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the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update - October 2024

Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. In this pre-election edition...more

the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update - September 2024

Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. This month's highlights include:...more

the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update | August 2024

Welcome to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. This month's highlights...more

the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update - July 2024

Welcome to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. - This month's highlights include: ...more

DEA Agrees to Reclassify Cannabis, But Many Questions Remain

The DEA announced on Tuesday it will accept the Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) recommendation to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.  This move will have a...more

Mitigating Risk: Should Cannabis Businesses Withdraw ERC Claims?

The IRS has recently made two significant announcements regarding Employee Retention Credit or “ERC” claims. First, on September 14th, 2023, the IRS announced an immediate moratorium on the processing of ERC claims through...more

Why Bankruptcy Is A Budding Alternative For Cannabis Cos.

Bankruptcy can be a remarkable tool for rehabilitating a struggling business, preserving jobs and going-concern value, and liquidating the assets of an insolvent company. The drafters of this country's bankruptcy laws...more

Is Reclassifying Marijuana as a Schedule III Drug the Right Move?

Based on a news report from Bloomberg earlier this morning, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that marijuana be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under...more

Publicly Traded Cannabis Companies: To Be or Not To Be?

The cannabis industry is in distress. Despite continued market expansion and the increasing number of states legalizing adult use, business owners still grapple with lingering supply-chain issues from the pandemic, an...more

Colorado's Proposition 122: Too soon for the mushroom boom?

In November 2022, Colorado passed Proposition 122 (Prop 122), arguably one of the nation's first "legalize and regulate" natural psychedelic medicine laws, and people are already filled with romantic images of magic mushroom...more

Finally, Good News from the IRS: Cannabis Operators Could Be Eligible for the Qualified Business Income Deduction

If you didn’t attend the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation meeting last week, you may have missed that IRS Counsel confirmed they will not automatically challenge a Section 199A qualified business income...more

Viva Las Lounges: No, You Still Can't Consume MJ Like Alcohol in Vegas

The State of Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board is set to open the application window for licensing marijuana consumption lounges across the state on October 14. The application window will only be open for 10 business days...more

The Great Delta-8 Debate: Many Shades of Grey?

Confused by the legal status of Delta-8? Why wouldn’t you be?… it is confusing. Delta-8 is a legally complicated derivative of the Cannabis Sativa plant. As the FDA acknowledges, “Delta-8 THC is one of over 100 cannabinoids...more

IRS Cannabis/Marijuana Initiative May Signal Increased Tax Scrutiny

Today the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it is launching a new Cannabis/Marijuana Initiative. The purported goal of this initiative is to “implement a strategy to increase voluntary compliance with the tax law...more

What Colorado Cannabis Businesses Need to Know—Changes in 2022

Colorado’s 2021 legislative session included numerous changes to the state’s cannabis laws. Here is what your Colorado cannabis business needs to know. HB 21-1317 Regulating Marijuana Concentrates - Changes to...more

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