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In Los Angeles, Labor and Social Justice Advocates Join Forces on Cannabis Equity Proposal
Apr 17, 2019, 6:55 am 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?
Apr 16, 2019, 6:55 am 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
Apr 15, 2019, 6:55 am 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
Apr 15, 2019, 6:55 am 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 Stage
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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New York: Equity Front and Center as Legalization Push Resumes
Apr 8, 2019, 6:55 am By Y Lee
Several dozen people gathered at Jamaica, Queens’ Spectrum Theatre this weekend to debate equitable legalization as state lawmakers aim to pass an adult use legalization bill before the session ends in June. In large part due to disagreements over equity…

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STATES Act Re-emerges In New Congress
Apr 5, 2019, 6:55 am By Jeremy Borden
The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act was last year’s cannabis reform darling, drawing across-the-board support from social justice reformers and industry groups alike. House members and Senator Cory Gardner reintroduced the…

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California Lawmakers Search for “Short-Term” Solution to Cannabis Banking Obstacles
Apr 5, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
Earlier this week, California State Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-San Fernando Valley) testified before the committee on Banking and Financial Institutions in favor of a bill that seeks to provide relief for California’s cash-based cannabis industry through the…

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Israel: Cannabis R&D May Pay Off
Apr 4, 2019, 6:55 am By Caroline Hroncich
Cannabis research in Israel is ambitious and seems to be laying the groundwork for solid growth. The government has done its part to boost the industry. In January, Israel approved the export of medical cannabis products. The Israeli government estimates the…

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Denver Officials “Condemn” DOJ Denial of Citizenship to Cannabis Industry Employees
Apr 4, 2019, 6:51 am By Julia Barajas
On Wednesday, Denver officials denounced the denial of U.S. citizenship to two lawful permanent residents employed in the cannabis industry, calling on the federal government to reconcile its immigration policies with laws at the state level. Following a…

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Outgoing FDA Commissioner Outlines Next Steps On CBD
Apr 3, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, departing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb released a statement detailing the agency’s future plans for the marketing and regulation of products that contain cannabidiol (CBD). In it, the Commissioner provided a date for the much-anticipated…

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Illinois: A Legalization Bill Will Go Down to the Wire
Apr 2, 2019, 6:55 am By Christian Belanger, Jeremy Borden
Illinois lawmakers have pushed until the end of April the introduction of a bill that would legalize cannabis for adult use, setting up a potentially dramatic late-session debate shortly before lawmakers leave Springfield. Much of that debate will be around…

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California Bill to Allow Cannabis Donations to Patients Gains Ground
Apr 2, 2019, 6:53 am By Julia Barajas
On Monday, members of the California Senate’s Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee gathered to hear testimony regarding the Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary Act, a bill that would enable specified licensees to provide free cannabis or…

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Southern California’s San Bernardino County to Decide on Agreement with DEA Cannabis Eradication Program
Apr 2, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will determine whether to approve a letter of agreement between its Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency, signaling that it will participate in its 2019 Domestic Cannabis…

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California Regulators Prepare for Legalization’s Next Phase
Apr 1, 2019, 6:53 am By Julia Barajas
The coming months will likely bring the most significant changes to the cannabis landscape in the nation’s most populous state since adult use sales went live last January. Perhaps the most sweeping transition is the move from temporary licenses to annual…

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The US House Takes a Step Toward Banking Protection For Cannabis Businesses
Mar 28, 2019, 12:14 pm By Jeremy Borden
The US House Financial Services Committee endorsed the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 on Thursday by a 45-15 vote, the most significant cannabis-related legislation to get this far in the history of Congress. The Act is expected to head soon…

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New York Cannabis Legalization Advocates Push Cuomo, Democrats
Mar 27, 2019, 6:55 am By Jeremy Borden
Members of New York’s pro-cannabis legalization community slammed Governor Andrew Cuomo during a Tuesday press conference outside his office in Albany, saying that the governor shouldn’t walk away from his own adult-use cannabis plan. A group of the…

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New Jersey: The Legal Cannabis Train Goes Off the Rails
Mar 26, 2019, 6:55 am By Jeremy Borden
New Jersey’s bid to legalize cannabis collapsed in dramatic fashion Monday when the state’s Democratic leadership conceded just hours before a planned vote that they did not have the support to pass the bill, one that had been carefully negotiated for…

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