The Iowa Legislature passed a medical cannabis bill that would increase the THC cap, which could boost sales in the heavily regulated, roughly $5 million-a-year market. The provision is a weaker version of a measure that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds vetoed last year....
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Election might have boosted NM adult-use marijuana legalization hopes
The prospects for recreational cannabis legalization in New Mexico appear brighter after two key conservative Democratic state Senate leaders lost primary elections this week. Senate President Mary Kay Papen and Senate Finance Committee leader John Arthur Smith were...
Connecticut adds chronic pain to medical marijuana qualifying list
It took eight months, but Connecticut lawmakers have added chronic pain as a qualifying condition to use medical cannabis, which could significantly boost the state's growing, $100 million-plus market. The bipartisan legislative panel,...
Maine recreational cannabis businesses sue to retain residency rule
Local marijuana businesses in Maine are suing the state in an effort to force it to enforce a residency requirement for the adult-use market.
Cannabis MSO Acreage Holdings raises $60 million as it restructures
Marijuana multistate operator Acreage Holdings, which has been slashing overhead costs and selling unprofitable assets, said Monday it has agreements in place to raise up to $60 million for working capital and other purposes.
Louisiana OKs medical marijuana reform, but minimal market boost seen
Louisiana lawmakers passed two medical cannabis expansion bills on Sunday, but it’s uncertain whether the reforms will be enough to ensure the business viability of the small, heavily regulated program. The bills, which are expected to be...
Why some marijuana MSOs are prospering during tough times
A number of multistate marijuana operators are struggling, unloading assets, cutting jobs and overhead costs as well as scrapping expansion plans amid a looming recession and a shortage of investor funding. But other MSOs are doing well financially: Cresco Labs,...
Missouri medical cannabis program moves forward amid wide-ranging probe into possible misconduct
Scrutiny of Missouri’s medical cannabis licensing recently escalated to Gov. Mike Parson’s office and a close adviser, apparently making the investigation among the first MMJ licensing probes to extend to the highest levels of state government.
Arkansas medical cannabis dispensary wins trademark dispute against MSO
What's in a name? Plenty, at least to a locally owned Arkansas medical cannabis dispensary pitted against a large multistate operator. Harvest Cannabis Dispensary, a family owned business licensed in the central Arkansas city of Conway, won a preliminary injunction...
Oklahoma governor shoots down medical marijuana delivery legislation
Oklahoma’s growing medical cannabis market suffered a rare setback when Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have allowed home delivery and pre-roll production and sales. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the bill by a wide...
Week in Review: MA adult-use cannabis stores reopening, High Times deal unravels, Acreage ‘reset’ & more
Massachusetts recreational marijuana retail stores will be allowed to reopen May 25, but sales will be limited to curbside pickup and online or telephone orders. MJBizDaily takeaway: This ends an expensive shutdown and a sore point for rec store operators in...
High Times’ deal to buy cannabis grow, processing facilities falls apart
High Times Holding Corp.'s move to expand into marijuana operations hit a snag with the collapse of a deal to buy a cultivation and processing business in California. The parent of the iconic High Times magazine said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing...













