Steve Fox, who helped legalize marijuana in Colorado, has died at 53 April 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Industry People, News & Insights 0 Comments Fox was lead drafter of 2012’s Amendment 64, giving rise to the massive legal cannabis industry One of the leaders of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana legalization movement, Steve Fox, has died at the age of 53. Fox was the lead drafter… Read More→
Congressman Carlos Curbelo Joins Cannabis Trade Federation Executive Team February 22, 2019 Press Release Industry People, Press Releases 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) announced that former Congressman Carlos Curbelo, who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2015 to 2019, has joined the organization’s Executive Team as a strategic… Read More→
NCIA Co-Founder Joins Cannabis Trade Federation Leadership Team January 31, 2019 Rob Meagher Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF) will introduce its leadership team shortly and CBE has learned that National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) co-founder  Steve Fox, President of VS Strategies, has resigned his position as a strategic advisor to NCIA's DC lobbying… Read More→
Leader of the Pack: Vicente Sederberg January 29, 2019 Rob Meagher Ancillary Businesses, Company Stories, Policy & Legal, Spotlight 0 Comments 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)… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America December 4, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Allen St. Pierre 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… Read More→
Smith’s Act of Contrition and the Battle to be “The Voice of the Cannabis Industry” May 1, 2018 Rob Meagher News & Insights, Op-Ed 0 Comments Over the last few weeks, there have been a number of announcements and articles that are connected to the behind the scenes posturing taking place to determine the "Voice of the Cannabis Industry". Two weeks ago, we all read about… Read More→
Steve Fox, Leading Advocate for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis, Assumes Expanded Role in Cannabis Industry’s Federal Lobbying Efforts April 26, 2018 Press Release Industry People, On the Move, Press Releases 0 Comments 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… Read More→