Is Alabama Poised to Become the Next State to Allow Medical Marijuana? February 3, 2020 Whitt Steineker Alabama 0 Comments By: Connor Rose, Mark Adams, and Whitt Steineker Alabama surprised the cannabis world last May when the state legislature very nearly passed medical marijuana legislation. Although the legislation ultimately did not receive the requisite support in the House of Representatives,… Read More→
Mississippi Voters to Decide Fate of Medical Marijuana in 2020 Election January 30, 2020 Whitt Steineker Mississippi 0 Comments By: Slates C. Veazey, Whitt Steineker, & James W. Wright, Jr. Will Mississippi join the growing number of states allowing the use of medical marijuana under state law? Mississippi voters will decide this issue in November. On January 7, 2020, the Mississippi… Read More→
Up in Smoke: Lawsuits Pose Serious Threat to Vaping and Cannabis Industries November 6, 2019 Whitt Steineker Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Mark Adams, Alex Thrasher & Whitt Steineker This fall, an outbreak of lung illnesses allegedly related to vaping ignited public hysteria and legislative reactions in many states. The vaping and cannabis industries are already paying, and will continue to… Read More→
Safe Streets Alliance v. Hickenlooper Provides Good News, Bad News, and Instructions to the Cannabis Industry and the Financial Institutions Serving It November 15, 2018 Whitt Steineker Policy & Legal 0 Comments By J. Hunter Robinson, James W. Wright Jr. and Whitt Steineker Cannabis industry – operating in states that have legalized cannabis under state law despite its long-standing prohibition under federal law – and the financial institutions that serve the industry… Read More→
O Canada! What Canada’s Nationwide Legalization of Cannabis Means for American Financial Institutions October 23, 2018 Whitt Steineker Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Cannabis Investments 0 Comments By Whitt Steineker, James W. Wright Jr. and Riley McDaniel Today marks a significant shift in cannabis policy, both domestically and internationally, as Canada becomes the first industrialized nation in the world, and only the second nation overall, to legalize… Read More→