Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Pasadena Service Federal Credit Union and StandardC will form a social equity program to help underserved cannabis companies gain fair access to banking and financial services. Despite delays on the part of the U.S. Congress to pass cannabis banking reforms and broader legislation for...

Federal cases involving marijuana dropped to less than 1,000 in 2021, with 996 people charged for trafficking, NORML reported. According to an analysis from the federal U.S. Sentencing Commission (USCC), they accounted for less than 6% of those charged with violating federal drug laws...

US Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, in a piece he wrote for the Huff Post talked about why the US justice system treats the country’s most marginalized groups in society very differently - even for nonviolent drug offenses. “I can still remember the basement of the...

The Biden administration was never expected to be an eager leader in the cannabis reform movement. However, with over 90% of Americans believing that pot should be legal for medical use and 60% supporting recreational use, it is fair to ask when or if the Biden administration will take action on...

On Wednesday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and colleagues will finally release a discussion draft of the long-awaited bill to federally legalize cannabis. Sen. Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Sen....