If cannabis businesses were allowed to have normal financial transactions, they wouldn't have the danger of repeated robbery. I spoke w/ @WWeek about this horrible situation, which is a call for federal action on my SAFE Banking Act with Ed Perlmutter. wweek.com/news/courts/20…

Oregon’s billion-dollar weed economy faces new challenges oregonlive.com/business/2021/…

As we continue to push forward with full legalization, addressing the irrational, unfair, and unsafe denial of banking services to legal cannabis businesses is a critical element of reform that can’t wait. Today, the House will take up and pass the SAFE Banking Act.

Spending 4/20 the only way I know how – at the U.S. Capitol advocating to end the failed prohibition of cannabis and ensure restorative justice for those harmed by the war on drugs. #LegalizeIt

Happy 420. From the Senate Majority Leader.

The one-size-fits-all penalty system means the maximum fine is a mountain to a small company and a speed bump to a big one. To Cura, the fine was a nuisance—one it was happy to pay in order to make the problem disappear. wweek.com/news/business/…

"I wish these legislators had the guts to put forth what they really want, which is to abolish the ballot initiative process, but they know they can't win that campaign with voters." —Matthew Schweich of Marijuana Policy Project rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Cannabis producers are pushing to clamp down on Delta-8 THC trib.al/wKP6ejQ

As the cannabinoid continues to see bans around the country, Washington state regulators, researchers and chemists consider a future of regulating Delta-8 THC. bit.ly/3v34tV9

Towns like Ontario reaped a big windfall from local cannabis taxes, only to have those funds redistributed to addiction treatment by Measure 110. Their attempt to hike the local cannabis tax rate to 10% also failed. Maybe it's finally time to ask residents to raise local taxes?

OLCC drops 'Control,' adds 'Cannabis' to name years after recreational marijuana legalized katu.com/news/local/olc… #MME #marijuana #cannabis #Oregon #OLCC

We are handling several multi-million dollar hemp lawsuits in various jurisdictions. A common theme is that everyone thought they would be making a fortune, and have not. harrisbricken.com/cannalawblog/w…

Stories like this are one reason why it’s important for landowners to do their due diligence when deciding whether to lease agricultural land for a hemp growing operation. Not all tenants are actually planning to grow hemp. Landowners can face legal consequences in these cases.

Oregon's edibles are doubling their allowed THC dosage, but that's just a piece of how bill SB 408 impacts the state's cannabis regulation. portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2022/…