Cannabis entrepreneurs in Washington State continue to run into resistance and roadblocks in some cities and counties, adding to the regulatory hurdles they already face. A prime example: The owners of a proposed recreational marijuana store in Washington State are...
The head of a leading Hawaiian cellphone company is reportedly behind a group that plans to apply for one of the state’s medical marijuana licenses, adding a local heavy hitter to what is expected to be an extremely crowded field of competitors. [include_post...
Could Georgia become the first state in the South to establish a broad medical marijuana program? It's now at least within the realm of possibility. Georgia House Speaker David Ralston told reporters this week that he supports a medical marijuana bill prefiled by a...
New York marijuana business leaders expected a slow start to the state’s medical marijuana program, which officially launched yesterday. But not this slow. Only a handful of patients visited dispensaries on opening day - an unprecedentedly low number for a program...
A judge dashes hopes for banking relief, Illinois medical cannabis sales near $2 million, and a 20-something marijuana executive gets recognition from a big-name business magazine.
Two Rivers Water & Farming, a publicly traded water management and agricultural company in Denver, has raised $5.5 million to support a subsidiary that builds greenhouses for cannabis cultivators, according to a statement. There were...
Software firm BioTrackTHC has won another state-level contract to provide seed-to-sale tracking - this time for Hawaii's medical marijuana program. The contract amount is $159,000. This is the fifth marijuana-related government...
New York’s medical marijuana industry officially launches today, less than six months after the state awarded MMJ business licenses.
In another sign that the cannabis industry is advancing towards mainstream acceptance and respectability, Forbes magazine has included a marijuana executive in one of its annual "30 Under 30" lists. Ryan Smith, CEO and co-founder of software developer LeafLink, is...
Oregon has started accepting applications for recreational marijuana business licenses, setting off a scramble among entrepreneurs hoping to open retail stores, cultivation sites and processing operations. The state has no caps on the number...
The marijuana industry’s hope for a solution to its banking woes suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a startup financial institution hoping to serve cannabis companies. The Fourth Corner Credit Union filed the suit last...
The launch of Illinois’ medical marijuana program may not have been smooth, but now that it’s up and running, sales have been brisk. Between Nov. 9 - when Illinois’ first dispensaries opened - and the end of 2015, medical marijuana sales hit...
