Banking still drag for pot industry | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source

LOS ANGELES -- The Biden administration's move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it might do little to ease a longstanding problem in the cannabis industry -- a lack of loans, checking accounts and banking services that other businesses take for granted.

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