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While a few states' efforts to move ahead with voter referendums on legalizing cannabis have been stalled or frustrated by the global pandemic, at least six states will be voting on some form of legalization of cannabis this year. As of now, Arizona, South Dakota,...
In the classic 1969 novel Slaughterhouse Five, whenever death arrives, author Kurt Vonnegut's somewhat tortured Billy Pilgrim shrugs and says, "So it goes." The phrase is actually repeated over 100 times in the book. It is not meant to be flip, as the time-traveling character knows...
As the seasons zip by during this surreal time, we hope all are staying safe and sane, especially in states most effected currently such as California, Texas and Florida. Here in New York the hard work seems to have paid off for now, with very...
In our last entry all the way back on June 14, we noted that "a number of states are again witnessing spikes," which now seems like quite the understatement. COVID-19 is steamrolling exponentially through a number of states, mostly in the South and West, and...
As my faithful blogees may have noticed, I did not post an update last week. Why? Because business is getting busy! Plus, I think moving to every other week as we transition into the next phase of dealing with the pandemic makes sense. Since our...
Greetings fellow admirers of the power of Madre Natura. We are here with the lucky 13th installment of our blog series focused on the impact that COVID-19 has had on the cannabis and hemp industries. Many are showing fatigue and frustration with the length of...
As we zoom (pun intended) through another week, welcome to the latest edition of our blog series focused exclusively on the impact that COVID-19 has had on the cannabis and hemp industries. I pray for the day that I can provide you the last edition when...
The sun is shining, folks are figuring out what socially distant Memorial Day will look like (burgers and masks?), and many states are beginning to reopen while at the same time the COVID-19 death numbers continue to rise. It remains a very uncertain time for...
How the world has changed since March 18 when the first of these updates was published. New York was still open for business (though my firm's office had closed), a scary 14,200 people had tested positive in the U.S. and at least 187 had died....