High prices and a dearth of certified doctors who can recommend medical marijuana continue to hurt the five companies licensed to sell MMJ in New York. That was made painfully clear this week following a presentation about medical marijuana at St. Peter’s Hospital in...
The recreational cannabis campaign in Maine has formally filed suit against the secretary of state, alleging that the office did not review every notary signature he invalidated when he disqualified the group’s recreational legalization initiative last week, according...
A battle in Massachusetts between recreational marijuana supporters and some of their medical marijuana counterparts is getting increasingly heated, and could have ramifications for rec legalization in the state. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol...
The seven cannabis storefronts in the tourist mecca of Aspen, Colorado, combined to overtake the alcohol industry in terms of sales during both March and April of last year, according to statistics provided by the city’s Finance Department to the Aspen Times....
Testing Technologies in Poulsbo, Washington State, has hit pause on its cannabis testing services after firing its science director, alleging that potency values were “pulled from thin air” and that tests for contaminants were inaccurate.
By Omar Sacirbey Less than a week after a trio of high-level politicians in Massachusetts bashed recreational marijuana legalization, a special committee of nine state senators weighed in on the issue by releasing a 118-page report on Tuesday. But instead of coming...
Shortly after introducing a bill last month to legalize recreational marijuana in Rhode Island, state Rep. Scott Slater received an interesting call from a local business owner.
The caller offered support for the bill, saying his company develops fertilizer from squid excrement that could potentially be used in cannabis cultivation.
Denver-based OpenVape, a producer of cannabis oil vaping cartridges and vaping devices, is expanding into Nevada by way of two partnerships, the firm announced this week. One of the deals is with Las Vegas-based TGIG, a medical cannabis business serving southern...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed two new bills Monday that could drastically alter the state’s marijuana business landscape. One bill, HB 4014, will make it easier for big out-of-state businesses to break into Oregon’s marijuana marketplace by eliminating a two-year...
Real estate in Boston for marijuana retailers - both medical and recreational - could become a more precious commodity under a new zoning ordinance approved by the city council this week. The new ordinance would require dispensaries (and rec shops, in the event that...
There are roughly 21,000 people enrolled in New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program, nearly double the number since 2013, according to the state’s Health Department, KOAT news reported. That means a lot - if not all - of the MMJ licensees in New Mexico have likely been...
A marijuana banking bill is heading to the desk of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown after sailing through the state legislature last month. The bill, HB 4094, exempts financial institutions from state criminal prosecution for providing financial services to legal marijuana...
