Politics & Policy

Cannabis Was the Clear-Cut Winner of Election Night

Cannabis Was the Clear-Cut Winner of Election Night November 4, 2020 | Benjamin M. Adams Cannabis was the clear winner of the 2020 election—with nearly every cannabis bill being approved by Read More

Feds Say Cannabis Employees are ‘Agricultural Laborers,’ May Unionize Under State Law

Feds Say Cannabis Employees are ‘Agricultural Laborers,’ May Unionize Under State Law Oct 30th | TG Branfalt The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for Region 1 –Read More

Black pot entrepreneurs fight for piece of Washington’s very white marijuana industry

Black pot entrepreneurs fight for piece of Washington’s very white marijuana industry Melissa Santos | February 13, 2020 Dedrick Hairston once dreamed of making fresh-baked cinnamon rolls infused with weed.Read More

Why Trump doesn’t want cannabis on the ballot

Why Trump doesn’t want cannabis on the ballot David Bienenstock | October 6, 2020 Say what you will of Donald Trump, nobody has ever accused the man of being shy.Read More

Seattle Area May Shift Cannabis Funds from Sheriff’s Office

Seattle Area May Shift Cannabis Funds from Sheriff’s Office Sep 25th | TG Branfa The King County, Washington City Council is considering shifting cannabis-derived funds from the county Sheriff’s Office and instead using Read More

Marijuana Decriminalization, Record Expungement Now Top Priority For Biden-Harris

Marijuana Decriminalization, Record Expungement Now Top Priority For Biden-Harris Brendan Bures | September 12, 2020 Comments from a top Biden-Harris aide show how the Democratic presidential ticket has prioritized cannabis Read More

Nancy Pelosi Calls Cannabis ‘A Therapy That Has Proven Successful’ During Pandemic

Nancy Pelosi Calls Cannabis ‘A Therapy That Has Proven Successful’ During Pandemic Brendan Bures | July 31, 2020 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi defended the decision to include cannabis Read More

The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use

The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use Edward-Isaac Dovere | July 6, 2020 Democratic political consultants dream of issues like marijuana legalization. Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor of it,Read More

Marijuana dispensaries deemed ‘essential’ but ineligible for federal stimulus

Marijuana dispensaries deemed ‘essential’ but ineligible for federal stimulus Beatrice Peterson | April 11, 2020 As grocery stores and pharmacies struggled to keep toilet paper and hand sanitizer on the Read More

Washington state to allow social equity applicants exclusive access to revoked cannabis licenses

Washington state to allow social equity applicants exclusive access to revoked cannabis licenses March 11, 2020 | Nick Thomas Social equity applicants for marijuana businesses in Washington state will be Read More