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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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

House Financial Services Committee has passed The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 out of committee this week. Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. House Judiciary Committee.

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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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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 2, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. FinCen released new guidance on hemp banking. Will Vice President Biden support marijuana legalization? hemp banking. Hemp businesses should be treated like any other business.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 25, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee had a hearing on cannabanking. Kamala Harris (D-CA) have introduced a bill calling for the decriminalizing of marijuana. And a hemp boom is on in Virginia.

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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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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 30, 2021

We’ll begin in January when Arizona began legal marijuana sales. On the federal level, the USDA issued its final rule on hemp. And on we go to February , when New Jersey legalized adult-use marijuana. Which brings us to March , when that federal hemp rule took effect. New York legalized. New Mexico legalized.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Here’s their press release in full…… DeJoy, Knauf & Blood LLP Launches Cannabis and Hemp Advisory Practice. The new practice leverages the firm’s in-depth cannabis and hemp industry knowledge and expertise of the tax implications, regulatory environment, as well as critical operating and financial procedures.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. The bill now heads to the Governor. CA resident?

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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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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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The Blunt Truth

MAY 23, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Let’s start, as we so often do, with the states. Nebraska has decided against legalizing medical marijuana. Texas is moving towards legalizing hemp. See you next week!

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NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

Governor Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. A decriminalization bill was defeated in the Missouri House of Representatives this week. At a more local level, The city commissioners of Daytona Beach voted to decriminalize up to 20 grams of marijuana possession. AL resident?

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In February, we saw the first ever Congressional hearing on cannabis banking. New Jersey failed to pass legislation legalizing recreational marijuana. On the federal level, however, the SAFE Banking Act was approved by the House Financial Services Committee (45-15). See the hearing’s webpage , for the details.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

This week, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 co-sponsors has reintroduced legislation in Congress, The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), HR 1595, to allow state-licensed marijuana-related businesses to engage freely in relationships with banks and other financial institutions. AL resident?

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. Evnen said the measure met all legal requirements, but he expected a legal challenge from cannabis opponents. We’ve got lots of news from California.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

In general, the Schumer team worked hard in the months since the Dems took over the Senate to provide a balanced path to federal legalization, albeit with some flaws that hopefully can be addressed. There are no provisions on banking, but making cannabis legal should remove money laundering issues. SAFE Banking.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

House Financial Services Committee has scheduled to convene a markup on The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 on Tuesday, March 26th. Similarly, activists in Arizona are attempting to qualify a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. And Steelton Borough, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance to decriminalize up to 30 grams of cannabis possession.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

said he would legalize cannabis and even psychedelics–a view he has repeatedly affirmed. More recently, as an independent candidate, he released ads noting that he wanted to decriminalize cannabis to focus on addiction treatment. His biggest accomplishment, in my opinion, was removing hemp from the Controlled Substances Act.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 17, 2020

As of February 2020, cannabis is legal for adults over the age of 21 in eleven states and Washington D.C. As of February 1, 2020, cannabis is legal for recreational and medical use by adults over the age of 21 in 11 states and Washington D.C., and is legal for medical use in 33 states. Clyde & Co.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 20, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New York failed to pass a legalization deal. Now Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is calling for the state to decriminalize marijuana. But what about hemp, marijuana’s straight arrow cousin?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Click here to email your governor in support of industrial hemp production.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

In countries or states where medical marijuana is legal, doctors can prescribe it to alleviate nerve pain or glaucoma, or at times to help with nausea caused due to chemotherapy for cancer patients as well as treatment of HIV patients. In 2017, a Mumbai-based medical research startup, Bombay Hemp Company Pvt. Legal Restrictions.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

Republican leaders in Wisconsin’s state legislature said that Governor Evers’ medical cannabis and decriminalization budget proposals will not be passed through the legislature this session. Nassau County, New York voted to prohibit retail cannabis sales in the county once it becomes legal in New York state. AL resident?

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 7, 2022

The legislation does not legalize recreational cannabis , rather, creates the ARICCAME (Regulatory Agency for Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis), the agency that will regulate the production of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. The Supreme Court decriminalized the use of small amounts of cannabis in 2009.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation to allow for interstate commerce when it comes to state-legal cannabis programs. Governors Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. New Mexico’s new decriminalization law takes effect this coming Monday July 1.

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Cannabis Info

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The State of Cannabis Today: Where Weed Is Legal Around the World. States Have Legal Adult-Use Cannabis? In January 2018, Vermont grew to become the ninth state to legalize cannabis and the first to take action by laws — however their regulation included no stipulations for establishing authorized dispensaries.

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NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Governor Eric Holcomb (R) of Indiana and Governor Ned Lamont (D) of Connecticut signed industrial hemp legislation into law. A campaign committee called Smart and Safe Arizona is preparing to launch a campaign to qualify a 2020 adult use marijuana legalization ballot initiative in the state. AL resident? AL resident? California.

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NORML

JUNE 8, 2019

A burning joint, pleasantly fragrant and wrapped in organic hemp paper, rests between my fingers. Legalization is on hold. Decriminalization isn’t really being entertained. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Red Bank) was promising home cultivation for medical patients. Click here for more information and to RSVP.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The House Financial Services subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions held a hearing Wednesday to address the lack of access to basic banking services by state-legal marijuana businesses. ” At a more local level, the decriminalization policy in Dayton, Ohio went into effect this week. HI resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 14, 2022

In this week’s edition: Large Majority of Americans Favor Legal Recreational Cannabis Under Federal Law. Large Majority of Americans Favor Legal Recreational Cannabis Under Federal Law – Nearly two-thirds of Americans want recreational cannabis use to be legal under federal law and in their own state.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Colorado, which opened recreational stores in January 2014, has the longest-running legalized marijuana market in the United States. Historically, the legality of cannabis—a generalized term used to describe the plants from which both marijuana and industrial hemp are derived—has evolved over time in the United States.

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The Joint Blog

JULY 15, 2021

As more countries are moving towards legalization, the industry is slowly opening up to e-commerce platforms. Cannabis digital retail is thriving due to the recent wave of legalization taking over the world. Since the federal law regulates the banking system, banks hardly opted to do business with cannabis companies.

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Otherside Farms

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Several states across the country are legalizing marijuana, the federal government isn’t budging. Medical marijuana is actually legal in 21 states throughout the country. Not only that, but recreational marijuana is also legal to use in 10 states. legalized weed recreationally! legalized weed recreationally!

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Veriheal

MARCH 29, 2022

Cannabis legalization, rescheduling, or decriminalization on a federal level in 2022 is an area where many people have high hopes. Currently, the United States federal government has left cannabis legalization to the states. So, there is a long road ahead toward decriminalization and legalization in Nebraska.

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