Mike Crapo wisely puts children before cannabis profits

By Diane Carlson

Published January 28, 2020 12:00am ET

Mike Crapo wisely puts children before cannabis profits — The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act has prompted a green rush in the halls of Congress. In the first nine months of 2019, the marijuana industry spent more than $3.8 million lobbying Congress, according to OpenSecrets — employing a total of 80 lobbyists. That put the industry on track to spend far more on […]

The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act has prompted a green rush in the halls of Congress.

In the first nine months of 2019, the marijuana industry spent more than $3.8 million lobbying Congress, according to OpenSecrets — employing a total of 80 lobbyists. That put the industry on track to spend far more on lobbyists in 2019 than in the previous two years combined.