State Attorneys General and Canadian Officials Discuss Pathway To U.S. Regulated Market
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2019
Contact: Fred Niehaus, 303.588.1066
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PATHWAY TO US REGULATED MARKET
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Denver, Colorado – The Policy Center for Public Health & Safety (“PH&S”), a 501(c)4 collaborated on a joint effort traveling to Toronto Canada this past week which included State Attorneys General and top Canadian officials.
“Attorneys General attended the trip to facilitate dialogue with top Canadian officials on cross border activity, public market companies listed on financial exchanges, and policy on hemp derived CBD, as these subjects encompass their roles as chief law enforcement officials of their respective states,” said said Karen White, Executive Director of the Conference of Western Attorneys General.
“Primary outcomes of the trip were to look at the issues relating to publicly traded companies, cross border financial transactions, travel bans, and and creating a certification program for the emerging hemp industry. As an organization, we intend to take up these issues as Attorneys General look closer at the marketplace including building a certification based on a collaboration between the Policy Center for Public Health & Safety, that can be endorsed by the American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp,” said Fred Niehaus, Chairman of the Policy Center for Public Health & Safety.
Attorneys General participants included: Attorney General Karl Racine, District of Columbia, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon, Chief Deputy Attorney General General John Keller, Minnesota, Co-Chief Attorney General’s Office David Scherr, Vermont Attorney General’s Office, Senior Counsel Bruce Turcott, Washington Attorney General’s Office. Policy Center for Public Health & Safety advisory board participants included: Fred Niehaus, Chairman, Policy Center for Public Health & Safety, Michael Bronstein, President, American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp, Jahna Lindemuth, former Alaska Attorney General, Richard Carleton, CEO, Canadian Securities Exchange, Ben Kimbro, Director of Public Affairs, Harvest, Tatiana Calvo, Assistant General Counsel, TGS Global, and Sundie Seefried, CEO, Partner Colorado Credit Union.
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The Policy Center for Public Health & Safety (“PH&S”), a 501(c)4, was founded to facilitate constructive dialogue on state-legalized cannabis issues among state, federal, and international regulators. The current advisory board is comprised of Fred Niehaus, Chairman of the Policy Center for Public Health & Safety, Michael Bronstein, President of the American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp, Jahna Lindemuth, former Alaska Attorney General, Dustin McDaniel, former Arkansas Attorney General, Richard Carleton, CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange, Ben Kimbro, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at Harvest, as well as Sundie Seefried, CEO of Partner Colorado Credit Union. PH&S’s efforts grew out of interaction with state Attorneys General and their representatives at the2015 Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) meeting in Maui, Hawaii.
