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John Schroyer

A Sacramento-based journalist, John had focused on Colorado politics for most of his career, which included covering the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. In 2012, he covered the Amendment 64 campaign to legalize recreational marijuana for The Colorado Springs Gazette. As then-video editor for The Gazette, he was on hand for the first-ever legal recreational marijuana sale in Denver on Jan. 1, 2014. He’s been writing about the cannabis industry since joining Marijuana Business Daily over the summer of 2014.

Marijuana companies still face advertising and marketing obstacles, but options exist

Published July 2, 2021

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.

Report warns of Michigan’s illicit marijuana market, but some dubious

Published June 29, 2021

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’

Published June 28, 2021

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justices on Monday wrote in a legal opinion that the federal government’s ongoing prohibition of cannabis may be out of date.

The Parent Co. buying West Hollywood cannabis retailer for $11.5 million

Published June 28, 2021

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.

Why red Oklahoma is home to a booming medical marijuana market

Published June 28, 2021

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 – […]

Arizona cannabis businesses recall products for salmonella, mold

Published June 25, 2021

Arizona marijuana retailers have issued a voluntary recall for eight products following the discovery on Wednesday by state regulators that some of the merchandise may have been contaminated with salmonella or a type of mold called aspergillus.

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Upheaval often follows after legacy marijuana companies go public

Published June 25, 2021

After the famed Oakland, California-based marijuana dispensary Harborside went public in 2019, long-term employees noticed a change within the company: a cultural shift from the activist roots of Harborside’s founders to a more buttoned-down corporate atmosphere. They didn’t like it. “It changed, and a lot of us left because it was no longer the same […]

90-plus marijuana delivery license applications begun in Massachusetts

Published June 23, 2021

Over 90 marijuana delivery license applications have been started, and 31 permit applications have already been submitted to regulators, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission chief said.

Rhode Island Senate passes recreational cannabis legalization bill

Published June 22, 2021

The upper chamber of the Rhode Island General Assembly on Tuesday easily approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis, and the measure now heads to the House of Representatives for final approval before it can be sent to the governor. The Rhode Island Senate approved S 598 on a 29-9 vote, according to the Washington […]

Marijuana firm Australis Capital changes name to Audacious Brands

Published June 22, 2021

Marijuana operator Australis Capital said Tuesday that it’s renaming itself and will now do business as Audacious Brands. The Las Vegas-based company, which trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol AUSA and on U.S. over-the-counter markets as AUSAF, will consolidate its brands under the new moniker and is planning an acquisition spree, […]

US Supreme Court declines to hear cannabis tax case

Published June 22, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on a cannabis business tax case, marking another legal defeat for industry advocates attempting to overturn the onerous Section 280E of the federal tax code. According to Law360, the justices decided not to hear any arguments in an appeal from Eric Speidell, owner of Colorado-based The Green Solution. […]