Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want regulators to stop penalizing legitimate vendors hired by marijuana businesses left in a legal gray area between state and federal law.
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Marijuana Industry Launches Colorado Campaign on Safe Cannabis Use
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The public safety campaign is one more sign the marijuana business is now culturally mainstream.
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Study Links Medical Marijuana to Fewer Traffic Fatalities
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The health and public safety concerns that kept marijuana illegal for generations are proving unfounded where it is now legal.
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Colorado Grants $2.3 Million For Marijuana Health and Safety Research
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Ironically, it is only now that marijuana is legal — at least under state law — that it is getting scientific scrutiny for safe use.
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Cannabis Industry Raised $1 Billion in 2016
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Despite the industry’s precarious legal status, investors are flocking to states where voters have legalized cannabis.
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Marijuana Industry Hopes for Regulatory Stability in 2017
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Marijuana is legal in most states but illegal federally, a complex situation made even less certain with a new President taking office.
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Canada Takes Next Step Toward National Marijuana Legalization
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While the US federal government remains stubbornly opposed to legalizing marijuana, our neighbor to the north is increasingly interested in cannabis commerce and moving away from pot prosecutions.
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Thomas Jefferson University Receives $3 Million Marijuana Research Grant
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Although more than half of US states have legalized marijuana for medical use only now is the nation’s first research facility for medical marijuana opening.
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Survey Finds Oregon Residents Support Banks Working With Marijuana Industry
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Banks and credit unions often cite “reputational risk” as a reason for not working with cannabis businesses but research shows there is little risk they would be stigmatized.
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Microsoft to Offer Software for Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Legal Cannabis
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The software giant has entered in a partnership with a California company specializing in regulatory compliance for an industry that isn’t entirely legal and can’t use banks to do business.