As more companies consider entering Canada’s cannabis cultivation industry, some are starting to look past the country’s current marijuana shortage to plot their exits from farming altogether. These executives foresee a hypercompetitive cultivation market developing...
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Expiring licenses, not oversupply, is California’s real ‘crisis,’ industry insiders say
Media coverage of a recent report by a California-based cannabis distribution company has caused rampant confusion and hindered lobbying efforts to accelerate the process for making permanent a wave of temporary grow licenses that will soon expire in the state. The...
Rhode Island medical cannabis sales hit new highs
Rhode Island's medical marijuana market is posting record numbers, with the state’s three MMJ retailers on track to total about $56 million in sales this year, up $17.8 million, or 46.6%, from last year. The Providence Journal reports area...
Most marijuana canopy space ‘underutilized’ in Washington state, report says
Washington state's recreational cannabis cultivators are using less than half their allotted licensed canopy, according to a report conducted by the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB), which could open the door for the state to step down their licenses to a lower...
West Virginia law clears path for medical marijuana banking
West Virginia's governor penned a medical cannabis banking bill into law that will allow financial institutions in the state to bid on providing banking services surrounding the state's MMJ program, MetroNews reported. That clears one obstacle...
Louisiana medical marijuana grower plans ‘limited release’ of product in May
A Louisiana medical cannabis cultivator is planning to release a limited amount of product in May, which could temporarily alleviate some frustration from the ongoing delay in the program's rollout. However, it's still not clear when sales...
Louisiana medical cannabis grower OK’d to up production; no start date for sales
Louisiana's agriculture department and a state-sanctioned medical marijuana grower broke through one of the key regulatory logjams keeping MMJ off pharmaceutical shelves. However, it remains uncertain when sales might begin. Agriculture...
Florida dispensary conducts first smokable medical marijuana sale
Only days after Florida's governor signed a bill allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to sell smokable products, Trulieve, the largest cannabis retailer in the state, began selling them. Trulieve sold the first smokable flower to a medical...
Rhode Island lawmakers raise questions about plan to legalize recreational cannabis
Rhode Island lawmakers held their first joint hearing on a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, but the measure received considerable pushback and prospects look dimmer without some reworking or compromises. The Providence Journal reported the state's Senate...
NV audit spurs marijuana dispensary owners to call for traceability software training
Nevada cannabis dispensary owners are calling for more training on the state's mandatory seed-to-sale cannabis tracking software after a state-led audit of marijuana businesses found discrepancies between sales reports and tax returns....
Lessons learned in Colorado can benefit all aspiring recreational marijuana entrepreneurs
Marijuana executives in Colorado – both plant-touching and ancillary – have learned enough about doing business in a new adult-use cannabis market over the past five years to write textbooks on the topic.
Missouri regulators vow to meet medical marijuana demand
Missouri regulators will license more medical cannabis businesses if the first wave of more than 300 doesn’t satisfy demand.













