“Beau, this here is Alaskan Thunder Fuck and this girl is Maui Wowie” boasted my Dad when wheeling his plants out into Rocky Mountain sun. He had converted his drywall scaffolding to a mobile grow station in a sudden yet proud declaration of a possible career change.
“Is this a mid-life crisis?” I worried. I always believed that my Dad did not have any interest in marijuana. Looking back, it was obvious he was interested. My Dad was a man who spent his post-vietnam days in San Francisco, endlessly listened to Santana, and fondly told the story of the Doobie Brother’s was his first Red Rocks show. All the telltale signs of person who, at the very least, has been introduced to Mary Jane. It was no mid-life crisis, but an uncloseted identity …show more content…
Seven years later with that thought in mind is how I came to find this job opening.
I agree with my Dad when considering the future for the cannabis industry. The role of the N.C.I.A. is to prove what an asset cannabis is to the United States, while building a community that is educated and operates in a mutualistic fashion amongst each other. Our leaders are starting to see that when cannabis is regulated properly it is a multi-billion dollar industry that will foster job creation, hundreds of millions in tax revenue, and create a more efficient use of law enforcement.
On the federal level cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug. This classification under the Controlled Substance act prevents cannabis from being treated as a legitimate agricultural product. Resulting in unfair taxation and crippling market development for every cannabis business. With Jeff Sessions as Attorney General it is doubtful that cannabis will be descheduled. However, legislation is in place that will alleviate unfair taxation and stunted market development in states where businesses are compliant with state regulations. The most beneficial bills to pass currently rectify Section 280E in the Internal Revenue Code and allow proper financial services to be offered to cannabis
“Is this a mid-life crisis?” I worried. I always believed that my Dad did not have any interest in marijuana. Looking back, it was obvious he was interested. My Dad was a man who spent his post-vietnam days in San Francisco, endlessly listened to Santana, and fondly told the story of the Doobie Brother’s was his first Red Rocks show. All the telltale signs of person who, at the very least, has been introduced to Mary Jane. It was no mid-life crisis, but an uncloseted identity …show more content…
Seven years later with that thought in mind is how I came to find this job opening.
I agree with my Dad when considering the future for the cannabis industry. The role of the N.C.I.A. is to prove what an asset cannabis is to the United States, while building a community that is educated and operates in a mutualistic fashion amongst each other. Our leaders are starting to see that when cannabis is regulated properly it is a multi-billion dollar industry that will foster job creation, hundreds of millions in tax revenue, and create a more efficient use of law enforcement.
On the federal level cannabis is a Schedule 1 drug. This classification under the Controlled Substance act prevents cannabis from being treated as a legitimate agricultural product. Resulting in unfair taxation and crippling market development for every cannabis business. With Jeff Sessions as Attorney General it is doubtful that cannabis will be descheduled. However, legislation is in place that will alleviate unfair taxation and stunted market development in states where businesses are compliant with state regulations. The most beneficial bills to pass currently rectify Section 280E in the Internal Revenue Code and allow proper financial services to be offered to cannabis