The national medical marijuana spotlight has focused squarely on Massachusetts ever since the state legalized MMJ in November, with consultants, law firms and other ancillary cannabis companies scrambling to get in on the ground floor of a hot new market. The launch...
And the winner is...no one, just yet. Washington State initially planned to announce the winning bids for new cannabis consultant positions today but has pushed back its timeline to next week at the earliest. The reason? Chalk it up to an avalanche of applications -...
By Chris Walsh Medical marijuana is already legal in the nation's official capital (on a local level, that is). This summer, it might also be legal in the nation's cultural and financial capital. As we wrote about last week, a New York senator plans to introduce an...
A US medical marijuana company is moving full speed ahead with plans to build a first-of-its-kind cannabis campus that will include a treatment center, hospital facilities, a lab for research and product development and a cultivation site that will grow both MMJ and...
A Democratic lawmaker plans to introduce a bill soon calling for the legalization of medical cannabis in New York, reigniting the MMJ debate in a crucial market for the marijuana movement. New York State Sen. Diane Savino told Medical Marijuana Business Daily that the...
The long wait is almost over. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed this week that the Department of Justice is close to issuing an official response to cannabis legalization in Colorado and Washington, saying residents of the two states "deserve an answer and you...
A lot is happening on the legislative front this month, with nearly two dozen states across the country considering cannabis-related measures to some degree. Here's a sampling of some of the bigger legislative developments - both positive and negative - and related...
As anyone in the marijuana industry will tell you, starting a cannabis business often requires boatloads of cash and lots of blood, sweat and tears. With so much on the line - and so many inherent challenges involved in this market anyway - you'd think cannabis...
The debate over cannabis tourism is heating up in Colorado and Washington State as officials develop regulations on retail marijuana sales. Last week, a task force in Colorado set up to propose regulations on the recreational cannabis industry agreed that visitors...
Opinions about medical marijuana are shifting rapidly across most of the United States, as evidenced by polls showing growing support for MMJ and the introduction of cannabis-friendly bills in many states so far this year. But resistance remains strong in one area of...
The first medical marijuana dispensary in Washington DC plans to open its doors this April, kick-starting a new market that has been beset by delays and challenges for several years. Capital City Care - one of four dispensaries planning to open in DC - says it should...
Opening up Colorado's emerging marijuana industry to tourists rather than just residents would boost revenues from cannabis sales exponentially, creating business opportunities on an enormous - and historical - scale. But it would also invite unwanted federal scrutiny...
