PRESS RELEASE New Organization to Focus on Passing the STATES Act, Hires Industry Veteran Neal Levine as CEO WASHINGTON, D.C.  (07/25/18) – The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) proudly announced 14 founding board members today, building on the organization’s initial formation just a few months ago. CTF is a newly formed national coalition of cannabis-related businesses that […]
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Colorado House Bill 1011 could have ramifications world-wide in the Cannabis Industry
Over the last year plus, industry players in Colorado have been lobbying the legislature hard to allow for out-of-state ownership stakes that could change the capital raise game and allow many of the companies that have built significant cannabis license portfolios to be on a level playing field with other states like California and Nevada […]
California Seen as a Force for Solving Banking Business Dilemma
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. This was an organization with a 22 year line of business with PNC, and some […]
The DEA play
By David Hodes It’s been nearly a year since the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that they would open up research into marijuana and its chemical conditions with a new policy that would allow additional grows in the U.S. Reportedly, the DEA will allow four grows initially but they have not released any specific number […]
On the way to their first Billion: Medicine Man
My friend Andy Williams, CEO of Medicine Man and Medicine Man Technologies (MDCL; OTC), and I were chatting at a conference about a year ago. He said that he discovered the path to growing his family owned and operated company into a billion dollar company. CBE did a story on his company and he projected […]