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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 17, 2016Contact: Taylor West, Deputy Director(888) 683-5650 -- [email protected] NCIA Hosts the 3nd Annual Cannabis Business Summit in Oakland, CA: June 20-22  The most influential marijuana business event in the industry returns, featuring CA Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Numi Tea CEO Ahmed Rahim, industry leaders,…

New York, NY – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will deliver a noon keynote address on the first day of the National Cannabis Industry Association's Fall Cannabis Business Summit, taking place in New York City, Sept. 21-23. The Summit is expected to draw hundreds of cannabis industry professionals from around the country to take part in discussions…

Recently, the Fourth Corner Credit Union has made headlines by promising to be the first of its kind institution to serve the cannabis industry exclusively and provide the very types of banking services businesses sorely need. We here at the Cannabis Business Summit recently caught up with Colorado’s Director of Marijuana Coordination and Cannabis Business…

There are many challenges confronting the cannabis industry -- lack of banking access, unfair taxation, burdensome regulations --  but one issue that isn't getting talked about is the threat litigation poses to marijuana businesses big and small. At a recent panel titled “Preparing for the Regulatory Future of Infused Products in America,” Hilary Bricken,…

In the wake of the November elections, the cannabis industry is taking stock of legalization and regulatory efforts across the U.S. There is hope of more ballot success in 2016, and in Arizona, the state legislature has found that legal marijuana could lead to as much as $48 million in new tax revenue. But there’s also the reality of a fractured regulatory…