Green Aloha, one of the teams applying for a medical marijuana license on the Hawaiian island on Kauai, has struck a deal with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 480, according to Pacific Business News. The national UFCWU represents more than 1.3...
The Washington DC City Council has decided to ban cannabis smoking clubs following a narrow 7-6 vote Tuesday, Reuters reported. City representatives and Mayor Muriel Bowser, who opposes the clubs, have grappled with the issue almost since District of Columbia voters...
By Omar Sacirbey Pennsylvania is tantalizingly close to legalizing medical marijuana via a proposal that would create one of the most compelling new cannabis markets in the nation. Lawmakers are considering a bill that, as it stands now, would pave the way for ample...
From bricks and mortar to wheels and then back to bricks and mortar again. That's the story of Medithrive, which started in 2009 as a dispensary in San Francisco’s Mission District but was shut down in 2011 by federal authorities and remade itself as a delivery...
A husband and wife team that owns a locally licensed dispensary in Michigan is considering suing the county whose officers raided their home 19 months ago, according to the Detroit Free Press. Annette and Dale Shattuck assert that even though the St. Claire County...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill Monday afternoon that protects financial institutions working with marijuana businesses from state criminal prosecution. The new law, however, does not protect financial institutions from federal prosecution, so it isn’t likely to...
One of Colorado’s largest cannabis retailers announced Friday - on April Fool's Day - that it is seeking the naming rights to Sports Authority Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos. But it's not a prank. Native Roots, which has nine cannabis storefronts...
Aquarius Cannabis, a branding firm in Woodland Hills, California, announced on Thursday that it will acquire SpeedWeed, one of the state’s biggest medical marijuana delivery services. SpeedWeed was founded in 2011 by AJ and Eugene Gentile, and now has 25,000 medical...
Massachusetts’ largest employer trade group has come out against marijuana legalization, joining a growing list of influential organizations and individuals that are opposing an attempt to pass adult-use cannabis in the state. The expanding anti-legalization coalition...
The head of the San Francisco NAACP has publicly backed a black female dispensary license applicant in the city, saying laws that essentially exclude minorities from leadership positions in the cannabis industry need to change. “I enthusiastically endorse Ms. Tikisha...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed into law a bill permitting medical marijuana dispensaries in the state to sell cannabis-infused products and extracts to recreational consumers before the state's rec system is completely online. Early rec sales began last October in...
Comedian Whoopi Goldberg is the latest celebrity to enter the burgeoning marijuana business. Goldberg is partnering with Maya Elisabeth, the owner of OM Edibles, a growing collective and infused products seller. The pair have launched a separate company called Whoopi...
