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Tag: Marijuana
California will not tighten medical marijuana laws this year – AB 604 killed by cops
Smell The TruthBy David Downs California’s law enforcement leaders have again killed a bill to more tightly regulate medical marijuana in the Golden State. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Aspen outlines regulations for marijuana dispensaries
Summit DailyBy Karl Herchenroeder The city of Aspen has outlined its recommendations for the city council concerning local retail marijuana businesses. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Opening Banks to Marijuana Business
DenverPost.comBy The Denver Post Editorial Board The U.S. Department of Justice offered some encouragement last week that the conflict between banking regulations and pot businesses could be solved. Anyone who cares about public safety should hope the agency succeeds. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Possible Locations for Marijuana Businesses in Seattle
Seattle TimesBy Bob Young Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development has prepared a map of where pot businesses — stores, farms, processing plants — might be located after state officials proposed revised rules last Wednesday. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana Industry Nationwide Updates
Comments in the Senate Judiciary Committee provided hope that medical marijuana’s banking problems may be ending, California communities continue to tussle over the issue, and a New Jersey bill is signed into law. There’s more, too. Let’s get to it: Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Maryland Gov. Appoints Commission to Oversee Medical Marijuana Rollout, Set for Oct. 1
Maryland's medical marijuana law is set to take effect October 1, but the terms for growing and distributing pot still need to be hammer out, so Gov. Martin O'Malley named 11 people yesterday to a commission that will oversee the process. High Times
Feds in Talks With Banks Over Marijuana Business
The government is in talks with bank regulators to see whether financial institutions in states that have approved recreational marijuana use can do business with drug dispensaries there, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. The announcement came nearly two weeks after the Justice Department decided it won’t take legal action against Colorado and Washington, […]
Conservatives Fight Marijuana Taxation
In front of the U.S. Capitol Thursday, two congressmen discussed H.R. 2240, the Small Business Tax Equity Act, a little known bill introduced in June by Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer to allow deductions and credits relating to expenditures for marijuana sales conducted in compliance with state law. The bill, according to GovTrack.Us, has a 0% […]
Answers Sought for When Marijuana Laws Collide
A deputy attorney general told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the Justice Department had begun working with Treasury officials and financial regulators to clarify how it legally deals with banks and other businesses that serve marijuana dispensaries and growers in states that have legalized the drug for medical or recreational use. The deputy […]