Cannabis Trade Federation Launches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force

PRESS RELEASE Top officials from leading civil rights organizations to collaborate with diverse group of cannabis industry professionals WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) announced the formation of a task force centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the…

Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Inclusive Membership Program

The Cannabis Trade Federation today announced a membership program geared towards fulfilling its mission to be a professional organization that represents the interests of all elements of the industry and delivering on its promise of professionalism, diversity and unity. CBE…

Cannabis Trade Federation Applauds the Bipartisan, Bicameral Introduction of the STATES Act

PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) today applauded the re-introduction of the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act. The bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Senator…

Former Speaker John Boehner on weed legalization: It’s time for Washington to ‘get out of the way’

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…

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…

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…

Leader of the Pack: Vicente Sederberg

January 29, 2019
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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)…

Cannabis Trade Federation Announces Federal Lobbying Team

January 11, 2019
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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…

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…

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…