An independent report commissioned by Washington marijuana regulators found the state and MJ Freeway were forced to rush out a new cannabis seed-to-sale traceability system earlier this year despite technical problems that cost cannabis businesses tens of thousands of...
Some of Ohio's medical marijuana growers are harvesting the state's first legal marijuana, but sales are still a ways off for this potential $400 million market. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, harvest is underway at Agri-Med Ohio in...
A Central Massachusetts farmer is embroiled in a bitter fight with the local community over plans to sell his property for construction of a $100 million marijuana cultivation facility. Nathan Benjamin Jr. lost his barn and winery, located in the town of Charlton, to...
Weighing the pros and cons of CO2, hydrocarbon and ethanol extraction methods Take your pick: CO2 … hydrocarbon … or ethanol? Determining which extraction method is best for your cannabis company comes down to what you hope to accomplish. Do you want to produce...
Florida-based AltMed relies on indoor grows, ‘premium genetics’ and licensing deals to nurture, expand its brand Flush with $35 million in new funding, Alternative Medical Enterprises is expanding in Florida and Arizona – and it has eyes on new markets across the...
Leafly, the popular online marijuana strain and dispensary guide for consumers, removed Chris Jeffery as CEO less than a year after he was hired by the Seattle company. Privateer Holdings, the Seattle-based private equity firm that acquired Leafly in 2011, confirmed...
Oregon marijuana regulators canceled the license of a grower with an operation linked to a butane honey oil explosion that burned two people. According to The Bulletin, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC ) announced that High Cascade Farms in Deschutes County...
Acreage Holdings, a multistate cannabis company based in New York, is planning to go public in Canada via a reverse takeover, becoming the latest U.S. marijuana business to get its shares listed north of the border through an RTO.
Denver-based MJ Freeway, a point-of-sale system and government traceability software provider for the cannabis industry, has completed a $10 million raise. According to a news release, the Series C raise - which was oversubscribed - was led by...
The parent of California-based cannabis culture magazine High Times raised more than $5 million in its effort to go public, but that’s still short of the $17.2 million it needs to be listed on the Nasdaq and far from the $50 million it set out to raise. High Times Holding extended its fundraising deadline by more than a month to allow for more investment.
MJardin has agreed to buy a licensed cannabis cultivation facility in Las Vegas for roughly $22 million in cash and stock, allowing the Denver company to extend its geographic footprint into the Nevada marijuana market. MJardin - which...
An Oregon county's sheriff's office will use state grant money to go after legal growers that harvest more than their license allows as well as black-market marijuana producers. The nearly $600,000 grant from a new program will pay for three detectives, one crime...
