Some cannabis firms see ‘disaster’ in federal legalization

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Cannabis entrepreneurs spent decades longing for Washington’s blessing — but now a vocal corner of the industry is afraid federal marijuana legalization poses an existential threat

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown his weight behind cannabis decriminalization, producing a draft bill this summer that would regulate a nationwide industry and force siloed state markets to interact with each other. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown his weight behind cannabis decriminalization, producing a draft bill this summer that would regulate a nationwide industry and force siloed state markets to interact with each other. Tearing down those walls would open up new business opportunities and unlock more traditional banking tools for an industry that has long been forced to primarily use cash.

And since interstate commerce is overseen by the feds, each market has developed to sustain every aspect of growth, production, distribution and sale because goods can’t cross state lines. Cannabis is being cultivated in states where it does not naturally grow well or cheaply, rather than importing it from places where it flourishes, such as California and Oregon.

Unruh believes large-scale cultivators will flock to states with cheap energy, looser labor and environmental standards, lower taxes and fees, and good outdoor growing conditions. Then they will export their cheap, mass-produced cannabis to the rest of the country. “Some people are wanting to keep [the state’s industry] small, organic, mom and pop businesses. Which is nice, but it's not reality,” said Eisenberg. “When we do open up, there won't be any big players here. It'll be big players from other places — like, God forbid, Portland — coming in and just buying us up.”dormant commerce clause

Worry about federal legalization is not ubiquitous. Chris Fevry is the co-founder of Your Green Package, a majority minority-owned Massachusetts-based delivery service. He says he is more concerned about growers he knows in the industry than his own business.

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By the time legalization comes to my region (if it ever will…cue the banjos), the big players in the current legal states will be so massive any small time operator from here will be crushed out the gate.

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whatever happened to cannabis co-ops?

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natsfert Thanks for your attempt to be balanced, but I must note there is an integral party you did not consult - consumers. It is consumers who worked for decades to re-legalize marijuana. We always knew that once we succeeded, the big money would enter. That's just a sign of success.

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Legalize marijuana - end the oppression...

Cops can’t get it for free?

These wasps and hornets have something to hide.

Poor poor fellows. The entrepreneurs who preceded them spent decades trying to get out of federal prison.

Is it prisons? I bet it's prisons.

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