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Opinion: Will Year of the Dragon breathe fire into the marijuana market in 2024?

Here are eight predictions for trends that could most likely impact state-regulated marijuana markets in 2024. Opinion: Will Year of the Dragon […]

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Cannabis Industry Banks Still at Risk Without Passage of the Safe Banking Act

Here we are again, crossing our fingers, hoping that the Senate will approve the passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking […]

March 24, 2021Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business Briefs, marijuana banking, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, Marijuana Sales, Funding & Banking News, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

Cannabis banking reform reintroduced in US Senate

Less than a week after pro-cannabis banking legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a parallel bipartisan measure was revived […]

January 5, 2021cannabis banking reform, Featured Marijuana Business & Cannabis Industry News, federal legalization, federal marijuana reform, Georgia, Georgia Medical Cannabis Business & Marijuana Legal News, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, MORE Act, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

Major federal marijuana reform could hinge on outcome of two Georgia Senate races

All eyes are on Georgia and two runoff races Tuesday that will determine whether the U.S. Senate flips to Democrats, an outcome […]

December 22, 2020cannabis banking reform, Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business Briefs, Coronavirus, Coronavirus relief, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

Cannabis banking reform excluded from $900 billion coronavirus relief package

Cannabis banking reform will have to wait. Such reform isn’t included in the 5,593-page, $900 billion coronavirus relief bill being considered Monday […]

December 14, 2020cannabis banking, Cannabis Industry Extraction News, Cannabis Industry Manufacturing News, Cannabis Industry Technology News, Farming, Featured Marijuana Business & Cannabis Industry News, Marijuana Cultivation News, Marijuana Dispensary & Cannabis Store News, Marijuana Edibles & Infused Products, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, Marijuana Sales, Funding & Banking News, Marijuana Testing Lab News, Medical Cannabis Industry & Recreational Marijuana Business News, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

How passage of the SAFE Banking Act could impact cannabis businesses

The SAFE Banking Act is nearing the finish line in the U.S. Congress, and many expect it to become law sometime in […]

November 19, 2020cannabis banking reform, Featured Marijuana Business & Cannabis Industry News, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, SAFE Banking Act, Sen. Mike Crapo, Sen. Patrick Toomey, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

New US Senate panel chair could boost prospects for cannabis banking reform

A new chair of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee could pump fresh life into stalled cannabis banking reform – even if Republicans […]

September 1, 2020Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business Briefs, federal marijuana reform, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, MORE Act, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

US House to take up cannabis descheduling bill week of Sept. 21

The MORE Act, a bill that would deschedule marijuana and thereby legalize it federally – with massive business implications – is scheduled […]

August 29, 2020Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business Briefs, David Mangone, federal marijuana reform, kamala harris, Marijuana Legalization and Regulatory News for Cannabis Businesses, MORE Act, SAFE Banking Act, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

Full US House poised to vote on cannabis descheduling in September

The full US House is expected to vote next month on a sweeping reform bill that would remove marijuana from the Controlled […]

August 18, 2020cannabis banking reform, Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business Briefs, Coronavirus, Marijuana Sales, Funding & Banking News, SAFE Banking Act, state treasurers, United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News

State treasurers group lobbies for marijuana banking in US coronavirus bill

A coalition of state treasurers across the country are urging Congress to include cannabis banking reform in the next coronavirus relief stimulus […]