New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not expand the state’s current medical marijuana program "under any circumstances," saying he believes doing so would help efforts to legalize cannabis for recreational use. A recently proposed bill would allow medical marijuana...
Canada's new medical marijuana regulations could usher in an age of massive cultivation operations with tens of thousands of plants. One operation - Green Leaf Technologies - in British Columbia said it could boost its growing capacity by a factor of nearly 10. The...
Legislators in Chicago have rolled out a plan that confines medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites to the city’s manufacturing district. The businesses would also be required to secure special-use permits and a minimum number of parking permits under the...
Andrew and Steve DeAngelo, who have made California-based Harborside Health Center one of the most successful medical marijuana operations in the nation, are in the running for a Massachusetts dispensary license. Andrew DeAngelo (pictured) is listed in a document...
A pro-marijuana group in Massachusetts is hoping to put a bill on the state’s 2016 ballot that would legalize recreational marijuana. Bay State Repeal will first test a version of the marijuana bill next year by placing non-binding referendum questions on ballots in a...
New Jersey’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has advanced a bill that would allow and regulate the growing, harvesting, processing, selling and buying of industrial hemp. But don't start drawing up a business plan just yet: No licenses would be issued...
Michigan’s legislature could address the state’s medical marijuana woes as early as December. Kevin Cotter, a Republican in the House Judiciary Committee, said his top priority next month is to take up three medical marijuana bills, all of which would have a huge...
More than 800 entrepreneurs in Washington have applied for recreational marijuana licenses since the state began accepting applications early last week Surprisingly, though, only 200 of the applications are for cannabis stores - significantly less than the 334 retail...
A bill introduced before the New Jersey Assembly today would allow medical marijuana patients to purchase cannabis in other legal states and consume it at home. The move could have tangible repercussions on the existing medical marijuana industry. Patients in New...
The medical marijuana industry has lost a huge supporter who pumped tens of millions of dollars into the cause and helped legalize cannabis in several states. Billionaire Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance, died over the weekend at his home in Florida at...
The owner of a high-profile Denver dispensary that was raided last week proclaimed his innocence, saying he runs a legitimate business and does not have ties to Colombian drug cartels. VIP Wellness owner Gerardo Uribe told 9News that you would have to be "stupid" to...
Horticulturalist Ed Rosenthal believes glaring inefficiencies exist within most steps of the marijuana cultivation process, and that cannabis business owners must identify and then fix these problems in order to survive as the industry becomes more competitive....
