A Michigan state official said Wednesday the state won’t extend its Sept. 15 deadline for medical marijuana businesses to secure licenses to continue operating, despite concerns the market will fall into chaos because of a lack of permitted companies.
Gov. Mary Fallin signed off this week on the do-over in Oklahoma's emergency medical marijuana regulations - rules that revert to more business-friendly MMJ provisions. They: Permit sales of smokable marijuana. Remove the requirement for each dispensary to have a...
A Florida judge ruled that the state law restricting the number of medical marijuana businesses runs counter to a voter-approved constitutional amendment, a decision that could have far-reaching implications for the state's MMJ industry. The ruling, if sustained,...
Prosecutors dismissed the last of the charges against budtenders of the once high-flying Colorado marijuana retailer Sweet Leaf but said Monday the company's management and co-owners remain under investigation and that more criminal charges likely will emerge. “While...
A new report on Oregon’s marijuana industry sheds more light on the massive oversupply there and the huge illegal trade across state lines, issues that need to be addressed immediately, the state’s top federal law enforcement official said. The report “confirms what...
Ohio regulators on Friday awarded seven provisional medical marijuana processing licenses, and six more potential licensees are pending tax and background checks. The state, which received 104 processing applications, is allowed to award up to 40 provisional licenses....
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed a task force to draft recreational marijuana legislation which, if eventually enacted, would position the state to have potentially one of the largest adult-use cannabis markets in the country. A 20-member group consisting of New...
The Missouri Secretary of State's office said Thursday that three initiatives to legalize medical marijuana have been certified for the November ballot, pending possible legal challenges. The initiatives would offer a range of business opportunities to enter the...
The Oklahoma Board of Health voted Wednesday to adopt new rules for its medical marijuana industry, reversing ones it hurriedly adopted last month that were criticized by the state's attorney general as well as MMJ proponents. The new regulations, which were proposed...
Patients in Minnesota with autism or sleep apnea could start receiving medical marijuana on Wednesday, an expansion that could give the highly regulated market a small boost in MMJ demand. But it’s unclear whether that expansion - announced by regulators last November...
Detroit's City Council unanimously voted to limit the number of medical marijuana facilities within the municipality's borders to 75 under the state’s new regulatory regime. Tuesday's decision will make the MMJ licenses more valuable to businesses than in recent years...
Health and safety regulators recently inspected Copperstate Farms, one of Arizona’s largest medical marijuana cultivators, after a chemical spill last month triggered complaints.
