Oklahoma’s new medical marijuana industry - which became more restrictive a week ago after regulators implemented new rules that included a ban on smokable flower - appears headed back to a more wide-open structure as conceived by the voter-approved initiative. And...
Michigan is giving newly licensed medical marijuana businesses a 30-day reprieve in which to test products already in their facility, welcome news for companies that will need additional time to pass state testing standards. The 30-day window applies to existing...
Ohio is deferring the launch of its medical marijuana patient registry because of delays in getting the MMJ market off the ground. The deferral indicates that state officials believe a fully operational medical marijuana market, initially set to launch Sept. 8, could...
Earlier this month, Denver stripped Sweet Leaf of all 26 of its city-issued marijuana licenses for what authorities characterized as a management-directed illegal sales "looping" scheme that allowed customers to buy cannabis multiple times a day. Sweet Leaf maintains...
Florida’s $200 million medical cannabis industry has spurred the state to issue an additional four “medical marijuana treatment center” licenses. The state health department expects to be swamped with as many as 400 applications for the lucrative licenses, according...
Canada-based C21 Investments is expanding into the Nevada marijuana market through an acquisition of Silver State Relief and Silver State Cultivation, a deal that's valued at more than $50 million. The investment, announced in a news release Monday, is the second move...
Two pro-cannabis group filed lawsuits in Oklahoma accusing regulators of improperly imposing rules aimed at curbing the growth of the state’s MMJ industry.
More than half of Florida’s 13 medical marijuana processors are scrambling to complete state-mandated food safety inspections to prevent their operations from being suspended.
New York regulators on Thursday approved medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids, a move expected to spur sales significantly in what's been a highly regulated market. The emergency rule announced by the State Department of Health is effective immediately. The...
Michigan regulators on Thursday approved the first medical marijuana operating licenses under a new regulatory regime.
The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts indicated he will take a mostly hands-off approach to the state’s impending adult-use marijuana industry, narrowing his office's focus to overproduction that could lead to sales across state lines. [include_post...
The wide-open medical marijuana measure approved by Oklahoma voters just got more restrictive after state health regulators took steps to prohibit the sale of smokable cannabis and require dispensaries to employ a pharmacist. That's not good news for entrepreneurs...
