The steadily growing Arkansas medical marijuana program is offering new business opportunities: processor and transporter licenses. Scott Hardin, spokesman for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission, wrote in an email that the state's MMJ constitutional amendment...
Texas’ limited medical marijuana program is considered economically unviable for MMJ companies, generating sales that represent a fraction of what one industry executive described as a potential billion-dollar market.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he will push for the state to legalize a commercial recreational cannabis program that provides “equitable” licensing opportunities and “reflects national standards and emerging best practices.”
Prospects for major federal marijuana reform are poised to take a big step forward now that Democrats have won control of the U.S. Senate.
All eyes are on Georgia and two runoff races Tuesday that will determine whether the U.S. Senate flips to Democrats, an outcome that could make the upper chamber more amenable to federal marijuana reform - perhaps even legalization. Potentially billions of dollars of...
Business-Friendliness Score: 4 out of 5 When it comes to the fees and availability of cannabis business licenses in Montana, the state boasts a lot of advantages. Montana residents have been accepting of the state’s medical marijuana program, with patient counts...
The widely anticipated legalization of adult-use marijuana along the densely populated East Coast is tempered in New Jersey by high fees and limited licensing availability. Sales in this heavily regulated market are expected to grow quickly, however, buoyed in part by visitors from nearby states that have yet to legalize adult-use marijuana.
With a governor who is outspoken against marijuana legalization, South Dakota may initially present an uphill battle for cannabis businesses.
U.S. securities regulators are urging special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to strengthen disclosures related to potential conflicts of interest, compensation incentives and other critical information for investors. The guidance this week from the U.S....
A judge issued a preliminary ruling in favor of a New Jersey medical marijuana company in its legal tangle with New York-based multistate operator iAnthus.
Cannabis mergers and acquisitions are heating up, with more than $600 million worth of deals announced on Tuesday alone - and that's on top of additional transactions unveiled since the U.S. presidential election last month. New York-based multistate marijuana...
Cannabis banking reform will have to wait. Such reform isn't included in the 5,593-page, $900 billion coronavirus relief bill being considered Monday in the U.S. Congress, even though it was part of the initial U.S. House relief measure. But...
