Two Ohio judges have refused to stop the state’s medical marijuana program, enabling regulators to continue to strive to meet a Sept. 8 statutory deadline for the MMJ launch. Perhaps the most closely watched case involved a lawsuit by Ohio Releaf to stop the licensing...
An effort in Missouri to pass narrow medical marijuana legislation to preempt ballot initiatives died this week, shortly before the end of the session.
In a historic maneuver that signifies growing support in Washington DC for medical marijuana, a key congressional committee voted Thursday to continue to protect lawful state MMJ programs from federal interference or prosecution.
It’s a recurring theme: Alaska is struggling with a backlog of marijuana license applications. About 470 applications are in various stages of the process, according to a May 8 spreadsheet posted on the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office's website....
Colorado is on the verge of opening its marijuana markets to an influx of fresh capital and investors. State lawmakers last week passed a bipartisan bill that would for the first time allow publicly traded companies to invest in or hold a medical or recreational...
A business that lost out on a medical marijuana dispensary license in New Orleans sued the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, charging that the agency was “arbitrary and capricious” in awarding the metro area permit to the fourth-ranked applicant. In a lawsuit filed this...
If 2016 signaled a high-water mark for state ballot initiatives to legalize cannabis, then this year portends a slow, but steady, flow. A medical marijuana measure will go before Oklahoma voters in June, and similar initiatives are poised to make the November ballots...
The medical marijuana zoning success in Phoenix of a group of well-connected individuals has raised questions about tactics. The Arizona Republic examined the group's success in both opposing MMJ facilities and representing dispensaries that needed approvals to open....
A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial hurdle after winning approval from the state's top attorney. But the initiative isn’t expected to be on the ballot until November 2019. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine...
Proponents of a Missouri medical marijuana ballot initiative, who failed in a similar effort in 2016, are confident they have enough valid signatures this time around to put the issue before voters in November. New Approach Missouri said in a news release it turned in...
An anti-marijuana group is attempting to convince Utah voters to abandon their support of an initiative to put medical cannabis on the November ballot. Salt Lake City TV station KSTU reported Thursday that Drug Safe Utah is "hiring canvassers and recruiting...
The U.S. Small Business Administration bars banks from issuing SBA-backed loans to marijuana- and hemp-related companies, Maine lawmakers override a veto of key adult-use legislation, and Scotts Miracle-Gro consolidates its cannabis operations. Here’s a closer look at...
