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Helpful, or Yet Another Hurdle?

Many industry experts agree President Joe Biden’s three-step cannabis reform plan was historic and removing the plant from the list of Controlled Substances would be ideal. But a rescheduling could make things more complex—or even a 'disaster'—for state-legal markets.

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Michelle Simakis
December 23, 2022

Cannabis Business Times Editor Theresa Bennett, Senior Editor Zach Mentz, Associate Editor Andriana Ruscitto, and Managing Editor Patrick Williams contributed to this report, which was originally published online Oct. 26, 2022. Read the original, extended version here. 

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