The marijuana industry, once a budding frontier of promise and innovation, faces an uncertain future shadowed by the foreboding elements of U.S. Pat. No. 5284867 and tax code 280E. These seemingly disparate components, when considered together, hold the potential to dismantle the industry's progress and reshape its trajectory in unforeseen ways.Let's begin with the patent, … [Read more...] about The Edge of Disruption: U.S. Patents and Tax Codes—The Perfect Storm
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A Positive Sign For Schedule III
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on "On Drugs," a newsletter produced by lawyers and well-known cannabis reform advocates Shane Pennington and Matt Zorn, and was republished with permission from the authors. Together and separately, Matt [Zorn] and I have warned that U.S. obligations under a United Nations treaty called the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of … [Read more...] about A Positive Sign For Schedule III
Angst And Chaos In Marijuana Rescheduling: A Dabbin-Dad Journey Into The Hazy World of Drug Policy Reform
Let me tell you something that's been gnawing at the edges of my consciousness for quite some time. The times they are a-changin', and if there's one thing that's evolved more rapidly than our collective psyche, it's the way we look at those little green leaves we call "marijuana." Yes, I'm talking about the reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule 1 drug to a Schedule 3. … [Read more...] about Angst And Chaos In Marijuana Rescheduling: A Dabbin-Dad Journey Into The Hazy World of Drug Policy Reform
Over Eight Hundred Banks File to Allow Cannabis Businesses, FinCEN Reports
Banking institutions are in a race to allow cannabis businesses ahead of imminent changes in the way cannabis is classified at the federal level, according to federal data. Cannabis remains prohibited at the federal level, but the U.S. Health & Human Services Department (HHS) recommendation to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III changes everything. NORML … [Read more...] about Over Eight Hundred Banks File to Allow Cannabis Businesses, FinCEN Reports
Republican Congressman Reintroduces Bill To Move Cannabis to Schedule III
As many advocates are pushing for decriminalization and completely descheduling cannabis at the federal level, one Republican congressman is pushing to simply downgrade cannabis from schedule I to schedule III, which would allow for research to move forward at a faster pace and provide several other perks. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Florida) reintroduced a bill as H.R. 610 or the … [Read more...] about Republican Congressman Reintroduces Bill To Move Cannabis to Schedule III
