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Over 40 Members of Congress Request SBA Access For Small Marijuana Businesses

NORML

APRIL 22, 2020

“Many of these establishments are small-to-medium size operators, with their employees keeping their doors open without access to the support systems in place for other businesses, thus depriving them of potentially lifesaving protections.” The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size.

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Maryland: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Tax Hike in Budget Bill

NORML

APRIL 2, 2025

They will also hurt state-licensed businesses, many of which have already invested millions of dollars in up-front costs and are still struggling to break even." The post Maryland: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Tax Hike in Budget Bill appeared first on NORML.

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House Small Business Committee Moves Marijuana Bill Forward

NORML

JANUARY 6, 2020

As first reported by Politico, the House Small Business Committee is waiving jurisdiction over the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act ( HR 3884 ), making it the second House committee in the 116th Congress to advance legislation to end federal marijuana prohibition.

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New Legislation Would Permit Marijuana Businesses to Access COVID-19 Relief

NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) have introduced legislation to allow state-legal marijuana businesses to apply for COVID-19 benefits through the Small Business Administration. Currently, the SBA is prohibited from engaging with cannabis businesses due to federal marijuana criminalization.

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it. The ancillary businesses surrounding these industries where people and businesses are profiting.

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

NORML

APRIL 27, 2020

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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Businesses Need Bank Accounts; Marijuana Shops Included

NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Imagine operating a business without a bank account. Imagine being forbidden from letting your customers pay for purchases with a credit card, or being able to ask a bank for a small business loan. Currently, state-licensed marijuana businesses face a web of conflicting regulations.

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

NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

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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New Jersey: Regulators Begin Process of Accepting Applications for Retail Marijuana Businesses

NORML

MARCH 16, 2022

A robust, above-ground retail marijuana market is necessary in order to disrupt the unregulated marketplace and to assure that consumers have adequate access to lab-tested, high quality products at competitive prices.

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Chairwoman Velázquez Introduced Bill To End Marijuana Prohibition And Promote Small Businesses

NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez along with Representatives Jared Golden and Dwight Evans introduced a package of legislation, ( H.R. House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez along with Representatives Jared Golden and Dwight Evans introduced a package of legislation, ( H.R.

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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

MAY 19, 2020

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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House COVID Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief, But Not Small Business Support

NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Included in the language of the bill is HR 1595: The SAFE Banking Act, which amends federal law so that explicitly banks and other financial institutions may work directly with state-legal marijuana businesses. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size.

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NORML Urges Congress to Provide Small Business Relief to State-Licensed Cannabis Companies

NORML

MARCH 25, 2020

Representatives with the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) have reaffirmed that state-licensed cannabis businesses are ineligible for financial aid opportunities because marijuana remains classified as a schedule I controlled substance. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size.

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Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses

NORML

APRIL 8, 2022

"Each of the major pieces of marijuana policy reform legislation currently pending before Congress enjoy majority support from the American people. The post Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses appeared first on NORML.

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Marijuana Banking Passes Critical Committee

NORML

MARCH 28, 2019

In the first of what is anticipated to be multiple Congressional votes to address the federal prohibition and criminalization of marijuana, the House Financial Services Committee will today voted to advance The SAFE Banking Act, HR 1595 , 45-15.

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Washington: New Rule Expands the Pool of Those Eligible for Marijuana Business Licenses

NORML

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The post Washington: New Rule Expands the Pool of Those Eligible for Marijuana Business Licenses appeared first on NORML. "This new rule will encourage more inclusiveness and diversity in Washington's growing cannabis industry.".

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Two Congressional Hearing Next Week On Marijuana

NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Next week, the two key committees will hold hearings on various aspects of federal marijuana policy. The first will be held on Wednesday, June 19th, in the Small Business Committee, entitled Unlocked Potential? Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry. Presently, V.A.

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Action Alert: Tell Congressional Leadership To Support Small Cannabis Businesses

NORML

APRIL 14, 2020

Two of our greatest champions in Congress, Representative Earl Blumenauer and Senator Jacky Rosen, are circulating bipartisan sign-on letters to Congressional Leadership demanding that state-licensed cannabis businesses are able to access the Small Business Administration. Send a message now!

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Massachusetts: Governor Signs Bill Creating “Social Equity Trust Fund” For Aspiring Marijuana Businesses

NORML

AUGUST 12, 2022

The post Massachusetts: Governor Signs Bill Creating “Social Equity Trust Fund” For Aspiring Marijuana Businesses appeared first on NORML.

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Missouri: Licensed Medical Cannabis Retailers Now Open for Business

NORML

OCTOBER 19, 2020

State regulators have licensed 192 retailers thus far, with the first of those opening for business on Saturday. The post Missouri: Licensed Medical Cannabis Retailers Now Open for Business appeared first on NORML.

