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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. To that end, NORML has called for SBA access to be included in our recently issued policy memo.

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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. You can read NORML’s factsheet on the racial disparity among arrests here. You can read the full letter below.

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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

NORML

As we all learn to cope with our new socially distant realities amidst a global pandemic, its difficult to think of any aspect of society that hasn’t been affected by COVID-19. The question : Do you approve amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of marijuana called “cannabis”?

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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. Federal dollars are going to support state programs — not to dictate how they must use the money. even if the business is legal under local or state law.”

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

NORML

” Members of the Senate wrote: “Given the nature of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that every American small business has the capacity to protect the health and economic wellbeing of their community and workforce. .” ” You can find the full Senate letter here. .”

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States Deem Medical Marijuana Essential Industry Amidst COVID-19 Emergency

Cannabis Law Report

Businesses are on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak. Many states are enacting restrictions on business activity or even forcing “non-essential” companies to close or transition to a work-from home policy. Mid-Atlantic States Respond to COVID-19. The industry employs 240,000 people.

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Researchers To Investigate Arkansas’ Medical Cannabis Program

Veriheal

The NIDA-funded investigation will delve into the health-related repercussions of Arkansas’ medical cannabis program , which was initially approved by voters back in 2016. ACHI identifies itself as a sovereign health policy center that was formed in 1998. To fund the study, a $1.3 A Deep Dive Into Cannabis Consumer Data.