” EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The app helps patients make sense of their journey by simplifying the information and supplying data-driven insights into their regimen and its effects. We delve into how data can further our understanding of different types of cannabis and why standardization is desperately needed in the industry. Okay, we got to prove it. 0:14:10.3]

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

European cannabis firms and investors enviously watching the rapid maturation of the multi-billion dollar North American industry may consider something both geographies have in common; the difficulty of getting banks onside. As of September 2018, Forbes reported just 30 percent of cannabis firms in the US had access to bank accounts.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Congress could pass a law that would legitimate marijuana activities, but only to the extent an individual or commercial enterprise acts within the letter of state law. State-compliant cannabis activity would no longer violate federal criminal law. Emphasis added). 1960), and the BSA.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Another researcher, New Frontier Data, pegged the global value of legal and illicit cannabis together at $340 billion in 2018. States may have made it legal or decriminalized it, but federal law trumps state law, and for both medical and recreational use cannabis remains illegal.”. Securities.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) said that an impeachment trial could delay consideration of cannabis financial services legislation, but no moreso than anything else that requires floor time. These agreements have been criticized because local officials often demand more money than allowed under state law.

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MJ Business Attorneys

JUNE 20, 2018

” Although twenty-nine states have enacted laws permitting the use of medical marijuana, and nine states have legalized recreational marijuana use for adults, the clash with federal policy on cannabis has been a nightmare for marijuana businesses.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

And to make matters more complicated, the answer is susceptible to change on a cannabinoid-by-cannabinoid basis and subject to wildly different state law approaches. For a while now, everyone’s been predicting that federal laws will soon change and that cannabis will be on schedule III of the CSA.

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