Leaked Document Shows How Legal Weed Could Go Horribly Wrong

Nov 7, 2021 | Federal, News

As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no business in America prompts ready comparisons to Silicon Valley like legal cannabis. But though analysts project legal...

Republican-Led Bill To Legalize And Tax Marijuana Emerges As Alternative To Democratic Measures

Nov 3, 2021 | Federal, News

A new Republican-led congressional marijuana legalization bill is imminent, Marijuana Moment has learned. The measure is being framed by advocates as a compromise between simple descheduling as proposed by other GOP lawmakers and wide-ranging comprehensive legislation...

IRS Chief Says Agency Would ‘Prefer’ If Marijuana Businesses Could Pay Taxes Electronically

Feb 28, 2021 | Federal

The head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) told Congress this week that the federal agency would “prefer” for state-legal marijuana businesses to be able to pay taxes electronically, as the current largely cash-based system under federal cannabis prohibition is...

Study Finds Cannabis Legalization Not Directly Linked To Cannabis Use In Crash Victims

Feb 23, 2021 | Federal

The aim of the study was to show whether or not cannabis incidents in car accidents were different in states with legal cannabis. A new study reveals that there is no clear link between cannabis use detected in crash victims and cannabis legalization patterns. The...

Growing marijuana regulators group pressures Congress

Feb 22, 2021 | Federal

The Cannabis Regulators Association, a recently formed but potentially influential marijuana industry group, welcomed an overseer of the country’s biggest MJ market into its fold while pushing Congress on six key reform demands. California’s Advocates of Cannabis...

Congressional Cannabis Caucus Co-Chairs Urge President Biden To Pardon Federal Cannabis Prisoners

Feb 22, 2021 | Federal

37 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on Thursday, urging him to issue a blanket pardon to those with federal nonviolent cannabis offenses. The effort was led by Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chairs Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)...