Cannabis & Public Relations: Why Federal Legalization Will Be a Game Changer August 15, 2023 Alex Rush Marketing, Op-Ed 1 Comment By Alex Rush, Account Director & Senior Cannabis Strategist, Rosen Group Legal cannabis markets are rapidly emerging across the country; as of summer 2023, 23 states have implemented adult-use markets, while another 24 have medical-only cannabis markets (though some markets… Read More→
Revisiting Jushi: A Conversation with CEO Jim Cacioppo January 10, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments When CBE profiled Jushi Holdings (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) in June of 2021, the Boca Raton-Florida-based company operated 19 retail stores in a handful of states from coast to coast, and was looking forward to opening many more stores as… Read More→
Leaked Document Shows How Legal Weed Could Go Horribly Wrong November 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Federal 4 Comments Critics say a powerful lobbying group is leading the charge toward an industry that would leave the little guy behind. As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no… Read More→
Cannabis reform? It’s the right time for full federal legalization to help economy and people July 1, 2021 AggregatedNews Op-Ed 0 Comments Politicians are finally realizing what the public has known for years: Legalizing cannabis can positively support our economy, communities, and people With the Democrats in full control of Congress and the White House, the odds for real cannabis reform, such… Read More→
Senate Democrats split over legalizing weed April 22, 2021 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Several Senators opposed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's legalization push. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's biggest challenge to legalizing marijuana is his fellow Democrats. The New York Democrat has repeatedly promised a vote on cannabis reform, promising to tee it… Read More→
The Country’s Evolving Marijuana Debate April 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments Democrats at the national level increasingly see the drug as a unity issue. Six years ago, when John Fetterman first ran for the Democratic Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, he spoke out about his support for legalizing marijuana. He was the… Read More→
Descheduling Cannabis Will Not Relegate Its Sale Exclusively to Pharmacies; It Will Empower States to Regulate Cannabis as They Seem Fit March 5, 2021 Paul Armentano News & Insights, Op-Ed 0 Comments By Paul Armentano A recently featured article in CBE, entitled “Implications of the MORE Act and Possible Federal Legalization of Cannabis,” opines that removing the cannabis plant from the federal Controlled Substances Act – as initially proposed by the Marijuana… Read More→
Cannabis in the New Year: Old Challenges Meet New Opportunities January 25, 2021 Jacques Santucci Best Practices, Cannabis & Hemp Research, Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite a global pandemic that uprooted businesses around the world, the U.S. cannabis market showed no signs of slowing down in 2020, as we had predicted a year ago. Through lockdowns and mask mandates, the industry innovated how consumers purchase… Read More→
House panel approves marijuana decriminalization, but it faces a long, hard road November 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A Republican on the House Judiciary Committee said Republicans would oppose the bill and that "it is even less likely that the Senate would take it up." The campaign to decriminalize marijuana overcame a historic congressional hurdle this week, but… Read More→
Federal Marijuana Legalization Is Close, Suggests Canopy-Acreage Deal April 24, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Sometimes it is necessary to read between the lines. So, when the largest cannabis company in the world enters into a multi-billion dollar deal with a well-known American cannabis firm -- one that is set to take effect only after… Read More→
The 2018 Farm Bill – What it Means for Hemp Farmers’ Tax Bill December 27, 2018 Ben Condon Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Cultivation, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments CPA Covers The Income Tax Implications for Hemp Farms after the new 2018 Farm Bill The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) has officially been signed into law. One of the major components of this legislation of industrial hemp. … Read More→
A Toxicologist’s Look at Cannabis vs. Alcohol: Why the US Government is Focusing on the Wrong Recreational Drug December 12, 2018 Dr. Dorothy Colagiovanni Science and Technology 0 Comments Sometimes we observe a car wreck and rubber neck our way until it is out of our sight. I had that feeling during the hearings for Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. As I listened to the testimony, it surfaced repeatedly that… Read More→
Why You Don’t Want Cannabis Rescheduled April 19, 2018 Dr. Moe Afaneh Op-Ed, Opinions 3 Comments As everybody already knows, cannabis is still federally illegal, but a growing number of states have made their stance clear on the subject. Recently, many state representatives have been evaluating every possible angle to create a program that won’t get… Read More→
Policy Group of Prosecutors Release Position Paper April 25, 2017 David Hodes Policy & Legal 2 Comments The National District Attorney’s Association (NDAA), the organization that “serves as the voice of America’s prosecutors and strives to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people in their communities”, created a policy group of 14… Read More→
Federal Cannabis Shenanigans April 11, 2017 Matt Walstatter Opinions, Policy & Legal 1 Comment By Matt Walstatter The election of 2016 should have given cannabis proponents great cause to celebrate. Initiatives legalizing recreational cannabis prevailed in four of the five states where they were on the ballot. Medical cannabis triumphed in all four states… Read More→