CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, June 7, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senator Ron Wyden Celebrates Hemp History Week By Bringing It To The Senate Floor “This is an approach that allows the states to move forward. If a state like Oklahoma or Kansas or Nebraska chooses for themselves not to do this, they do not have to. The federal […]

CCMA Political greenBrief Wednesday, June 6, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Study Suggests Your Favorite Cannabis Strains Could Be Mislabeled “Without verification systems in place, there is the potential for misidentification and mislabeling of plants, creating names for plants of unknown origin, and even re-naming or re-labeling plants ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, June 5, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org How CA’s Candidates Feel About Cannabis In The Upcoming Primary  “I’m a fan of voting whenever you get the opportunity and certainly in a big election like this. We’ve sort of seen cannabis become front and center in politics.” Linsdsay Robinson, ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, June 4, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Cannabis & Adolescents: What California Can Do To Postpone Underage Use “Those scare-tactic-based programs have tended to quite clearly not work, based on most of the research that evaluated its effectiveness. Today there is an entirely different mindset ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, June 1, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org California Is Launching The World’s First Cannabis Bank “The status quo for our growing legal cannabis industry is unsustainable. It’s not only impractical from an accounting perspective, but it also presents a tremendous public safety problem. This bill takes a ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, May 31, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Crackdown On Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers Begins In Los Angeles County “Businesses that flout the City’s new cannabis law will be held accountable. I urge all property owners and marijuana businesses to follow the law and work with my office and the ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, May 29, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Half Moon Bay Farmers Pushing For Cannabis Clone Cultivation “Our ancestors all came to this country as peddlers and then it changed into the larger scale agriculture. Then all of a sudden we’re peddlers again. There’s an opportunity to now legally to grow ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, May 28, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Assemlymember Tom Lackey Is Still Trying To Fight For Cuts In State Excise Taxes After His Bill Is Ditched By The Assembly “It’s a win for the illegal market, so of course I’m not happy about that. Until we bring the price difference between legal and illegal markets ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, May 25, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) Wants To Urge Gov. Brown To Go After Unlicensed Cannabis Businesses “The North Coast is the heart of California’s cannabis country, which means we also have the lion’s share of the challenges related to the black market. While the state has ...

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, May 24, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org How CA’s Tax Rates Compare  “There are unregulated growers who are doing tremendous environmental damage. There are unregulated retailers that are selling unsafe products or products that are laced with other substances. It’s a mess out there. And ...