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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

Today, we stood with Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young as they introduced the Ending Federal Prohibition Act and Marijuana Data Collection Act. Despite this economic boon, marijuana businesses are still unable to utilize financial services and face issues regarding taxation that no other legal business faces.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/14/19

NORML

House of Representatives’ Small Business Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on the challenges and opportunities small businesses face in the cannabis industry. Activists in Mississippi have collected approximately two thirds of the needed signatures to qualify a medical cannabis ballot initiative in 2020.

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Cannabis Litigation is Exploding: How to Protect YOUR Cannabis Business from Costly Lawsuits

Canna Law Blog

Judges are frustrated, businesses are losing money, and lawsuits that should never have been filed are clogging up the courts. If you run a cannabis business, you need to know why this is happeningand how to avoid becoming the next case on the docket. Cannabis litigation is exploding. Why Are There So Many Cannabis Lawsuits?

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Cost of Compliance Tips to Get a Cannabis Business off the Ground – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

There are five important “categories,” that require company leaders’ utmost focus and attention as they launch a compliant cannabis business in a newly legal state. Non-compliant businesses face the risk of being shut down and attract negative attention to the cannabis industry. Cutting across these categories is the team.

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April 20 2022: Attaining Compliance in the Cannabis Universe

Cannabis Law Report

Compliance in the cannabis industry is fraught with risk across areas like licensing, equipment, testing, distribution, and retail sales – and insurance professionals are a big part of addressing all of that (or they should be). Big trends and developments in compliance. Compliance standards, and the toughest states.

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Santa Barbara: Board of Supervisors to hear update on cannabis tax collection

Cannabis Law Report

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will hear an update on cannabis tax collection in the last quarter of the fiscal year 2020-2021 during its regular meeting on Tuesday. During the last fiscal quarter that ended June 30, the county collected about $3.8 million in gross tax receipts paid by 58 operators.

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MJ Biz : Oakland sends social equity marijuana licensees to collections over unpaid loans

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana regulators in Oakland, California, have begun referring a handful of social equity licensees to the city’s collections department after they defaulted on loans intended to help get their companies started. About 60% are “in compliance” with the terms of the loan, according to the report.