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12May

Illinois Bank Shutting Out Cannabis Clients Over Sessions’ Stance

Larry Mishkin, Hoban Law Group, Litigation Practice Group Counsel The Bank of Springfield (Illinois) has notified its existing cannabis-related clients that their money is no good there anymore. Citing what it terms a “legal gray zone” cast by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the bank announced in an April 2 letter to customers that all […]

08Apr

Something to Declare: Legalized Cannabis Leads to Fewer Border Interceptions

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data Nationally, reported interceptions of cannabis by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been falling dramatically throughout recent years, from 2.53 million pounds in 2011, to 861,231 pounds in 2017 -- a 66% decrease. That dramatic decline mirrors the increase in domestic cannabis production as more […]

01Apr

Suddenly, A Season for Industrial Hemp to Spring Forward

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data Last year, cannabis-industry attorney Bob Hoban told us how he saw “the hemp industry taking huge, huge, huge steps forward. I’ve always seen and still maintain that the hemp industry is going to dwarf the marijuana industry by a long, long, long shot. The hemp industry worldwide […]

17Mar

WHO Research About CBDs: They Are A-OK

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: The World Health Organization (WHO) essentially called out the rationale behind the U.S. federal government’s listing cannabis as a Schedule I controlled substance. Newly published findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the medicinal benefits of cannabidiol (CBD) fall in direct […]

17Mar

Where Do Things Look to Stand with the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment?

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: As Congress keeps kicking continuing budget resolutions down the calendar, there remain steps for operators to toward self-protection. In what has become a de facto annual event on Capitol Hill (where a version was first proposed in 2001, finally passed in 2014, […]

21Jan

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer: What Are The Stakes – Revisited

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data In what has become a de facto annual event on Capitol Hill (where a version was first proposed in 2001, finally passed in 2014, and renewed each fiscal year since), the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment was again blowing in the wind for the past week amid all the […]

14Jan

WHO to DOJ, re: CBD: It’s All (Medicinally) Good

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data Newly published findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the medicinal benefits of cannabidiol (CBD) fall in direct opposition to the stance of the U.S. federal government’s keeping it listed as a Schedule I controlled substance. Publishing recent findings which directly contradict both the established […]

11Jun

Top Performing Sectors that Touch the Plant

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Among Business That Touch the Plant, Biotech and Pharma Stocks Lead Cannabis Investment Growth In 2016, investment in cannabis businesses that touched the plant grew 306% year over year. That compares to the 161% growth seen in the ancillary market (i.e. businesses that do not touch the plant). Investment in cannabis biotech and pharma companies […]

26May

Proposed Federal Excise Tax Could Squeeze Legal Cannabis Sales

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Proposed Federal Excise Tax Could Squeeze Legal Cannabis Sales In March, H.R.1823 - Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and in the Senate by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). The bill, […]

19Mar

A Month Before 4/20, the 411 on Legislative Efforts

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data After a week in which U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged the validity of the Cole memo, it seems a worthwhile time to review where things stand on the national policy front. On three occasions last week, Sessions expressed his personal opposition to legalization, and even his […]