Joanne Cachapero
Congress Postpones MORE Act Vote That Would Decriminalize Cannabis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 (MORE Act) was scheduled for a floor vote in the House the...
Cannabis and Coronavirus: As Multiple Crises Hit the U.S., Cannabis Remains Resilient
NATIONWIDE – As summer turns to autumn, the U.S. is confronting natural disasters and crisis on several fronts, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19...
IRS Publishes Tax Information for the Cannabis Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted an online resource page for the legal cannabis industry. The action comes after the...
Legislators Introduce Bill to Allow CBD in Dietary Supplements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) on September 4 introduced the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and...
CDFA Kicks off California Cannabis Promotional Campaign
SACRAMENTO – Got cannabis? The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) launched its “This is California Cannabis” promotional campaign, offering educational resources and...
House Set to Vote on Federal Marijuana Decriminalization
WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. House this September will vote on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019, or MORE Act, which...
6 CBD Products to Combat Back to School Stress amid COVID-19
Are we having fun yet? If you said “no,” you’re not alone. Anxiety is a perfectly normal reaction after months of pandemic protocols—and for...
Border Patrol Agents Find More than 5K Pounds of Cannabis
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border patrol agents from the Laredo North Border Patrol Station in Laredo, Texas, seized more than 5,350 pounds of cannabis,...
Cannabis and Coronavirus: Surviving the Strange Summer
NATIONWIDE – Politics, protests, and natural disasters threatened to take the spotlight off the continuing COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., where infection and death...
DEA Interim Final Rule Sparks Concern Over Hemp, CBD Product Manufacturing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) regarding provisions implemented by the 2018 Farm Act and,...
