In an election-year example of banks’ reluctance to affiliate with the cannabis industry, Wells Fargo terminated the campaign account of a Florida agriculture commissioner candidate because she supports medical marijuana. The move underscores the perils of political...
In a move to ramp up Ohio’s medical marijuana program, state regulators have issued provisional licenses to two additional cannabis processors and two more testing labs.
California cities push back on proposed regulation changes around home marijuana deliveries, a Canadian CBD company signs a branding agreement with "Dr. Sanjay Gupta" - but not the one you may think - and a North Dakota recreational cannabis measure gets approved for...
Newly licensed cultivators in Ohio just started putting seeds in the ground, providing additional proof that a launch to the state’s medical marijuana program is still months away. Buckeye Relief, one of three cultivators that have been given the green light to start...
A group of Michigan lawmakers asked Gov. Rick Snyder to extend the Sept. 15 deadline for existing businesses to receive their permanent medical marijuana licenses or be required to shut down. So far, the state has issued only 16 operating licenses under a new,...
A Missouri organizer for a medical cannabis initiative is suing to remove two related measures from the November ballot. Springfield doctor and attorney Brad Bradshaw filed two separate lawsuits seeking to invalidate the medical marijuana initiatives submitted by New...
North Dakota’s Health Department hopes to have medical marijuana available by the end of the year in at least the state’s two largest cities, Bismarck and Fargo, though questions remain about how quickly manufacturing facilities will be up and running.
Canada-based C21 Investments has nixed a deal to spend up to $8.3 million for a cultivation operation in Maine that subsequently was linked to an alleged black-market grow. The Bangor Daily News reported Tuesday the cancellation of the deal, which C21 had disclosed...
The Marijuana Policy Project has tapped a former executive at Amnesty International USA and the NAACP as its new executive director, only the second permanent director for the cannabis advocacy organization since its founding in 1995.
Canada-based C21 Investments continued its blistering U.S. acquisition pace, announcing Monday it is acquiring Oregon’s Grön Chocolate in a deal worth up to $11.2 million. C21 CEO Robert Cheney said in a news release that adding the upscale edibles maker is a critical...
New Jersey has opened the licensing application process that will lead to a doubling in the number of medical marijuana businesses serving the state, from the current six to 12. Reflecting strong demand from entrepreneurs wanting to secure one of the six new licenses,...
A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma has submitted signatures to qualify the measure for a statewide vote after saying it may not have enough to qualify for the November ballot. The pro-marijuana group Green the Vote submitted the...
