Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who served in the administration of President Barack Obama, this week came out in favor of changing cannabis' status as a Schedule 1 narcotic. His unexpected comments could help boost support for rescheduling marijuana, which...
Colorado-based Dixie Elixirs & Edibles is expanding into yet another new state, cementing a joint venture agreement with Silver State Wellness in Las Vegas, Nevada. It marks the fifth new market Dixie has expanded into over the last nine months and its seventh...
Could Israel become the world’s next major marijuana market? There are certainly indications that could come to fruition, according to the Jerusalem Post. Some examples: The Calcalist, a leading Israeli business newspaper, reported last month that Philip Morris is...
A former police chief and U.S. Marine Corps Reserves colonel who served in combat positions in Iraq and Kosovo has been tapped to lead Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division, the Denver Post reported. Jim Burack, who also spent 12 years as the police chief of...
By Omar Sacirbey The past year wasn't a particularly good one for the cannabis industry in one key area: banking. Several financial institutions that openly served marijuana businesses - or had planned to - pulled back in the first half of 2015, citing the high cost...
Industrial hemp farmers seeking organic certification for their crops should put their efforts on hold, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture has backtracked on an earlier decision to allow such certifications. CBDRx, an industrial hemp farm in northern Colorado,...
Medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon that sell recreational cannabis must pay their first tax installment soon, but as of last week almost a quarter of them had not yet registered with the state’s tax department.
Marijuana legalization is “crushing” the black market in Colorado, but the same hasn't been true so far in Washington State, according to research cited in the Economist. Annual legal cannabis sales in Colorado account for about 70% - or 90 tons - of all marijuana...
Colorado lawmakers, worried that some marijuana cultivators may be labeling their products as organic when they don't qualify as such, will on Friday consider a bill to establish state organic certification guidelines, according to the Associated Press. The federal...
Arkansas could join a number of other states this year with new marijuana business opportunities, if backers can get a possible medical cannabis ballot initiative past voters. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge approved on Wednesday the language and format of a...
By Omar Sacirbey Southern California's medical cannabis industry is one of the largest in the country, but it's also one of the most chaotic and controversial given the proliferation of unregulated, unscrupulous dispensaries in the Los Angeles area. CalCann Holdings...
The Washington State Legislature approved a pair of bills this week that would exempt certain financial information, money-carrier routes, security plans and camera locations for marijuana businesses from the state’s public disclosure laws, according to the Walla...
