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A regulation or a rule is the primary vehicle that agencies use to implement specific laws and general agency objectives. They are specific standards or instructions concerning what individuals, ...

Who to know on K St.  The pro-cannabis lobbying sector in Washington, DC is primarily divided into two camps: groups that won’t support any cannabis legislation that doesn’t include crimina...

2018 Farm Bill Legalized HEMP. Hemp is now legal. But how is hemp different from marijuana? The general definition breakdown on Capitol Hill is that both hemp and marijuana are terms for cannabis w...

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...

Cannabis equity is a conversation that has come to the forefront of the legalization conversation. Cannabis law has disproportionately sent individuals from black and brown communities to jail. The ...

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...

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...

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...