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Connecticut Legislates Equity, But Not a Share of the Profits for Marijuana

In an effort to open the newly legal marijuana market to those most harmed during the years it was criminalized, Connecticut lawmakers set strict standards for who may own the emerging businesses. But they didn’t legislate anything about profits. Last…

Leader of the Pack: Vicente Sederberg

January 29, 2019
Rob Meagher
Ancillary Businesses, Company Stories, Policy & Legal, Spotlight
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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)…

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and…

Two Massachusetts marijuana stores are open: What’s next?

Massachusetts' first two stores to legally sell recreational marijuana opened amid fanfare on Tuesday. It is only the beginning of what is expected to be a new billion dollar-plus industry, which could take years to ramp up. "Realistically, to be…

Michigan becomes 10th state to allow recreational marijuana

November 7, 2018
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Marijuana advocates scored a number of substantial ballot victories in the middle of the country on Election Day, chief among them the legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan, which becomes the 10th state in the nation to approve recreational use of…

Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America

By Allen St.Pierre Part 10 of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring…

The Marijuana Policy Project Hires Steve Hawkins as Executive Director

PRESS RELEASE Hawkins, who previously served in leadership roles at the NAACP, Amnesty International USA, and the national Coalition for Public Safety, has been at the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement for three decades WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest…

Steve Fox, Leading Advocate for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis, Assumes Expanded Role in Cannabis Industry’s Federal Lobbying Efforts

April 26, 2018
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Industry People, On the Move, Press Releases
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PRESS RELEASE Long-time federal lobbyist, NCIA co-founder, and manager of Colorado’s successful 2012 legalization initiative to provide strategic guidance and direct lobbying services. NCIA further expands DC presence with the addition of marijuana policy veteran Morgan Fox as media relations director…

Why did Khalatbari Really Resign from the NCIA board?

By Rob Meagher Just before the holidays, Marijuana Business Daily (MBD) published a brief article about the resignation of Kayvan Khalatbari from the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) board of directors that could have a major impact on the future…

Why did Khalatbari Really Resign from the NCIA board?

By Rob Meagher Just before the holidays, Marijuana Business Daily (MBD) published a brief article about the resignation of Kayvan Khalatbari from the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) board of directors that could have a major impact on the future…

Marijuana Policy Project Co-Founder Kampia Re-Assigned – MPP Now Searching for New Executive Director

PRESS RELEASE Marijuana Policy Project Announces Leadership Changes, Begins National Search for New Executive Director WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s leading marijuana policy reform organization, has announced changes to its leadership structure. Rob Kampia, who co-founded the…

Red States v. Blue States v. State Of Legalization

There has been a clear state-by-state divide in marijuana legalization efforts that some research indicates has occurred because of a red states v. blue states bias. According to research collected online and analyzed by Consumer Research Around Cannabis, Portland, Oregon…

PNC Bank Cancels Another Marijuana Advocacy Group’s Bank Account

Marijuana legalization advocate Cher Neufer queued up at a Cincinnati post office in mid-June expecting to mail a t-shirt to a donor. Instead, she was met with the message every shopper dreads: card denied. A few phone calls later, Neufer discovered that PNC…

California Seen as a Force for Solving Banking Business Dilemma

June 21, 2017
David Hodes
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Policy & Legal
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One of the most pressing issues of the cannabis industry continues to be banking. Just Tuesday, June 20, the Marijuana Policy Project, a cannabis advocacy and lobbying organization, announced that they were going to be shut down by PNC bank.…

PNC Bank Shuts Down Marijuana Policy Project Accounts Amid Federal Uncertainty

One of the nation’s leading marijuana legalization groups says PNC Bank has notified it that it will close the organization’s 22-year-old accounts, a sign of growing concerns in the financial industry that the Trump administration will crack down on the…

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