Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is cautioning medical marijuana patients there that buying MMJ products from licensed stores elsewhere to take back across state borders is against state and federal laws. That warning could be especially unwelcome news for marijuana...
More than a million pounds of marijuana flooded an oversaturated Oregon market last October, keeping prices low and further straining burdened cannabis businesses. Oregon's marijuana cultivators harvested more than 2.5 million pounds of wet cannabis last October, with...
Louisiana's only operating medical marijuana grower is uneasy about the state's plan to test the crop itself instead of using third-party laboratories. The president of licensed grower GB Sciences Louisiana, John Davis, said the Department of Agriculture and...
Michigan regulators warned several dozen medical marijuana dispensaries they would need to shut down at the end of 2018 or risk not receiving permanent licenses. The subsequent dispensary closures due to that warning are now costing MMJ business owners thousands in...
Massachusetts’ medical marijuana program is now being governed by the state's Cannabis Control Commission, but MMJ businesses in the state shouldn't expect much change. The move brings both the recreational and medical cannabis programs under...
Pennsylvania regulators are opening up applications for more medical marijuana companies to partner with the eight state medical schools to research the health effects of cannabis. Moving forward, state medical schools will be allowed to team...
2019 is shaping up to be a good year for New Mexico's medical marijuana market, with action favorable to the industry expected from judges, legislators and a newly elected pro-cannabis governor. Developments to watch include: A judge's ruling in November will allow...
Innovative Industrial Properties, a San Diego real estate investment trust (REIT) serving the medical marijuana industry, is spending up to $25 million to acquire and a lease out a property in Illinois that is slated to be used as an MMJ cultivation and processing...
Oregon regulators will allow medical marijuana to be delivered to patients who live in areas of the state where licensed cannabis activity is prohibited and also increase the daily purchase limits for MMJ cardholders.
Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth announced it will make forays into the U.S. market after the United States government passed the Farm Bill. “Canopy Growth will participate in the American market now that there is a clear, federally permissible path to the...
New York's governor wants the state to legalize recreational cannabis ASAP, Pennsylvania and New Jersey take steps to boost medical marijuana business opportunities, and Ohio MMJ regulators get a $2.1 million bailout. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments...
Ohio regulators awarded the state’s first certificate of operation to a laboratory to test medical cannabis, clearing the last obstacle to medical marijuana sales. North Coast Testing Laboratories of Streetsboro had its inspection on Wednesday and was deemed fully...
