[PRESS RELEASE] – WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2025 – The Nationwide Hashish Roundtable (NCR) and US Hashish Council (USCC) introduced an settlement to mix the 2 organizations that constitute main multistate and single-state hashish operators, outlets, ancillary companies and advocacy organizations on Capitol Hill.
The mix, which will probably be referred to as the United States Hashish Roundtable, instantly establishes a novel voice representing the hashish business to the newly sworn-in 119th Congress and the incoming Trump Management. The blended group will constitute operators throughout 38 states and an excessive amount of the 13,000 retail places and just about 450,000 full-time workers running within the state-licensed hashish business.
“It is a pivotal time for the regulated hashish business with a newly elected Congress and an incoming president who has publicly supported and pledged to advance common sense hashish reform,” stated Charlie Bachtell, CEO of Cresco Labs and chairperson of each NCR and USCC. “Because the chairman of each teams, I’ve observed first-hand the unbelievable skill of every group and know that the blended workforce would be the unified authority advocating on behalf of the felony hashish business and a useful resource on all issues hashish for individuals of the Trump management and Congress.”
All the way through his 2024 marketing campaign, President-elect Donald Trump recommended a states’ rights legislative way to hashish, reclassifying hashish from Time table I to Time table III beneath the federal Managed Elements Act (CSA), and the SAFE Banking Act, all priorities of NCR and USCC.
“President Trump’s endorsement represents a sea exchange in hashish coverage and advocacy,” stated Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve and vice chair of NCR. “For the primary time in historical past, a Republican president recommended those projects, and our new blended group will absolute best place the business to assist the president get them over the end line.”
In combination, NCR and USCC will deploy an remarkable advocacy crew together with former influential individuals of Congress, and a former Trump senior adviser, amongst others. The hashish priorities of the group and its advocates center of attention on common sense reform projects and can come with:
- Rescheduling hashish to Time table III;
- Passing states’ rights law that permits every state to make its personal choice on hashish coverage;
- Enacting hashish banking law (the SAFE/SAFER Banking Act); and
- Finishing the un-American situation that permits international hashish firms to listing at the NASDAQ and NYSE whilst prohibiting state-licensed U.S. hashish firms from doing the similar.
As of Jan. 16, NCR and USCC will formally coordinate all political actions, lobbying efforts and public-facing communications. The collaboration of those organizations establishes a singular, tough voice for hashish analysis, coverage, protection and requirements.
