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Latest Effort to Open Banking to Marijuana Businesses Sputters Out

One of the biggest challenges of running a legitimate marijuana dispensary or business is the lack of access to banking services. Because of federal laws that still consider marijuana an illegal, Schedule I narcotic with no medicinal value, banks have been reticent to extend services to any operation that is…

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Legal Marijuana = Fewer Opioid Prescriptions, Addictions and Deaths

As if you needed another reason to support the availability of legal marijuana, here’s another one: Legal marijuana means there are fewer reports of public health problems associated with prescription opioid use.  A new study published recently in the journal Health Affairs reveals that in states where medical marijuana is…

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