Guest post by Steve Owens, CEO of Adherence Compliance As California evolves from a largely unregulated market to a state- and local-regulated medical marijuana framework, it should prove to...

Guest post by Sean McAllister The Colorado General Assembly ended its legislative session last Wednesday, May 11. Several exciting new bills concerning marijuana passed both houses and have been...

Guest post by Nick Kovacevich, CEO of Kush Bottles It is now official: A measure to legalize adult-use or “recreational” cannabis will be on the ballot this November in...

Guest post by Nicole van Rensburg, Partner at Midwest Compassion Center in Romeoville, Illinois The Illinois medical cannabis market, undoubtedly, has been off to a slow start. Nearly 2...

The Denver City Council met again last night to discuss the future of marijuana in Denver. Councilwoman Robin Kniech’s proposal, including a few amendments, passed its first reading last...

Brenda Hamilton, Securities Attorney Hamilton & Associates Law Group, P.A. When Shorts Hit Cannabis Stocks When a public stock’s price declines, it has become common practice for penny stock...

Note:  New Cannabis Ventures recently published “The Flawed $6 Billion Cannabis Industry Energy Consumption Figure Debate” that discussed how a recent report by New Frontier had potentially precipitated some misunderstandings about...

Robert T. Hoban, Esq. Hoban & Feola, LLC (www.HobanandFeola.com) Guest Post – CBD:  Is There a Chill in the Air (Marketplace)?* Cannabidiol (CBD), which is one of many non-psychoactive substances...

Guest Post: Recreational Market Could Be Dwarfed By Health & Wellness HelloMD just released one of the most comprehensive medical marijuana patient studies conducted to date, with over 1,400...

This article marks the end of this series’ emphasis on income tax. After introducing section 280E’s confiscatory effect, identifying the need for cannabis enterprise to maximize cost of goods...

I finished Part 2 of this series emphasizing section 280E’s principle force. Section 280E does not universally bar illegal commercial enterprises from deducting necessary and ordinary business expenses. Rather,...

Last week I introduced the conflict between federal income tax law and state-sanctioned cannabis enterprises here and here. In brief, the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) section 280E proscribes state-sanctioned...

Mike Parnes, Attorney at Barth Daly LLP With the recent legalization of recreational cannabis sales in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, the writing is on the wall for the...