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CCMA Greenbrief July 6: Gov. Brown Fills Crucial Postitions To Help Regulate CA’s Pot Industry…A New Push For CA’s Cannabis Banking System…Illegal Dispensaries Thrive As Licensed Shops Are Undercut From July 1st…

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, July 6, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senator Bob Hertzberg’s Bill Will Establish A Framework For Cannabusinesses To Legally Bank With State-Licensed Financial Institutions “The status quo for our growing legal cannabis industry is unsustainable. It’s not only impractical from an accounting ...
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CCMA Greenbrief July 5: Cannabusinesses Struggle to Meet CA’s Testing Requirements… OR Cannabis Prices Continue to Drop Due to Over-Saturated Market… Study Says CA Cannabis Industry Lost $400M Due to Non Compliant Product on July 1 Deadline…

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, July 5, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Argued That Legal Hemp Will Become A Useful Industrial Crop For His Home State Of Kentucky “Many of the labs don’t have the level of sophistication or proper equipment that’s required to test to a 10-percent ...
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CCMA Greenbrief July 3: CA Dispensaries Struggle to Stock July 1 Compliant Products…CalGrowers Sue The State Over Stackable Licenses…Los Angeles to License Cultivators & Manufacturers August 1…

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, July 3, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org The CalGrowers Association Is Suing California’s Department of Food and Agriculture Over A Loophole That Favors Big Business Cultivation “We issued our emergency regulations back in November, and at that time we were pretty clear about the fact that there would ...
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CCMA Greenbrief July 2: Non-Compliant Cannabis Must Now Be Destroyed In CA…CA Fears High Pricing & Scarcity Of Licensed Shops…Senator McConnell Pushes 2018 Farm Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp…

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, July 2, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Has Been Pushing For Hemp Legalization “Prices will shoot through the roof if there’s a shortage. People have already been riding a roller coaster, seeing prices escalate, then bottom out, followed by flash sales, or taxes ...
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CCMA Greenbrief June 29: U.S. Senate Votes To Legalize Hemp Farming…Democratic Leader Introduces Bill To Remove Cannabis From DEA List…CA Cannabusinesses Worry Over “Extinction Event” As July 1st Deadline Looms…

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, June 28, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senator Chuck Schumer Hopes To See The Decriminalization Of Marijuana With New Bill “The new Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act is about giving states the freedom to be the laboratories that they should be and giving Americans – especially women and minority ...
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CCMA Greenbrief June 27: Federal Cannabis Banking Solution Stalls In Committee…CBD Medication Could Pave The Way For Future Medications…U.S. Enjoys Highest Market Share For Cannabis In The World…

CCMA Political greenBrief Wednesday, June 27, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Justin Gover, CEO Of GW Pharmaceuticals, Hopes To See Cannabis Advance In Future Medicines “The inability for a small-time cannabis entrepreneur to get a traditional business loan means that they’re at a distinct disadvantage to the wealthy and ...
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CCMA Greenbrief June 26: CBD Derived Epilepsy Drug Approved By FDA…Small CA Pot Growers Struggling, Worried About Loopholes…CA Examines Criminal Resentencing & Stoned Driving…

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, June 26, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb States New CBD Derived Drug Has Been Approved  “We have gotten outside jobs in order to make this small farm stay alive. Because with what we’re currently getting on the marketplace and with coming into compliance and everything, ...
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CCMA Greenbrief June 25: CA Cannabis Industry Seeing Big Business Take Over Market…NorCal Cannabis Community Seeing Light After Wildfire Devastation…STATES Act Seeing No Signs Of Advancement…

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, June 25, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Lori Ajax, Chief Of The Bureau Of Cannabis Control, Sits On A Panel At Meadowlands Cannabis Event To Discuss CA’s New Regulations “Right now what we need to be doing, especially with the folks that have come into the system, is working on compliance, working on ...
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CCMA Greenbrief June 22: Smaller Cannabusinesses Getting Squeezed As Cannabis Industry Grows…What Cannabis Dispensaries Should Know About Prop. 65…Poll Shows More Support For Legalization Across All Parties…

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, June 22, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org New Poll Shows More Americans Showing Support For Cannabis Legalization “We need to do everything in our power to assist and incentivize business to move from the black and gray market to the regulated market. And we need to do it this year — because people make ...
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