Policy Insider's Report: Chapter One

The unionization of cannabis is only beginning. Right now, a multitude of national and state-based unions are reaching out to workers in the cannabis industry - from Teamsters to SEIU. In the short...

A record 116 groups hired lobbyists to make their case to Congress and federal agencies on marijuana- and cannabis-related issues in the second quarter of 2019. Cannabis is increasingly attracting the...

The Rise of Digital Media as a Lever for Influence Changing times, and skills needs, for Policy Professionals Over the past five years, a confluence of interrelated trends have amplified digital me...

Marijuana businesses now pay federal tax rates that can approach 70% or higher. That's largely because they can't take advantage of typical exemptions — including for salaries and benefits — that...

Hemp was legalized in the 2018 Farm Bill Hemp is cannabis that has less than 0.3 percent THC content. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for hemp legalization in the hopes that it would revitaliz...

Advocates and lawmakers think the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019 has the best chance of passing in the 116th congress. The bill would prohibit regulators from taking action aga...

1. Illinois The latest state to legalize recreational cannabis brings a market of 12.74 million people – and the nation’s third-largest city – into the world of legal cannabis. Sales begi...

KEEP THE STATES IN MIND THERE IS NO WAY TO LOOK AT FEDERAL CANNABIS POLICY RIGHT NOW WITHOUT KEEPING THE STATES IN MIND. Because cannabis is not yet legal on a federal level, the majority of federal...