Currently, my company, Talaria Transportation, is legal in 52 countries, 39 states, and the District of Columbia—but federally illegal in the United States. It doesn’t matter that medical cannabis was a patented, medicinal remedy in the 19th and early 20th centuries of the U.S. It doesn’t matter that medical cannabis has eased chronic pain and suffering for a thousand years. And it doesn’t matter that it is legal in my home state of Pennsylvania. The second my trucks transport legal, medical cannabis across state lines—we have committed a crime.
The cannabis industry is at a crossroads. We’ve built a legitimate, job-creating sector that serves millions of Americans, but we’re still operating in a legal gray area that makes it harder—sometimes nearly impossible—to grow and innovate. Cannabis prohibition is a relic of the past, and history tells us exactly how this ends. Just as alcohol prohibition collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions, so too will the federal ban on cannabis. The only question: How long will it take?
