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Bart Schaneman

Bart has worked as a reporter and editor since 2003 for newspapers in California, Nebraska and South Korea. He has won several awards for his writing and photography, including a Nebraska Press Association award for in-depth coverage of an environmental fight over fracking wastewater.His work has appeared in The Week, the Washington Post, Salon and the Omaha World-Herald, among other publications.

WA regulators to hear public comment on cannabis pesticide testing rules

Published November 16, 2020

Washington state cannabis regulators are holding a digital public hearing at 10 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday to receive comments from stakeholders about proposed testing rules that would require the addition of pesticide and heavy metal testing for all marijuana products produced, processed, and sold in the state.

WV awards medical marijuana processor licenses; several go to MSOs

Published November 13, 2020

West Virginia regulators announced which medical cannabis processors will be receiving business licenses.

Chart showing a snapshot of wholesale marijuana oil prices per gram

Wholesale marijuana, hemp oil prices fall nationwide amid growing supply of raw material

Published November 13, 2020

Wholesale prices of marijuana and hemp oil have fallen from a year ago, according to industry executives, reflecting rising oil production nationwide that has more than offset an uptick in cannabis sales amid the coronavirus pandemic. The drop in wholesale oil prices reflects multiple market factors working simultaneously – and sometimes at odds with one […]

Two tribes take action to further marijuana markets

Published November 11, 2020

Recent action on the tribal front regarding cannabis saw the first tribal-owned marijuana business open in Michigan, and, in Oklahoma, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation passed a law protecting tribal members with state-issued medical marijuana cards.

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Full US House set to vote on marijuana legalization next month

Published November 10, 2020

After postponing a proposed September vote, the full US House is expected to vote in December on a bill that would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and alter the industry in myriad ways.

Cresco cannabis cultivation workers unionize in Massachusetts

Published November 10, 2020

Cannabis cultivation employees at a Cresco Labs facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, completed the process to unionize. According to a news release, “an overwhelming majority of workers” were officially certified by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328, which now allows the employees to negotiate a union […]

Marijuana legalization reaches new level of support, survey shows

Published November 9, 2020

A new Gallup poll shows that Americans are more in favor of cannabis legalization than ever before, comes on the heels of a clean sweep of statewide marijuana legalization efforts.

False test results, lab shopping put cannabis consumers at risk

Published November 9, 2020

Medical cannabis patients should never have to wonder if their medicine is safe to use.

Uproar over ex-NBA star Kemp’s marijuana shop ownership highlights industry’s diversity woes

Published November 6, 2020

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is not the first black owner of a Seattle recreational marijuana dispensary as has been reported, but he is being added to the ownership and will be a small percentage owner when the paperwork is processed, according to state regulators.

Cannabis legalization wins could unite US lawmakers on reform, insiders say

Published November 4, 2020

Yesterday’s U.S. general election proved that cannabis legalization is popular across vastly different regions in the country as long as it makes it to the ballot box, said industry experts.

Massachusetts recreational marijuana sales top $1B despite COVID closures

Published November 3, 2020

Recreational cannabis retailers in Massachusetts surpassed $1 billion in gross sales two years after the market began operating.

Marijuana grow firm projects $50M revenue increase through acquisition

Published November 3, 2020

GrowGeneration Corp., the Denver-based cannabis cultivation company which owns a chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, signed an agreement to purchase The GrowBiz, a chain of hydroponic garden centers, with five stores in California and Oregon.