Despite running on a platform of guaranteed and quickly enacted federal cannabis reform, President Joe Biden hasn’t authorized or signed into law any large-scale reformative measures on par with the legislative possibilities of the MORE or Safe Banking Act. The mass pardon enacted last October...
For the cultural and legislative mecca of cannabis that California has steadily been since the 1960’s at least, one would naturally expect California to be the highest-grossing state for recreational cannabis sales and tax revenue. And those assumptions have proven to be obviously true as...
Despite all the economic benefits and billions of dollars in annual sales and tax revenue that the American cannabis industry has created even if the industry can only legally operate in 21 states, there’s still a number of federal laws surrounding cannabis that impact the...
Despite running in 2020 on a platform partially of cannabis reform and expungements from the country’s draconian past in regards to drug laws, President Joe Biden had historically been instrumental in creating and implementing those very damaging laws. One of the biggest achievements of his...
Every year, the IRS collects billions of dollars from cannabis business owners. If cannabis were federally legal and taxed, then federal tax revenue from cannabis commerce could rise to $18 billion a year. This significant speculative increase in federal tax revenue would be in spite...
Cannabis was a hot topic during Oregon’s 2021 legislative session. Although only 8 of the over 30 bills introduced were signed into law, some of these will have a significant impact on the industry, including a sweeping change in how Oregon regulates hemp. Below is...
Directly from the WSLCB Bulletin To: Licensed Cannabis Retailers From: Liquor and Cannabis Board Re: Limited Allowance for Cannabis Retailers to Provide One Joint at No Cost to Customers who Receive a COVID-19 Vaccine at In-Store Clinic Advisement: The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) received multiple requests from “marijuana” (herein referred...
The marijuana industry has become one of the most rapidly emerging sectors over the last ten years. If you are considering establishing—or have already established—a legal marijuana business, then you may be wondering whether you need to hire a marijuana attorney or how to select...
Times certainly are changing. Just this last month, a Republican legislator introduced a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Ohio Congressman Dave Joyce, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, proposed legislation called the “Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses,...