Green Thumb boss bemoans Congress’s ‘mind-numbing’ lack of cannabis action

US cannabis company Green Thumb Industries continues to be held back by a lack of certainty in state level markets and continued inaction at federal level which leaves its main area of business on the wrong side of the law and hinders its ability to undertake basic financial necessities, including raising money for investment.

“The lack of progress regarding cannabis regulation from our elected officials in Congress is mind-numbing,” founder, chairman and CEO Ben Kovler said when reporting the Chicago-based company’s results for 2022.

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Antonia Di Lorenzo

Assistant news editor/senior reporter
Antonia is a member of the editorial team and holds a masters degree in Law from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She moved in 2013 to London, where she completed a postgraduate course at the London School of Journalism. In the UK, she worked as a news reporter for a financial newswire and a magazine before moving to Barcelona in 2019.

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