The retail marijuana picture in Colorado and Washington is starting to take shape. Last week, both states moved forward with setting up an overall framework for their respective recreational cannabis industries. In Colorado, officials submitted emergency marijuana...
Los Angeles is getting serious about enforcing a new law intended to drastically reduce the size of the medical marijuana industry. Several weeks ago, it sent out warning letters to hundreds of dispensaries across the city, telling them to close per a voter-approved...
By Chris Walsh Get a group of medical marijuana professionals together, and it's just a matter of time before someone flicks a lighter and sends the unmistakable scent of cannabis wafting through the air. Consuming marijuana openly - and often somewhat publicly - has...
On Monday, Colorado released emergency rules covering many business-related aspects of selling marijuana for adult use, from packaging and labeling requirements to what it will take to land a license. The rules, which closely resemble those covering medical marijuana...
Dispensaries open on the East Coast. Hundreds of mayors ask the Obama administration to back off when it comes to marijuana. Several states advance key cannabis legislation. The marijuana industry made solid gains across the country last week on many fronts, giving...
With 19 states legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and another two approving it for recreational use, most US cannabis businesses are content to focus on the sizable domestic market. But there are a growing number of international business opportunities for...
The California medical marijuana industry is taking a beating, with an estimated 200 dispensaries and scores of related cannabis businesses closing since early May. Hundreds more could be forced to shut down in the coming months, ensuring that California will remain...
The Colorado medical cannabis industry has stabilized after a prolonged contraction, signaling at least a temporary end to the three-year period of consolidation that saw many marijuana businesses close or merge. The number of dispensaries, infused products companies...
The first two dispensaries have opened in Vermont, kick-starting what could become an estimated $2 million market for legal cannabis sales and expanding the list of states with MMJ centers. Vermont Patients Alliance in Montpelier opened its doors to the public late...
At first glance, the addition of New Hampshire to the list of states with medical marijuana laws doesn't seem that earth-shattering for the national cannabis industry. As Medical Marijuana Business Daily reported last week, the overall New Hampshire cannabis market...
The medical cannabis movement is getting some major help from one of the most well-known corporate names in the world: Google. Michigan Compassion, a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase awareness of the health benefits of marijuana, has received a massive...
Nearly a dozen small publicly traded companies in various industries have announced plans over the past few months to tap the cannabis market, another sign that mainstream businesses and investors are taking marijuana seriously. Some had dipped their toes in the...
