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\n<\/span>A new federal marijuana banking report from the Government Accountability Office shows that \u201cobtaining and maintaining financial services remain difficult\u201d for many cannabis businesses<\/span><\/a>\u2014though there is \u201cno indication\u201d any bank has ever been penalized solely for working with the marijuana industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told Marijuana Moment he thinks cannabis is a \u201cgateway drug\u201d that \u201ccauses other problems down the road\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u2014largely sidestepping a question about his home state of Louisiana having among the highest number of marijuana arrests in the U.S.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A new NORML analysis of FBI data shows that more than half of all drug arrests were for marijuana<\/span><\/a> in several states across the U.S. last year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Upstate Elevator\u2019s Dylan Raap\u2014who operates separate companies in both the regulated marijuana and hemp industries<\/span><\/a>\u2014argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that Congress should take the chance to regulate THC products.<\/span><\/p>\n