“Frankly, lack of federal reform forces cannabis businesses to operate in completely unacceptable circumstances. These companies deserve access to safe banking services. While we wait for much-needed reform, it is important for cannabis business owners to be vigilant.”
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How California’s Small Cultivators Can Thrive in a Big Cannabis World
Consolidation was the legal cannabis industry’s focus for most of last year. With numerous high-profile mergers and acquisitions, many wonder whether small farms can survive in this new age of Big Cannabis.
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New Hampshire residents overwhelmingly support legalizing cannabis, but some elected officials don’t share the public’s enthusiasm. As a result, the “Live Free or Die” state remains an island of prohibition surrounded by jurisdictions where cannabis is legal for adults.
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“It’s time that we establish more robust social equity programs that allow all to thrive in this industry. It shouldn’t just be those who have institutional money or come from a position of privilege.”
Keep Reading Opinion: We need Social Equity in all cannabis industries nowMiss. Gov. still holds cards in regular session medical cannabis showdown
In the 2022 regular session, the governor still maintains a substantial amount of power in determining the fate of medical marijuana. After all, it takes an overwhelming two-thirds majority to override a Mississippi governor’s veto.
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Former cannabis prisoner Jeff Mizanskey calls on his home state’s General Assembly to legalize cannabis in the Missouri.
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Cannabis is just another bullet in the bandolier, and I believe it has had a positive impact. It helps treat PTSD symptoms like anxiety, fear and flashbacks. Unfortunately, our military is still culturally behind and bears real animus toward the plant.
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“While Reeves is, at this point, the sole person blocking efforts of legislators to at least take up the issue of medical marijuana, there is plenty of blame to be shared by both House and Senate leaders as to why the state does not already have a medical cannabis program.”
Keep Reading Opinion: MS governor holding up medical cannabis, lawmakers to blame tooNevada state lawmaker calls for federal cannabis legalization
Democratic state assemblyman representing District 9 in Clark County, and Speaker Pro Tempore of the Nevada State Assembly Steve Yeager speaks out in favor of federal cannabis legalization for adults.
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