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Cannabis Rescheduling Will Boost Creditworthiness, But Compliance Will Remain Key

December 7, 2024
John Foley
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Op-Ed, Opinions
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By John Foley As the cannabis industry awaits the potential rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, operators and financial institutions alike are preparing for significant changes. While this shift promises to enhance…

Attention, Canna Companies! CTA Filing Deadline this Month

By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski For anyone that has not yet met their Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filing requirements, now is the time! The deadline for entities created or registered before January 1, 2024, is less than a…

This industry is high on the thought of Matt Gaetz as attorney general

November 20, 2024
Rob Meagher
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal
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The president-elect’s attorney general pick was one of the most pro-cannabis lawmakers on Capitol Hill. There’s one group that’s thrilled with Donald Trump’s embattled pick for attorney general: weed companies. Trump’s first administration took an adversarial approach to cannabis policy,…

Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Barred Discussion of Marijuana Legalization as Condition for Interview

November 14, 2024
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When Kamala Harris’s campaign team was haggling with Joe Rogan over the conditions that would be placed on a prospective interview, they relayed that the nominee wanted to avoid answering questions about marijuana legalization, likely because of her record of prosecuting…

Trump plans to revoke many Biden policies. Where does that leave marijuana?

November 12, 2024
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to come to the White House with a laundry list of policies he wants to change or reverse. The Biden administration has moved to ease longtime restrictions on cannabis — so, what might Trump's arrival…

Marijuana Rescheduling: Delays, Adverse Participants… It’s All Good

By Vince Sliwoski, Last Thursday, we learned that the DEA’s marijuana rescheduling hearings are delayed until early next year. We also saw the list of 25 participants invited by the DEA to testify at those hearings. The takeaways here are:…

The real cannabis policy power lies beyond the Oval Office

November 1, 2024
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Op-Ed
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By Steph Sherar, As the presidential candidates’ positions on cannabis policy make the headlines, it’s important to remember that the real power to shape cannabis laws doesn’t reside in the Oval Office. Over the years, advocates have fought for patients’…

America’s Embrace of Marijuana

October 25, 2024
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Why public opinion has changed so quickly. Twelve years ago, mainstream politicians opposed marijuana legalization. Recreational use was forbidden even in the most liberal states. Today, even conservative states are considering the policy — including North Dakota, South Dakota and…

Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger?

October 21, 2024
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The Democrat says she will end cannabis prohibition and seek to help Black men profit from the industry if elected Kamala Harris announced on Monday that if elected president, she would fully legalize adult recreational cannabis on the federal level – the first…

The Power of the Down-Ballot: Why local races are crucial to cannabis legalization

October 2, 2024
Derek Ross
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal, Op-Ed, Policy & Legal
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By Derek Ross, CEO of Nova Farms As we approach another pivotal election season, much of the national focus is, understandably, on the presidential race. It’s the headline-grabber, the showstopper. However, if you are invested in the future of cannabis…

Harris says she backs legalizing marijuana, going further than Biden

September 30, 2024
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Vice President Harris reaffirmed her support for legalizing marijuana Monday, speaking up on the issue publicly for the first time she became the Democratic nominee. “I just think we have come to a point where we have to understand that…

Federal Cannabis Roundup: Nixon, DEA, Tobacco-Hemp . . . and the DOOBIE Act (sigh)

September 24, 2024
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By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski Last week, I wrote a round-up post on Oregon cannabis. This week, I thought I’d drop a line on the federal happenings. Which are quite a few. The Nixon tapes This was a…

DEA Delays Marijuana Rescheduling Decision Until After The Election

The Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled a hearing on the Biden administration’s proposal to reclassify marijuana under federal drug laws, effectively delaying the decision until after the November election. The agency scheduled a hearing on the proposed rule change for…

Republicans lodge last-ditch protest against marijuana rescheduling

Republicans are making a last push against the finalization of the Biden administration’s move to reschedule marijuana, despite advocates saying the fight isn’t worth the effort. The White House in May began the formal rulemaking process to move marijuana from Schedule I of the…

BOLO: Cannabis PPP Loan Audits

By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell In April, I wrote about the Docklight case in Washington State. That case involved a qui tam action pursuant to the False Claims Act in which Docklight, a cannabis ancillary company, settled with the Department of Justice…

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