Officials in Nevada are adamant they will not miss an important April 1 deadline tied to the state's medical marijuana dispensary program. Marla McDade Williams, deputy administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, said in a statement that the...
Colorado’s new era of recreational marijuana sales kicked off Wednesday with massive lines, price hikes and even arbitrary limits on customer purchases.
It’s hard to overstate the significance of Jan. 1, 2014, when recreational cannabis sales begin in Colorado.
For the first time in US history, state-licensed businesses will sell marijuana to adults 21 and over, launching an industry that could surpass $1 billion in no time. But it won’t be smooth sailing.
A group circulating a petition to legalize marijuana in Alaska appears close to getting a measure on the 2014 ballot. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana has so far gathered 44,845 signatures for the petition - far surpassing the 31,169 needed to get the measure in...
A Nevada law legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries goes into effect on April 1, but the state probably won’t see businesses open for months after that. An official from the state's health department told the Las Vegas Sun that it might take up to four months to...
WeedMaps and Leafly are duking it out to become the most popular web site and app for consumers seeking medical and recreational marijuana.
At stake: tens of millions of online advertising dollars.
Another sign that Americans are intensely interested in cannabis reform: A proposal to legalize marijuana ranks as the most-viewed bill on the US government's main website for federal legislative information. In fact, the bill is more popular than hot-button issues...
America's marijuana capital has a new cannabis czar. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has appointed Ashley R. Kilroy as the city’s executive director of marijuana policy for the city and county. According to a press release put out by the city, Kilroy will recommend,...
Could one of America’s most conservative states legalize medical marijuana? In Wyoming, where possession of 3 ounces or more of marijuana is considered a felony worthy of a five-year prison term, a Republican lawmaker said this week she will propose a bill to legalize...
The first state-licensed recreational marijuana shops in the nation face a difficult task: Set prices for an uncharted market. All signs point to huge demand and extremely limited supply when retail marijuana sales begin Jan. 1 in Colorado. But no one really knows how...
Washington State’s Liquor Control Board gave its final recommendations this week on how the state should proceed with its medical marijuana program. There's not much to like here if you operate a medical marijuana dispensary. As feared, the recommendations would...
The banking problem that has plagued the marijuana industry in recent years could be coming to an end. In a phone interview on Thursday, a lawyer for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said the U.S. Treasury is expected to give banks a “yellow light” to work with...
