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History Repeating
Sat 10:44am By Nushin Rashidian, Alyson Martin
The following is an excerpt from the history chapter of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition (The New Press, 2014), co-authored by Cannabis Wire founders Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian. There was a time when cannabis grew freely in America. Green…

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Colorado Lawmakers Advance Bill to Allow Out-of-State Cannabis Investors
Fri 6:55am By Jeremy Borden
Colorado’s Senate Finance Committee expressed its support for a bill Thursday that would dramatically alter the state’s strict ownership requirements for cannabis businesses by allowing publicly traded companies and outside investment into the state. The…

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Illinois: An Effort to Derail the Cannabis Train
Thu 6:55am By Jeremy Borden
A cannabis legalization measure supported by Illinois’ Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker and key lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate is expected to be unveiled at the end of April, with proponents pushing for passage by the end of the…

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In Los Angeles, Labor and Social Justice Advocates Join Forces on Cannabis Equity Proposal
Wed 6:55am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770, in collaboration with local organizations, released a report that aims to shape Los Angeles’ still-evolving social equity efforts. To announce the report’s release, members of the…

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The Marijuana Policy Project Helped Bring the US to the Brink of Legalization. Now What?
Tue 6:55am By Alyson Martin
Cannabis Wire co-founder Alyson Martin had a one-on-one interview with Steve Hawkins, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project to discuss the future of an organization that has been on the ground floor of cannabis legalization in the US since the…

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The Murky Part of the STATES Act: Tribal Rights
Mon 6:55am By Greta Moran
As individual states pass more lenient cannabis laws, the federal government has failed to keep pace. This just might change with the STATES Act. First introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Gardner on June 7th 2018, the bipartisan bill would help…

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Insurance Coverage Remains Sparse, Confusing for Cannabis Industry
Mon 6:55am By Cannabis Wire Editors
A New York City Bar Association panel on Friday discussed the challenges that arise when it comes to insuring legal cannabis businesses across the country. “There is a lot of confusion about what’s going on in the cannabis space,” Robert Easton, the…

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At Los Angeles Public Meeting on Cannabis, Funding for City’s Social Equity Program Takes Center…
Apr 10, 2019, 6:55 am By Julia Barajas
Last week, some two hundred people crammed into Los Angeles City Hall, where the Cannabis Regulation Commission held a special meeting to gather public input on a report from the Department of Cannabis Regulation regarding the city’s status on cannabis…

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Rep. Blumenauer Vows Cannabis Reform To Include Equity
Apr 10, 2019, 6:50 am By Jeremy Borden
The chair of the US House Congressional Cannabis Caucus and representatives from the Minority Cannabis Business Association held a press conference on Tuesday outside the US Capitol to call on state and local governments to play a more active role in ensuring…

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Mexican Lawmakers Push Public Health, Discourage For-Profit Sales, In Cannabis Forum
Apr 9, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
On Monday, the Mexican Senate’s Health Commission hosted a forum, in which several officials and policy experts discussed the country’s impending regulation of cannabis from a public health perspective—without losing sight of social justice concerns. The…

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History Repeating

Colorado Lawmakers Advance Bill to Allow Out-of-State Cannabis Investors

Illinois: An Effort to Derail the Cannabis Train

In Los Angeles, Labor and Social Justice Advocates Join Forces on Cannabis Equity Proposal

The Marijuana Policy Project Helped Bring the US to the Brink of Legalization. Now What?

The Murky Part of the STATES Act: Tribal Rights

Insurance Coverage Remains Sparse, Confusing for Cannabis Industry

At Los Angeles Public Meeting on Cannabis, Funding for City’s Social Equity Program Takes Center…

Rep. Blumenauer Vows Cannabis Reform To Include Equity

Mexican Lawmakers Push Public Health, Discourage For-Profit Sales, In Cannabis Forum

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