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New Legislation Introduced To Protect State-Legal Marijuana Programs

NORML

The most essential component in creating a stable business environment to meet consumer demand is certainty, and that is what states and businesses would have with Congressman Correa’s legislation to protect state-lawful programs from potential rouge US Attorneys under a Department of Justice likely to be led by known drug warrior William Barr.

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Senate Coalition Urges SBA to Support Small Cannabis Businesses

NORML

The Senators write: Over the last decade, there has been a clear shift in public opinion toward supporting the legalization of cannabis in the United States. billion in tax revenue from legal cannabis sales in 2018. States collected an estimated $1.3

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CJIA announces $30M grant opportunity for R3 Program

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today released a notice of funding opportunity to provide Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) programming in historically underserved Illinois communities. ICJIA actively recruits community-based application reviewers as they are primary stakeholders in the R3 program.

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Another California Cannabis Enforcement Program That Won’t Work

Canna Law Blog

Earlier this week, California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced yet another cannabis enforcement program: the Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor Program (CAPP). Will the new enforcement program make a dent in the illegal market? The illegal businesses will just move to the neighboring city and deliver into Fresno.

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New York’s legal pot program starts to bloom with agency appointments – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

New York’s legal pot program starts to bloom with agency appointments – Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news. The post New York’s legal pot program starts to bloom with agency appointments – Cannabis Business Executive appeared first on SpeedWeed.

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Cannabis Workers, Unemployment Insurance, and the Small Business Administration: What You Need to Know

NORML

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is adversely impacting businesses around the world, and smaller businesses especially. That is why these businesses continue to face undue discrimination under federal law, including the lack of access to banking services and a prohibition of standard business tax deductions.

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NORML Joins Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Groups To Support Small Cannabis Businesses

NORML

The Coalition letter focuses on the need for small business access to the SBA relief funds as an avenue to protect the progress that has been made by minority entrepreneurs in the emerging legal cannabis marketplaces. RE: Protect Minority-Owned Marijuana Businesses and their Workers. You can read the full letter below.

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