A new cannabis political action committee, Californians for Sensible Regulation of Adult Use, hopes to raise $300,000 by 2020 to support industry-friendly candidates for public office in the state's key locales. The PAC planned to be operational months ago and hoped...
The medical marijuana program in Arkansas - stymied by legal challenges and licensing delays - could have a cultivation facility growing and supplying marijuana in early 2019. State regulators said they plan to launch the program then, but...
San Francisco officials plan to form a committee to monitor the city’s marijuana industry and assess its regulations and government oversight. According to the San Francisco Examiner, the new Cannabis Oversight Committee will: Examine the work...
In California, a 39-county sting operation at 250 illegal cannabis cultivation sites resulted in the arrest of 52 people and the seizure of more than 614,000 plants, authorities said Thursday. The raids signal yet more acceleration by state and local authorities to...
Oklahoma health officials appointed an internal candidate to head up the state's new Medical Marijuana Authority. Oklahoma State Department of Health Interim Commissioner Tom Bates announced Thursday that Adrienne Rollins will lead the division overseeing MMJ. Rollins...
Washington state regulators ordered local edibles makers to cease production of cannabis-infused gummies and hard candies, warning they might appeal to children. The unexpected decision dealt a major blow to the state's infused-product businesses. Companies were...
Los Angeles-based MedMen Enterprises is expanding into Arizona's large medical marijuana market after striking a deal with WhiteStar Solutions to acquire Monarch, a vertically integrated MMJ business with operations in Scottsdale and Mesa. [include_post...
The California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) revoked a temporary testing laboratory license for the San Diego location of PharmLabs.
The lab failed to meet the testing standards and procedures required by state law and the BCC’s regulations, according to a news release.
A Washington state sting operation resulted in one marijuana dispensary having its license suspended for the second time since 2016. An employee of Greenway Marijuana in Port Orchard sold marijuana pre-rolls to an 18-year-old woman who was helping conduct a compliance...
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that allows local governments to issue temporary cannabis event licenses at any venue - but municipalities still have the authority to reject permits, underscoring the control local officials continue to wield over the state's...
Records show that attempts to amend Oklahoma's medical marijuana law with rules that would have hampered the state's MMJ market began weeks before residents even voted on the issue. The amendments - which were ultimately reversed by the Oklahoma Board of Health in...
California-based cannabis culture publication High Times has acquired Dope Media, the Seattle-based publisher of Dope Magazine, for $11.2 million in cash and stock.
