legal cannabis

“The cannabis industry’s unique exposures and the documented health concerns are likely to accelerate regulatory action and litigation risk.” By Erin Bass, Amy Rubenstein and Julie Vanneman, Dentons The legal cannabis industry employs more than 440,000 full-time workers across the United States (not including hemp industry employees). As legalization spreads, so do regulatory and workplace…

While everyone’s been watching the political theater around cannabis rescheduling and state-by-state legalization battles, something quietly revolutionary has been happening in the financial sector. Banks – those traditionally risk-averse institutions that wouldn’t touch cannabis with a ten-foot pole just a few years ago – are increasingly saying “yes” to cannabis businesses, federal prohibition be damned.…

A GOP congressman says that, while he supports overturning certain criminal justice reform policies enacted by local officials in the nation’s capital, he does acknowledge there’s “a trace of racism” in marijuana enforcement. But, he said, advocates have gone too far in their pursuit of scaling back harsh sentencing laws. During a hearing before the…

The governor of California has signed a bill into law to put a pause on a recently enacted tax hike on marijuana products. Weeks after the legislature delivered the measure from Assemblymember Matt Haney (D) to his desk, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) gave it final approval on Monday. “We’re rolling back this cannabis tax hike…