Seriously ill people in Kansas would be able to access nonsmokable medical cannabis from pharmacies if a bill introduced in the state Senate becomes law.
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IRS: Marijuana cash transactions aren’t automatically suspicious
Large cash transactions by marijuana businesses should not automatically be reported as suspicious, according to new IRS guidance.
Cresco posts $180 million full-year net loss as it looks to new cannabis markets
Cresco Labs posted a $180 million loss in 2023 as the Chicago-based cannabis multistate operator exited two state markets and saw its high-profile merger collapse.
US senators ‘attack’ North Carolina tribe’s soon-to-open marijuana store
A Native American tribe is accusing North Carolina’s two Republican U.S. senators of launching an “inflammatory… frontal attack” on tribal sovereignty after the politicians contacted federal and state law enforcement about the Natives’ impending marijuana store.
How close is DEA to making decision on rescheduling marijuana?
Those keen to know exactly when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will issue its decision on marijuana rescheduling remain frustrated.
Virginia legislative session ends without gov signing adult-use marijuana bill
Virginia’s 60-day General Assembly session adjourned Saturday without the state’s Republican governor signing into law a bill finally legalizing adult-use marijuana sales.
Biden talks marijuana in ‘historic’ speech but gives no rescheduling update
Marijuana reform garnered only a brief mention during President Joe Biden’s annual State of the Union address on Thursday night.
California outdoor cannabis celebration Emerald Cup postponed until August
The 2024 Emerald Cup, the Northern California sun-grown cannabis celebration now in its 20th year, has been pushed from May until August.
New medical cannabis trade group launches in Florida
A new industry trade group, the Florida Medical Marijuana Trade Association, has been formed to lobby for policies favorable to the state’s cannabis sector.
New York hemp companies sue to overturn new state rules
Claiming new rules governing hemp-derived cannabinoid products cost them “millions of dollars in losses,” state-licensed hemp companies in New York are suing the Office of Cannabis Management in federal court.
Corruption allegations highlight risk-reward of limited cannabis licenses
Rejected for a coveted cannabis retail license in an affluent California wine country town, a small marijuana retail chain is alleging in a lawsuit that political contributions from competing applicants “tainted” the process.
Marijuana MSO Green Thumb Industries reports revenue of $1.05 billion
Green Thumb Industries’ plans to be the first multistate operator to sell marijuana at convenience stores is still in the works, company officials said while reporting annual revenue of $1.05 billion.
