CCMA Greenbrief April 19: CA Cannabis Banking Bill Passes First Obstacle… High Taxes Still Impeding The Legal Cannabis Market… Cities Brace for 420 Celebrations…

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, April 19, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org ​ Senator Bob Hertzberg, Author Of SB 930 To Create A State Charter For Privately Financed Banks. “We’re not trying to exaggerate how bad it is, but we’ve definitely realized just how much of the market is not being served by legally licensed outlets. We’re seeing ...
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CCMA Greenbrief November 7: EPA Denies Requests from States to Allow Pesticides for Use on Cannabis… Cannabis Industry Suffered More Than $3.3 Billion in Damages from The CA Fires… New Insurance Lines Designed to Help Cannabis Industry…

  Political greenBrief Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Donnie Anderson, a Los Angeles pot retailer   “When you add to that high tax rates, you increase the number of reasons why someone might not be able to become regulated.” Nicole Howell Neubert, A Marijuana Industry Lawyer   “It’s important for local jurisdictions to do what they […]
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CCMA Greenbrief October 25: Napa Land-Use Authorities to Decide on Cannabis Sales… Kern County Banned Commercial Cannabis Tuesday… Palm Springs Seeks to Expand Cannabis Tax Revenue…

  Political greenBrief Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Jim Camper, the owner of Organic Solution of the Desert in Palm Springs, inside the dispensary’s marijuana grow room “We’ve lost millions of dollars of product for sure, and we have no insurance.” Ned Fussell, CEO Of CannaCraft   “Cannabis businesses face insurance ...
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CCMA Greenbrief October 10: Santa Monica Approves 2 Medical Dispensaries… CA Cannabis Industry Waits On Distribution and Transport Regulations… DEA Destroyed 5M Cannabis Plants In 2016…

​Political greenBrief Tuesday, October 10, 2017 ​Harborside operates dispensaries in Oakland and San Jose and has more than 200,000 registered cannabis patients “It’s neither rational nor fair for the state to legalize marijuana and then make it nearly impossible for people to use it without running afoul of the law.” The Los Angeles Editorial ...
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