Marijuana banking issue looms large in the wake of Amendment 64

By Michael Roberts Fri., Nov. 16 2012 at 8:25 AM

Photo by Sam Levin

Diana DeGette at a recent early voting event, joined by Denver mayor Michael Hancock.

Not that James has washed her hands of the medical marijuana industry. "We're working right now with Jared Polis, Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter," she revealed. "All of them have signed on to the banking bill in Congress. Right now, the government and the banks are operating under a 1980s law that was designed to stop cocaine dealers from having bank accounts, and to the best of my knowledge, Scarface isn't on the Secretary of State's website. We have a business here, so it shouldn't fall under that law."

The same trio of legislators is also behind a bill that would exempt Colorado from federal law in light of Amendment 64's passage.

On top of a legislative fix at the federal level, other theories about how to solve the banking problem are being floated locally. For instance, attorney Rob Corry thinks banks run by Tribal Nations could take on such businesses under sovereignty provisions.

Meanwhile, uncertainty continues to rule. Governor John Hickenlooper stressed the urgent need for answers in regard to federal marijuana policy in Colorado during a phone conversation with Attorney General Eric Holder last week. But thus far, no announcements have been made about how much leeway, if any, the feds will allow Colorado and Washington when it comes to their individual marijuana measures. And even if the Obama administration decides to look the other way in regard to Amendment 64's retail provisions, that's no guarantee a banking loophole will be created for marijuana businesses.

Listen to the NPR report here.

Tags:

Amendment 64, banking, Eric Holder, John Hickenlooper, marijuana, National Public Radio, Wanda James

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@wtfk "We're not criminals."

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