Strategies 64 partner Mason Tvert was featured in multiple media outlets, including the Denver Post and talk radio stations 850 KOA and 630 KHOW, speaking on behalf of Colorado Leads regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III.
The Denver Post reported:
President Donald Trump’s executive order to legally reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug stands to benefit Colorado cannabis businesses’ bottom lines at a time when the industry in this state is struggling, local proprietors and advocates said Thursday.
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Mason Tvert, spokesperson for Colorado Leads, said the change “represents an extremely meaningful step toward aligning federal policy with scientific evidence, public opinion and decades of our state’s experience with cannabis. It acknowledges what many experts have known for decades, which is that cannabis does not belong on Schedule I.”
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Tvert noted that critical issues would remain unsolved, including access to banking, lines of credit and traditional merchant processing. “It just comes down to, is marijuana federally illegal? And under Schedule III, it is still federally illegal,” Tvert said, so the incentive for banks to get involved in the industry wouldn’t necessarily change.
Audio and a transcript of Mason’s interview on 630 KHOW is available here.
