Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said Tuesday that the ruling shows that the Congress must act. “There’s no shortcut, there’s no Band-Aid, there’s no workaround to fix this industry-wide,” Smith said, according to AP. “Forcing cannabis businesses to operate without banking access is a crisis, affecting public safety, law-abiding businesses and the state officials in charge of regulating them.”

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