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Federal Shifts and Future Outlook: U.S. Cannabis Industry Updates

MaxQ Cannabis

The new administration’s approach to Cannabis policy presents a complex landscape for the U.S. Federal Rescheduling and Banking Access The new administration has expressed support for reclassifying Cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance under the Controlled Substances Act.

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

This policy ensured significant penalties and incarceration for possession, cultivation, and trafficking for anyone found guilty in the U.S. Nixons War on Drugs The Nixon administration took the racially-charged propaganda behind cannabis prohibition even further by unofficially beginning the War on Drugs in 1971.

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How Inflation is Affecting Cannabis: Prices, Closures, and the Job Market

Veriheal

According to Beau Kilmer, a cannabis market authority from the Rand Drug Policy Research Center, in an interview with NPR , When you move from prohibition to legalization, it takes time [to lower prices]. Oversight and Insurance Access to banking isnt the only thing affecting cannabis business profits.

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America’s Missed Opportunity in the Global Marijuana Market

Canna Law Blog

Much of it was driven by Germanys newly formed government keeping its quasi-legalization policy intact, even if adult-use trials remain uncertain. marijuana policy permits only marijuana for research purposes. policy effectively shuts the door to broader international market participation. marijuana laws truly are. operators.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

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Is There a Method to the Mayhem? The Stock Market and a Potential Cannabis Collapse

Canna Law Blog

As economists overwhelmingly question the Trump Administrations tariff policy , one has to wonder if there is a deeper strategy behind his seemingly chaotic moves? That classification means cannabis businesses are blocked from traditional banking, prevented from listing on U.S. That fear, and related administrative actions (i.e.

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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

Attorneys Generals from 34 states and territories sent a letter today to Congressional leadership urging members to expeditiously pass The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act so that state-licensed cannabis business can explicitly engage in relationships with banks and other financial institutions.

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