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First Circuit Holds the Line Against Cannabis Businesses

Canna Law Blog

MAY 30, 2025

The First Circuit decision means the feds are still entitled to enforce the criminal provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) against against state-licensed marijuana businesses. to enact medical marijuana; and that 23 states have created non-medical, regulated cannabis markets. Thomas is right, of course.

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Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Want Congress to Allow Licensed Cannabis Businesses Access to Banking Services

NORML

MARCH 8, 2022

Sixty-eight percent of Americans say that Congress should pass legislation so that marijuana businesses can "access banking services and products in states" where it is legal. The post Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Want Congress to Allow Licensed Cannabis Businesses Access to Banking Services appeared first on NORML.

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Analysis: Legal Cannabis Businesses Associated with Increased Home Values

NORML

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“It’s time for local officials to put an end to the NIMBYism and unwarranted fears surrounding the establishment of licensed marijuana retailers. The post Analysis: Legal Cannabis Businesses Associated with Increased Home Values appeared first on NORML. Cannabis is here and here to stay.

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Adult-Use Marijuana Sales Begin in Michigan

NORML

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In October, state regulators began accepting applications from medical cannabis dispensaries wishing to also engage in adult-use marijuana sales. Several other businesses have applications pending. On January 1, Illinois will become the eleventh state to permit adult marijuana use.

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New York: the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA)

NORML

MARCH 18, 2019

1617 , the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), has been re-introduced this legislative session. The bill would legalize the adult possession, use, and regulated sale of marijuana. Only people with business-related convictions (such as fraud or tax evasion) will be explicitly barred from receiving licenses.

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House Committee Markup Announced To End Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The House Judiciary Committee has posted a markup date for HR 3884 , the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act. Earlier this month, a Pew poll found that 67% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. ” Click here to share this alert on Facebook.

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Pennsylvania could cap prices on medical marijuana

NORML

JUNE 13, 2019

Are you paying too much for medical marijuana? Pennsylvania’s closed-loop system of limited marijuana permit holders is not a competitive free market. ’s medical marijuana law will start bringing some transparency to consumer-level prices. All of the state programs are independent and in various stages of maturity.

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Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

NORML

AUGUST 12, 2019

America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs. America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs.

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Marijuana Banking Bill Scheduled For Committee Markup

NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

In the first in what are anticipated to be multiple Congressional hearings to address the federal prohibition and criminalization of marijuana, the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled to convene a markup on The Safe Banking Act, HR 1595 on Tuesday, March 26th. With 97.7% of the U.S.

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Democrats’ Latest COVID Relief Package Includes Marijuana Banking Provisions

NORML

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The latest COVID stimulus package proposed by House leadership maintains provisions permitting licensed cannabis businesses… The post Democrats’ Latest COVID Relief Package Includes Marijuana Banking Provisions appeared first on NORML.

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Veriheal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Texas has one such cannabis program in flux, with a new bill being introduced that may change the legality of recreational marijuana within the state. The Current Status Of The Texas Cannabis Program Currently, recreational marijuana is not legal in Texas. Marijuana is, however, permissible for some medical uses in Texas.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and Don Young (AK-AL) introduced today two landmark bipartisan marijuana bills. In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support.

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Colorado: Compliance Check Data Confirms That Retailers Aren’t Selling Marijuana to Minors

NORML

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Illicit marijuana providers don’t ask for or check for ID, but licensed businesses most certainly do.” The post Colorado: Compliance Check Data Confirms That Retailers Aren’t Selling Marijuana to Minors appeared first on NORML. “Regulation works.

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History made: Mississippi’s first medical marijuana dispensaries open for business

Leafly

JANUARY 25, 2023

The post History made: Mississippi’s first medical marijuana dispensaries open for business appeared first on Leafly. The first of 162 state-licensed dispensaries opened on Wednesday afternoon.

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NORML Calls On President Biden To Pardon Non-Violent Federal Marijuana Offenses

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This Presidents Day, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), along with a coalition of business groups and criminal justice reform advocates, is calling upon President Joe Biden to follow through on his campaign commitment to expunge the criminal records of those with non-violent marijuana convictions.

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Don’t let the Grinch stop marijuana reform

NORML

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The holiday season means many things to many people, but for Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), it means walking back commitments to moving cannabis reform forward and turning into the Marijuana Grinch. This holiday season, send a message to Chairman Crapo and help his heart grow three sizes in support of marijuana reform. “Wait, what?!”

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New Legislation Introduced To Protect State-Legal Marijuana Programs

NORML

JANUARY 14, 2019

The Sensible Enforcement Of Cannabis Act essentially would give peace of mind to lawmakers, regulators, 149,000+ workers, and the millions of patients and consumers who are dependent on the normalization of lawful marijuana markets.

