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

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). The Senate failed to take action on the banking bill.

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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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SMPL

JUNE 16, 2020

Edwards also signed a bill to protect banks serving medical cannabis businesses from state penalties ( HB 211 ) and one to protect physicians and medical facilities involved in medical cannabis ( HB 418 ). Considering reaching out to your state legislators about other marijuana policy reforms you care about.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

tax code; banking procedures; accounting policies and procedures; licensing; operating policies; outsourced accounting; referrals to ancillary service providers; and general business consulting. The sale of hemp-based products is currently legal federally. Will Banks get a Hit of the Cannabis Industry?

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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 lawmakers in support of banking access. IL resident?

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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.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JULY 24, 2023

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Our comprehensive approach to legalizing and regulating the adult-use cannabis market provides the opportunity to generate much-needed revenue, but it also enables us to directly support the communities most impacted by the war on drugs by creating equity and jobs at every level, in every community in our great state.”

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Our comprehensive approach to legalizing and regulating the adult-use cannabis market provides the opportunity to generate much-needed revenue, but it also enables us to directly support the communities most impacted by the war on drugs by creating equity and jobs at every level, in every community in our great state.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2022

Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. law as a Schedule I Controlled Substance, 2 which means that its possession, sale or use is prohibited by federal law, even in those states whose laws have decriminalized the use of cannabis. Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

The legal cannabis industry and the cryptocurrency industry appear to have a budding relationship, if you’ll excuse the pun. Both operate in legally gray areas, particularly in the United States. Their user bases could even be said to overlap, as both legal cannabis and cryptocurrency are most popular with younger demographics.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

In a report released on Wednesday, the US Senate’s Caucus on International Narcotics Control recommended looking into THC caps on state-legal, regulated products. Cornyn and Feinstein are longtime opponents of cannabis legalization. Most cannabis flower in America’s legal regulated markets ranges between 18% and 23% THC.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 1, 2022

These proposals range from limited decriminalization measures to comprehensive, adult use licensing. These taxes are an easy sell to voters and politicians: the revenues help defray program costs, and can also be allocated to the public weal via police, schools, drug policy initiatives, etc. Talk about laboratories of democracy.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Therefore, the below information is offered as a primer on how to best be prepared for a federal tax bill for a marijuana business, and includes ideas on how to structure a marijuana business in light of current federal tax policy. Various states have legalized marijuana in various ways. Keep careful records. Know your local laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

Its recreational use was legalized only recently, in March of 2021. For better or worse, more states are sure to follow; in fact, according to a recent survey, more than 60 percent of Americans favor the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use. New York on Cannabis. Stay tuned.

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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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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. Legal Restrictions. Ambiguity in the legal position.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. Colorado, which opened recreational stores in January 2014, has the longest-running legalized marijuana market in the United States. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

Listen & Subscribe: Very few medical cannabis advocates are against the full legalization of the plant for all adults. But sometimes one unintended consequence of adult-use legalization is that the market no longer caters to medical patients. What is the relationship between medical and recreational legalization?

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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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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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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. New Mexico’s new decriminalization law takes effect this coming Monday July 1. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. This week, U.S.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As well as understanding that the war on drugs was a massive waste of time, Mace understands that the people want legalization and won’t stand down until their representatives hear them loud and clear. While this piece of legislation will not exactly legalize cannabis across the country, it would make some absolutely substantial changes.

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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. That would represent a shift from their current policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In 2018, he was elected to the board of the Prague 2 municipal district, and he serves as an advisor on the Prague City Council’s Commission for Drug Policy. Veverka has also run for the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, with the Pirate Party on a legalization platform.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

With the anticipation of federal marijuana legalization, the cannabis industry rang in 2021 with sky-high equity values and anticipated social justice reforms seemingly imminent. Ralph Confreda Jr. Heidi Urness. A Tale of Two States.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Ballot initiative campaigns to approve adult-use and medical cannabis, respectively, moved closer to appearing on the 2020 ballot in Arizona and Idaho, while a similar effort to put the issue of adult-use cannabis to Ohio voters has met with legal challenges from the State Election Board. The SAFE Banking Act (H.R.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 25, 2021

From the South, McKay has a long history of business and civic involvement, serving on community and company boards including US Bank, The Daily Beast, Pike Place Market, Mary’s Place, Pilchuck School of Glass, and Seattle Opera. Sapphire Blackwood pivoted to a legal career from a career in marketing and media in 2012.

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The Cannigma

MAY 7, 2021

MSO: There’s a lot I want to talk about but the thing that’s on my mind specifically is the way that – or the pace that North America and the Americas in general have been moving on cannabis liberalization and legalization as compared to Europe. It seems a little bit crazy that you have this progress but it’s still so convoluted.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

CRO Financial Services: The SAFE Banking Act. The SAFE Banking Act was introduced in 2019 and has passed the House seven times, but it still needs to make it to the Senate floor. Throughout the years, the SAFE Banking Act has been revised and is now referred to as the SAFE Banking Plus Act. The Drug Policy Reform Act.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on cannabis business banking issues next week.

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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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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that Alabama is considering a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Meanwhile, in Virginia, both chambers of the state legislature passed decriminalization bills.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Since Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis in the 1970’s, I have been working to correct the disconnect between federal cannabis policy and the needs and wishes of the American people. I will continue to fight to legalize and ensure that Congress catches up to the American people.

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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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