Former House Speaker John Boehner told CNBC on Friday that U.S. lawmakers are behind the times on cannabis legalization. “It’s clear this market is going to expand. And as it does, lawmakers in Washington have to look up and realize that the federal government is way out of step,” Boehner said from the South by […]
Cannabis Trade Federation
Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Full Board, Readies Inclusive Membership Options
What started with the formation of the New Federalism Fund back in March of 2017, has taken on increasing momentum as the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) has clearly emerged as the professional “Voice of the Cannabis Industry”. After many months of building a formidable team to represent the Cannabis Industry’s interests at the federal level on Capitol Hill, […]
NCIA Co-Founder Joins Cannabis Trade Federation Leadership Team
The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) will introduce its leadership team shortly and CBE has learned that National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) co-founder Steve Fox, President of VS Strategies, has resigned his position as a strategic advisor to NCIA’s DC lobbying efforts, after 8 years of dedicated service, to join CTF’s leadership team. VS Strategy’s sister company, Vicente […]
Leader of the Pack: Vicente Sederberg
Well before most of us in the industry got our footing, Brian Vicente, a lawyer, who had clerked under/for outspoken social critic, Senior U.S. District Judge John L. Kane, founded Sensible Colorado (with grant money from the Marijuana Policy Project) with his friend and future partner at Vicente Sederberg (VS), Josh Kappel in the organization’s […]
Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Federal Lobbying Team
PRESS RELEASE Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Federal Lobbying Team WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) announced it has formed the largest and most diverse federal lobbying team ever assembled by the cannabis industry or movement. This group will support CTF’s mission of passing the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act […]
Sen. Cory Gardner fails to get marijuana reform into criminal justice bill
The Colorado Republican says he “will not give up this fight” U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, had hoped to attach an amendment to the proposed First Step Act to remove the threat of federal prosecution in states where cannabis is legal and lift restrictions on federally insured banks, which are currently barred from working with […]
Cory Gardner will try to pass marijuana banking, other reforms in the Senate next week
“It would be monumental,” says a cannabis industry leader Marijuana businesses in Colorado and across the country are anxiously awaiting a move by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, next week that could completely transform the way they do business. Gardner plans to introduce an amendment Monday that, if passed, would let cannabis businesses open bank accounts […]
