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by Green Life Business Group®, Inc. Winning a cannabis license can feel like the hardest part: months (sometimes years) of applications, capital outlays, community positioning, and regulatory scrutiny distilled into a single approval. In limited-license states, that approval is scarce by design. It carries value the moment it’s issued. But a license is not yet …
A 50 year timeline of successful California NORML campaigns, showing our progress expanding and protecting the rights of California cannabis consumers since 1972.
By Thomas Andersen, BTA Cannabis CPA Tax The new tariffs have undoubtedly hurt the cannabis industry when it comes to manufacturing, packaging materials, and finished goods. However, as Q3 unfolds, we’re also seeing how tariffs have, perhaps surprisingly, been beneficial to other aspects of the cannabis industry — namely, the infused-beverage sector. Other developments include …
By Kate Dymedenko, CPA, CTC Growise CPAs Section 280E of the federal tax code looms over American cannabis operators like a dark cloud, severely impacting profitability in an already challenged regulatory landscape. But we’re not here to tell you about things you already know. You might not be aware that 280E does not apply at …
Read more about Lobby Day 2025 BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY! See Links below or email us. California NORML and ASA (Americans for Safe Access) are pleased to announce Citizen Lobby Day, taking place March 24, 2025 in Sacramento, CA. Our members and coalition partners will host a lobby day and training in support of state legislation …
C.D. Michel, Michel & Associates, P.C. INTRODUCTION In our 2021 article for California NORML, we discussed how federal gun laws intersect with California’s and other states legalization of recreational marijuana use. In that article, we examined Ninth Circuit authority holding that federal law makes it illegal for all marijuana users to possess a firearm. Since then Second Amendment …
Learn how you can help sustain Cal NORML’s essential advocacy and lobbying efforts in the coming years, while providing a helpful needed service to your customers that will boost your sales. California NORML is excited to announce a new partnership with Banking and Merchant Specialist, Ian Rassman of Rassman Payments. This new collaboration will benefit …
View and Download this information as a Fact Sheet Download a Fact Sheet for Employers Starting on January 1, 2024, most Californians are protected by a Cal NORML-sponsored bill (AB 2188 – GC 12954) which states that employers may not refuse to hire, fire, or penalize an employee based on the results of hair or urine …
Ron Naulls, Naulls Legal Group There are clear signs that the macroeconomic environment is causing some financial tightening across the board, and the cannabis industry is not immune. The uncertain times and challenging environment (i.e., lack of access to capital, taxation, regulation/compliance, the illicit market, inflation, and other macroeconomic issues like geopolitical tensions) add to …