Forget The DEA And DOJ: When Cannabis Legalization Happens, These Are The Feds To Worry About

Bring up federal cannabis legalization in a room full of licensed operators and watch the vibes shift. The conversation stops being about survival and starts sounding like a plan for a better future.

The subtext is always the same: get to federal legalization, via a bill such as the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act reintroduced earlier this month, and everyone finally catches a big break. But I’ve been working inside this industry long enough to say plainly that the hard part hasn’t started yet.

National cannabis legalization like Canada’s will expose how many state-licensed businesses were never built to withstand real scrutiny. Operators treating regulatory complexities – conflicting state laws, tax woes, and other familiar complaints – as a temporary condition are going to find that legalization doesn’t reduce the compliance burden.

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