A cannabis industry coalition is urging Congress to ensure that state-legal marijuana businesses are eligible for emergency loans from the Small Business Administration during the coronavirus outbreak. The SBA announced earlier this month that it would provide...
More states and local officials are declaring medical marijuana dispensaries “essential” services akin to pharmacies. Essential businesses can remain open even as nonessential companies are forced to close to help contain coronavirus outbreaks.
New York state health regulators on Tuesday declared licensed medical cannabis businesses to be “essential” services, allowed to remain open if nonessential businesses are ordered to close because of COVID-19.
The Florida Senate killed a provision that would have limited THC in medical cannabis to 10% for patients younger than 21, which could have been costly to businesses. A number of states recently moved to restrict THC, but so far the measures...
Cannabis businesses - like mainstream U.S. companies - are extending sick pay provisions in response to the coronavirus pandemic to help ensure employees and customers remain safe and healthy. The measures could prove costly for marijuana companies in the short term...
Marijuana retailers are seeing customers stocking up on products as the coronavirus spreads across the United States. Stores also are implementing extra precautions to keep both customers and employees safe.
The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a medical marijuana bill that would license 34 dispensaries across the state. The bill also would permit people with a doctor's recommendation to use MMJ for 15 conditions. In addition, the measure allows medical cannabis in forms...
Arizona’s fast-growing, roughly $750 million a year medical marijuana market was fortified by multistate operators (MSOs) that moved into the market and invigorated lackluster operations, cannabis experts say. And now an even bigger potential prize looms: A...
A key U.S. House committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would increase access to state-legal medical cannabis for military veterans, which could increase MMJ sales. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved the bill, the Veterans Equal Access Act, by a 15-11...
Lawmakers in several states have sought to limit the amount of THC in cannabis - moves that, if successful, would likely result in costly business adjustments, loss of sales to illicit markets and other disruptions. Marijuana industry officials fighting back against...
Some U.S. and international cannabis industry conferences and trade shows - important for marijuana and hemp businesses to market their products and cultivate relationships with vendors and buyers - are feeling the fallout from coronavirus fears. So far, a small...
Utah’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened Monday as the state begins a gradual rollout of its medical cannabis program.
