DEA Mis-scheduling of Cannabis to Keep the Status Quo Ante August 15, 2016 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 2 Comments Bitter sweetly, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has affirmed the woeful mis-scheduling of cannabis as a Schedule I drug after sitting on a number of multi-year old petitions (and decades of formal administrative legal challenges). Despite the existing Compassionate Investigational… Read More→
Thinking Strategically About the Future of an Uncertain Cannabis Market July 20, 2016 Darren Weiss News & Insights, Opinions 1 Comment As the cannabis market matures, new markets and consumers are preparing to come online. We are seeing a proliferation of opportunities in the cannabis industry like never before. Not only are new cultivators, processors, and dispensaries applying for and obtaining licenses… Read More→
Cannabis Banking Issues: All Cash and Not A Lot of Protection June 1, 2016 Steven Schain Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments By Steven Schain Ever accidentally find $5.4 billion of cash in your back pocket? The cannabis industry did in 2015, after virtually no bank would accept Âlegalized marijuana sales deposits. Instead, because the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act,… Read More→
When Is a Democracy Really Just a Dictatorship? May 2, 2016 Mark Goldfogel Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments By Mark Goldfogel Civics class in junior high school taught me that a democracy is a government that reflects the will of the people. The majority of the people, not any individual’s ideology, is supposed to drive our country. There are… Read More→