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IRS: Marijuana cash transactions aren’t automatically suspicious

Large cash transactions by marijuana businesses should not automatically be reported as suspicious, according to new IRS guidance.

News March 19
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DEA confirms it is reviewing marijuana rescheduling recommendation

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is currently "conducting its review" of an earlier recommendation that the agency reschedule…

News January 4
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US House bill would would grant marijuana companies federal tax relief

State-legal marijuana businesses would enjoy long-requested federal tax relief under a bill introduced Monday in the U.S. House…

News April 17
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Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to deschedule marijuana

On the heels of failed cannabis banking reform, a bipartisan group of 24 federal lawmakers asked President Joe…

News December 22
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Bipartisan lawmakers offer federal bill to break medical marijuana research logjam

A bipartisan group of U.S. congressional lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday to accelerate medical cannabis research, a step…

News July 17
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State-legal marijuana program protections head to full US House

A key legislative panel advanced an amendment to the full House for consideration that would protect all state-legal cannabis…

News June 19
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Congressional measure offered to shield all state-legal cannabis programs

An amendment that would protect all state-legal cannabis programs from interference by the U.S. Justice Department was submitted…

News June 17
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A powerful ally of the marijuana industry: Q&A With Congressman Earl Blumenauer

By John Schroyer Earl Blumenauer is an Oregon congressman. Yet he’s traveled to places such as Maine to…

News August 2
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Congressman Predicts Feds Will Allow States to Set Cannabis Laws

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, one of the marijuana industry’s biggest allies in Congress, predicted on Thursday that the…

News August 21
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