John Vardaman's guest appearances

John Vardaman

Cannabis Economy

Tim McGraw

Grover Norquist

Michael Bronstein

Tulsi Gabbard

John Davis

Tommy Chong

Henry Rollins

Jesse Ventura

Melissa Etheridge

Ethan Nadelmann

Marvin Washington

Ngaio Bealum

Jim Belushi

Keith Stroup

Jared Huffman

OwlTail

John Vardaman joins us and discusses his involvement in the release of the the third Cole memo and FinCen Guidance which supported the initial memos which of course laid out guidance from DOJ to state attorney’s general. John lays out that Justice and Treasury still needed to deal with the fact that based on the Controlled Substances Act, the monies generated from state legal cannabis were (and still are) considered criminal proceeds based on federal money laundering and bank secrecy act laws aided of course with a Patriot Act kicker. Which John actually has experience with as he began his career in government just weeks before 9/11 and explains that his job following that day was following the money- something he also had to do on the ground in Iraq. Thanks to Boveda &amp; MCBA for supporting the episode.

<p>John Vardaman joins us and discusses his involvement in the release of the the third Cole memo and FinCen Guidance which supported the initial memos which of course laid out guidance from DOJ to state attorney’s general. John lays out that Justice and Treasury still needed to deal with the fact that based on the Controlled Substances Act, the monies generated from state legal cannabis were (and still are) considered criminal proceeds based on federal money laundering and bank secrecy act laws aided of course with a Patriot Act kicker. Which John actually has experience with as he began his career in government just weeks before 9/11 and explains that his job following that day was following the money- something he also had to do on the ground in Iraq. Thanks to <a href="https://www.bovedainc.com/store/herbal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boveda</a> &amp; <a href="http://minoritycannabis.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MCBA</a> for supporting the episode.</p>

Ep.274: John Vardaman