Republican Congressman Tom Garrett this week introduced a bill that would decriminalize marijuana and remove it from the list of controlled substances as a "Schedule I drug." The bill is called the “Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017.” With Garrett as sponsor is Democrat Rep....
According to this piece in the Fresh Toast, America's four largest banks have been actively opening accounts for medical marijuana dispensaries. The article mentions a study done by MRB Monitor, which found that in Massachusetts alone, more than a third of those applying to get...
A number of liberal groups filed a lawsuit today to challenge Pres. Trump's January 30 executive order that for every new regulation an agency must eliminate two old regulations. The lawsuit says it requires agencies to be "arbitrary," which they would not be allowed to...
The old gray lady, The New York Times, wrote an editorial last week encouraging the Trump Administration to significantly expand the opportunity for US researchers to grow and study cannabis. It reminded me a bit of the 2013 Sanjay Gupta MD special on cannabis on CNN....
At his confirmation hearing to become the next US Attorney General yesterday, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions seemed to soften his previous extreme views against legalization of cannabis. As we know, recently Sessions said things like "Good people don't smoke marijuana" and it is "not the...
As expected, in one of his final acts in office a few weeks ago, Pres. Obama signed the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 into law. This bill had pretty wide bipartisan support in Congress. Like most good ideas, it's pretty simple. It sets...
I was honored Thursday to speak on a panel at the SEC's annual small business capital formation forum. I also co-moderated a breakout session developing recommendations to improve regulation of smaller reporting companies. My talk on the panel provided an update on Regulation A+ and...
Somewhat lost in the shock of President-elect Trump's win yesterday was some great success in 8 states voting on medical or recreational cannabis legalization. Only Arizona turned down their proposition on recreational pot. But Massachusetts, California and Nevada all approved allowing recreational use by adults....
I know too many people battling lyme disease. It is a misunderstood and wrongly made fun of illness. It generally comes from bad tick bites. If you treat it quickly with antibiotics it goes away. If you don't you can face a lifetime of challenges....
I have now had a chance to read the 23-page, very well-written, clear and concise DC Circuit court opinion on the Reg A+ challenge brought by two states. The ruling started with a brief history of securities law, how it started with the states but...