America’s marijuana growers are the best in the world, but federal laws are keeping them out of global markets

Federal prohibitions are getting in the way of efforts to grow the U.S. marijuana business into a global industry. That’s allowed Canadian cannabis growers to dominate the export market. DENVER — In a large warehouse, LivWell Enlightened Health feeds its…

More Legislative Activity for Legalization Puts Prohibition Enforcement in Doubt

September 27, 2017
David Hodes
California, Delaware, Policy & Legal, Wisconsin
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With California set to completely rock the industry with recreational legalization beginning in January, that state and others are beginning to up the anty when it comes to testing the waters of full and complete legalization. The California state legislative…

California Cannabis: Prepare Now For Your Upcoming Product Liability Wake-Up Call

September 4, 2017
Hilary Bricken
California, Compliance and Regulations, Policy & Legal, Retail
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Time and again I have warned cannabis industry participants that federal prohibition means nothing when it comes to liability created by defective products. Colorado is a prime example of the threat and the power of cannabis product recalls. And though for years…

Will SAFE banking act solve marijuana businesses’ banking issues?

May 10, 2017
Steven Schain
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Policy & Legal
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Due to difficulty in obtaining financial services and because marijuana is a "cash only" business, marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) face staggering safety, security and operational issues. Help is on the way for this $7.2 billion per year industry via the Secure…

Federal Cannabis Shenanigans

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…

Legislation Introduced in Congress to Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol at the Federal Level; Statement Below From the Marijuana Policy Project

PRESS RELEASE Measures filed in the House and Senate on Thursday would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and create a federal regulatory process for states that choose to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana for adult use…

Business leaders form New Federalism Fund to support state-based cannabis trade

PRESS RELEASE New Federalism Fund will champion transparent regulation of state-based cannabis industry Denver, CO (03/21/17) – A coalition of companies related to the legal cannabis industry have announced the formation of the New Federalism Fund (NFF), an effort dedicated…

IRS 280E – A Cornerstone in the Foundation of Modern Federal Marijuana Prohibition

September 17, 2016
Neal Levine
Policy & Legal
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A commonly romanticized year in American history and pop culture is 1969, but there is one interesting event from that year that history has mostly forgotten. Just one month before the U.S. made history by landing a man on the…