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Rhode Island: Adult-Use Marijuana Sales to Begin Next Week

NORML

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

"We are proud to launch adult use sales in Rhode Island just six months after the Cannabis Act was signed into law, marking the Northeast’s fastest implementation period,” said Matt Santacroce, interim deputy director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.

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Poll: Most Americans Support Forgiveness for Past Marijuana Crimes, Oppose Cannabis’ Schedule I Status

NORML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The post Poll: Most Americans Support Forgiveness for Past Marijuana Crimes, Oppose Cannabis’ Schedule I Status appeared first on NORML.

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Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana Patients Protest for Better Protections, Lower Prices

NORML

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“Patients First: Fixing Medical Marijuana in PA” will commence on Wednesday November 13, 2019 from 08:30 AM-5:00 PM. These events offer a voice to the large number of registered medical marijuana patients who are deeply dissatisfied with the current program.

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How a Lawyer Can Aid Cannabis Entrepreneurs in Starting and Growing their Business

Connor & Connor PLLC

MAY 12, 2025

Starting a cannabis business can be both exciting and challenging. Lawyers specializing in cannabis law are well-equipped to handle the specific challenges of obtaining a business license and growing your operation. The specific licenses required for your cannabis business will depend on the type of operation you’re running.

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Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 240,000 Full-Time Workers

NORML

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Additional information is available in the NORML fact-sheet , ‘Marijuana Regulation: Impact on Health, Safety, Economy.’ . … If cannabis industry jobs were tallied like other jobs, … legal cannabis would be acknowledged as the fastest growing industry in America.”

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: I just introduced legislation to end the federal marijuana prohibition

NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Our archaic and outdated marijuana laws are turning everyday Americans into criminals. Every day, the economic and social impacts of marijuana prohibition are having devastating effects on communities across the country. Millions of people have been arrested for the possession or use of marijuana. SEND A MESSAGE NOW.

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Congressional Hearing On Marijuana Banking Held

NORML

FEBRUARY 14, 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. NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano submitted written congressional testimony, which you can read here.

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Over 40 Members of Congress Request SBA Access For Small Marijuana Businesses

Maryland: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Tax Hike in Budget Bill

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House Small Business Committee Moves Marijuana Bill Forward

New Legislation Would Permit Marijuana Businesses to Access COVID-19 Relief

Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

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

Businesses Need Bank Accounts; Marijuana Shops Included

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

New Jersey: Regulators Begin Process of Accepting Applications for Retail Marijuana Businesses

Chairwoman Velázquez Introduced Bill To End Marijuana Prohibition And Promote Small Businesses

Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

House COVID Package Includes Cannabis Banking Relief, But Not Small Business Support

NORML Urges Congress to Provide Small Business Relief to State-Licensed Cannabis Companies

Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses

Marijuana Banking Passes Critical Committee

Washington: New Rule Expands the Pool of Those Eligible for Marijuana Business Licenses

Two Congressional Hearing Next Week On Marijuana

Action Alert: Tell Congressional Leadership To Support Small Cannabis Businesses

Massachusetts: Governor Signs Bill Creating “Social Equity Trust Fund” For Aspiring Marijuana Businesses

Missouri: Licensed Medical Cannabis Retailers Now Open for Business

First Circuit Holds the Line Against Cannabis Businesses

Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Want Congress to Allow Licensed Cannabis Businesses Access to Banking Services

Analysis: Legal Cannabis Businesses Associated with Increased Home Values

Adult-Use Marijuana Sales Begin in Michigan

New York: the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA)

House Committee Markup Announced To End Marijuana Prohibition

Pennsylvania could cap prices on medical marijuana

Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

Marijuana Banking Bill Scheduled For Committee Markup

Democrats’ Latest COVID Relief Package Includes Marijuana Banking Provisions

Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

Colorado: Compliance Check Data Confirms That Retailers Aren’t Selling Marijuana to Minors

History made: Mississippi’s first medical marijuana dispensaries open for business

NORML Calls On President Biden To Pardon Non-Violent Federal Marijuana Offenses

Don’t let the Grinch stop marijuana reform

New Legislation Introduced To Protect State-Legal Marijuana Programs

Rhode Island: Adult-Use Marijuana Sales to Begin Next Week

Poll: Most Americans Support Forgiveness for Past Marijuana Crimes, Oppose Cannabis’ Schedule I Status

Pennsylvania: Medical Marijuana Patients Protest for Better Protections, Lower Prices

How a Lawyer Can Aid Cannabis Entrepreneurs in Starting and Growing their Business

Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 240,000 Full-Time Workers

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: I just introduced legislation to end the federal marijuana prohibition

Congressional Hearing On Marijuana Banking Held

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