Despite its newly-legal status in California, cannabis remains a topic that runs long on controversy. Legal to some degree in 29 states and the District of Columbia, cannabis is nonetheless illegal at the federal level, and its industry generates vast sums of cash that cannot be legally banked.
Depending on perspective, it is a mild intoxicant with real medical applications or a dangerous Schedule-1 narcotic. Its legal production and operational costs are expressly forbidden as deductions by IRS code 280e, the only commercial enterprise singled out in federal tax code this way.
To say that everyone in America has not yet made up their mind about cannabis is to state the obvious. And in the crosshairs of this indecision are entrepreneurs like Jon Early. Read More…
The Story Part 7: No Place for Hate in the Industry
Racism finds its spots in all walks of life. One might like to believe that it's a bit less prevalent in cannabis. Is there room for hate in the practice of healing? This is the 7th installment of our very complicated tale of access in the city of Sonoma. There should...
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