Kevin Harden Served 14 Years of a 30-Year Marijuana Sentence. On September 3, Trump Sent Him Home.
A commutation, a letter from Mike Tyson, and a co-defendant freed five years earlier. Roughly 3,000 people are still in federal prison on marijuana trafficking convictions that rescheduling will not touch.
$10 Billion in Sales, $3.83 a Gram: Massachusetts Heads to a Repeal Vote With Its Growers Broke
The state crossed the milestone on September 5, seven months after the last one. Thirty-one licensees were in receivership by April, and the campaign to abolish the market has banked $3.18 million from a single Virginia nonprofit before the November 3 vote.
A Drug-Testing Trade Group Tried to Undo Schedule III. On September 9, Three Judges Said No.
The D.C. Circuit left medical cannabis in Schedule III and, in the same order, barred a Pittsburgh grower and an Iowa producer from joining the case to defend it. Briefing proposals are due within 30 days.
Josh Turek Calls for Legal, Taxed Cannabis in Iowa’s U.S. Senate Race
His opponent, Ashley Hinson, voted against federal legalization but backed banking reform. As Iowa expands its medical program, the race reveals three different paths for cannabis businesses, and no single promise that delivers them all.
GAO Finds Cannabis Banking’s Gap: An Account Doesn’t Mean Full Access
Federal investigators heard from 74 financial institutions and 51 cannabis businesses. Their report describes costly accounts, restricted credit and fragile payment services, while warning that its roughly 1,000 reporting institutions are not a directory of banks accepting dispensaries.