As cannabis advocates the world over celebrate Canada’s progressive march towards marijuana legalization, industry insiders in the U.S. continue to lament the missed opportunity befallen them by the country’s strict prohibition policy.
“Also, a funny story that takes a half-hour to tell so I won't tell it other than to say I attracted a cease and desist letter from the US Secret Service for stamping "I Grew Hemp" on all of the dollar bills coming out of George Washington's mouth,” recalled Joy Beckerman about her early days as an advocate for hemp.
Before the recent uptick, the marijuana stock market ran quite cold over the first half of 2018, the result of a mixed bag of circumstance. Investors blamed everything from a market correction to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ rescinding of the Cole Memo...
Basketball players are trained to watch the clock. The 24-second shot clock. Three seconds to guard an opponent. Eight seconds to move the ball towards the opposition.
In early July the New York State Department of Financial Services issued a memo giving guidance to banking institutions hesitant to provide financial services to the medical marijuana industry.
