A handful of California cannabis manufacturers and brands have begun selling their products directly to customers through their websites, effectively bypassing traditional brick-and-mortar retail shops and delivery companies that have long been the gatekeepers to marijuana consumers. The direct-to-consumer approach reportedly is being employed by some of the biggest marijuana brands in California, including Kiva […]
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Plaintiffs drop text-message suit against California marijuana courier Eaze
A consumer lawsuit filed against California marijuana delivery giant Eaze was formally dropped after the two sides reached a settlement agreement. According to Law360, the two plaintiffs who agreed to withdraw the suit they filed in 2018 are now “hashing out the details” of a settlement. The case had been on hold because both Eaze […]
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California authorities seize $1 billion of illegal marijuana
Los Angeles County authorities announced the seizure of the largest illegal crop of marijuana in state history, worth an estimated $1 billion. According to The Associated Press, L.A. sheriff’s deputies seized 373,000 marijuana plants and 33,480 pounds of cannabis flower, which have a combined value of about $1.2 billion on the illicit market. The seizure […]
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Saint Regis is first New York tribe to legalize recreational marijuana sales
A Native American tribe in New York state said it has legalized recreational marijuana and will “soon” begin legal sales. According to Watertown TV station WWTI, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, which has a reservation near the Canadian border in upstate New York, signed off on a new tribal ordinance allowing members of the tribe […]
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Comprehensive cannabis licensing changes pass California Legislature
California lawmakers have given final approval and sent to the governor a sweeping budget bill that makes several major changes to the state’s cannabis regulatory system, including a much-needed extension of the provisional licensing program. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the so-called “governor’s trailer bill,” Assembly Bill 141. Despite the changes to the […]
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Mississippi high court won’t rethink its overturn of medical marijuana vote
The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by medical marijuana advocates to reconsider a landmark ruling in which the court struck down a voter-approved MMJ bill because of a technicality. According to Mississippi Today, the high court on Thursday released a final decision in which it cited a time period last November when parties […]
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Cannabis company Nabis completes $23 million funding round
California cannabis distributor Nabis said it raised $23 million in a Series B fundraising round in a quest to expand daily operations and the company’s online wholesaling platform. In a news release, the San Francisco-based company said the funds would be put toward expanding its Nabis Marketplace, a wholesale portal for retailers and brands. Investors in […]
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Marijuana companies still face advertising and marketing obstacles, but options exist
The obstacles that marijuana companies still face when trying to educate the world about the best uses – and misuses – of the cannabis plant were underscored after a United Nations panel called for a global ban on cannabis business advertising.
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Report warns of Michigan’s illicit marijuana market, but some dubious
The Michigan Cannabis Manufacturers Association released a report this week which found that roughly 70% of cannabis sales in 2020 occurred outside of licensed retail shops.
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Clarence Thomas: US marijuana ban ‘may no longer be necessary’
One of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most conservative justices on Monday wrote in a legal opinion that the federal government’s ongoing prohibition of cannabis may be out of date.
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The Parent Co. buying West Hollywood cannabis retailer for $11.5 million
TPCO Holding Corp. (The Parent Company), a California-based vertically integrated marijuana operator, announced Monday it agreed to acquire MJ retailer Calma in West Hollywood, California, for $11.5 million.
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Why red Oklahoma is home to a booming medical marijuana market
People outside the cannabis industry might be surprised to learn that the most liberal medical marijuana market in the country isn’t California anymore. Nor is it Colorado, Oregon or another left-leaning blue state. It’s politically conservative Oklahoma. The red state has pulled a U-turn on marijuana policy since 2014, when the state’s attorney general – […]
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