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Red Light, Green Light for European Cannabis: Germany Goes to the Polls; Switzerland Eyes Pole Position on Cannabis Reform

Canna Law Blog

Germanys cannabis industry anxiously awaits Sundays election results to see whether progressive policies endure or face rollback under new leadership. A state-controlled retail monopoly under operated under a non-profit model. With 38% of voters still undecided , the outcome remains uncertain.

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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

When retail sales began in 2018, it marked the beginning of a significant shift in the cannabis industry. Policy Challenges and Industry Trends The decline of the medical marijuana program in Massachusetts highlights the complex interplay between policy, industry incentives, and patient needs.

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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]. Since cultivators grow cannabis domestically in the U.S.,

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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. These statements have been proven false since Trulieve originated in Florida and has its biggest retail medical facility footprint in the Sunshine State.

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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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Oregon’s Hot Hemp

Canna Law Blog

This hemp is often sold and marketed online without age verification, in packaging attractive to minors, or at unlicensed retail stores. The reason is that federal law and policy make it so. By this I mean it is generally designed to get you lit. Been talking about all of this stuff for over a decade.

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Updated: More States Taking Action to Ensure Uninterrupted Retail Access to Medical Cannabis During COVID-19 Outbreak

NORML

” Below is a summary of the policies currently in place governing retail cannabis access during the COVID-19 outbreak. ” Below is a summary of the policies currently in place governing retail cannabis access during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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