The Business of Cannabis

American Bar Association Calls for Marijuana Banking Access

The American Bar Association (ABA) has adopted a resolution urging for the passage of federal legislation facilitating banks and other financial institutions to legally interact with licensed cannabis businesses. The resolution calls for the “enactment...

USDA Drops DEA Hemp Testing Requirement

Federal agriculture officials will delay the requirement that all THC testing on hemp crops must be performed at laboratories registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. And food and drug regulators say it’s a “fool’s errand” to get people to stop taking...

Hemp Houses Are Being 3D-Printed in Australia

The carbon-neutral homes will take only weeks to construct and will store massive amounts of CO2 in their walls. The company, Mirreco, hopes their 3D-printed hemp polymer panels will become the material of choice for residential and commercial builders around the...

Twelve States That Could Legalize Cannabis Sales in 2020

Up to a dozen states could legalize adult-use or medical marijuana in 2020 through their legislatures or ballot measures, although only about a handful will likely do so. Much of the cannabis industry’s focus will home in on a possible recreational marijuana...