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Don’t let the Grinch stop marijuana reform

NORML

Last Wednesday, he essentially demanded that in exchange for allowing the cannabis industry to access to basic banking services, that the federal government should impose a 2% THC cap on marijuana products and prohibit the retail sale of marijuana-infused edibles or e-liquid vapor extracts.

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: I just introduced legislation to end the federal marijuana prohibition

NORML

In a day and age when more than twenty percent of the population live in states which have legalized the marijuana market, and in an era where nearly every state has enacted some legal protections for the use of medical cannabis or its extracts, the time has come for federal lawmakers to end this senseless and cruel prohibition that ruins lives.

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The Week in Weed: May 22, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) criticized the cannabis banking provisions in the latest stimulus bill, while state Attorneys General wrote a letter supporting them. cannabis banking. The marijuana industry was optimistic about the inclusion of the SAFE Banking Act in the HEROES bill last week. massachusetts. and finally.

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The CLIMB Act: Is Federal Cannabis Business Reform Coming?

Veriheal

banking and insurance). Provision of equipment parts, substances, or testing services “needed to produce marijuana, hemp or extracts therefrom and to comply with the law, rules and regulations for testing” Sale, leasing, or renting of real estate. The proposed legislation, H.R. What Business Services Would the CLIMB Act Protect?

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Nation’s First Industrial Hemp Seed Bank Planned for New York

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

industrial hemp germplasm repository, or seed bank, was recently announced by New York State Senator Charles Schumer. An initial investment of $500,000 in federal funding will be used to commence the brand new and nation’s only industrial hemp seed bank, which will be located in Geneva, the Finger Lakes Region of New York.

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Law Firm Press Release – Canada: The legal cannabis industry unites in a class action against major Canadian banks

Cannabis Law Report

10, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ – Groupe SGF (Cannabis Legal Advisors and Consultants) announces the launch of a class action lawsuit on behalf of Mr. Gabriel Bélanger (Founder of Origami Extraction Inc.) against the Desjardins Federation, National Bank, Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, and CIBC.

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What CannI Say? Litigating Cannabis Patents In District Court

The Blunt Truth

For example, a contract used to hire thieves to rob a bank couldn’t be enforced by a court of law for the purpose of robbing the bank. However, cracks in the dam have begun to appear, such as in the Central District of California. The court there, in Gene Pool Techs., The court there, in Gene Pool Techs., 23, 2022). [1]