Some medical marijuana retailers in Pennsylvania were forced to suspend sales last week because of system slowdowns and errors in the MJ Freeway seed-to-sale tracking software that the state uses to keep tabs on the MMJ market.
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Denver awards second cannabis social-use license
As more U.S. and international adult-use cannabis markets consider allowing marijuana social-consumption spaces, Denver on Friday approved a social-use permit for Mile High Game and Play, which will do business as Vape and Play. It's the second social-use permit...
How marijuana companies can keep staffs intact during market launch delays
In new cannabis markets where compliance, scarce supply or testing logjams can delay cultivation and retail operations, it’s critical to retain talent during slowdowns and shutdowns.
Delays that bogged down the launch of cannabis sales in Alaska, Hawaii and Pennsylvania don’t have to be detrimental to marijuana businesses, according to industry insiders
Higher prices and barer shelves: California cannabis retailers face frustrated customers
Licensed marijuana retailers in California are struggling to cope with customers angry about price hikes and less product choice – a direct result of the state’s new packaging and testing regulations that took effect July 1.
Bruce Linton discusses deploying CA$5 billion, Canopy’s commitment to international growth
Canopy Growth, a Canadian medical marijuana giant, is taking a massive 5 billion Canadian dollar ($3.8 billion) investment and going all in on worldwide medical and recreational cannabis business opportunities, the company’s CEO, Bruce Linton, said Thursday during an exclusive, wide-ranging question-and-answer session at MJBizConINT’L in Toronto.
‘Global paradigm shift’: International cannabis business opportunities will accelerate
Hours after Constellation Brands announced its marijuana-industry-record investment of 5 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) in Canada’s Canopy Growth, experts told cannabis entrepreneurs and investors at MJBizConINT’L in Toronto on Wednesday that global cannabis...
Multibillion-dollar marijuana industry takes the stage at MJBizConINT’L
There is no end in sight to business opportunities in the multibillion-dollar international cannabis industry, experts said Tuesday as the inaugural MJBizConINT’L kicked off in Toronto. More than 2,000 marijuana entrepreneurs and investors from 31 countries are...
Week in Review: New Ohio processing licenses, CA marijuana black market & Florida judge nixes MMJ business cap
Ohio awards provisional medical marijuana processing licenses, a cannabis consumer survey in California confirms licensed MJ businesses are losing market share to illicit operators, and a Florida judge says a state law restricting the number of MMJ businesses runs afoul of a voter-approved constitutional amendment.
State legislators to Congress: Let states regulate marijuana without interference
State legislators from across the nation are urging Congress to allow states to regulate cannabis without federal interference, according to lawmakers from Oregon who crafted the decree. The legislators also want Congress to help state-legal marijuana businesses...
Nevada releases revamped design for mandated cannabis edibles symbol
Nevada’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) released a redesigned symbol that edibles producers are required to stamp or mold on every single-serving marijuana edible product by Jan. 1 of next year. It is the second iteration of the symbol. It features the letters...
Rhode Island starts allowing medical cannabis sales to out-of-state patients
Rhode Island began allowing the state's three medical marijuana dispensaries to sell cannabis to out-of-state MMJ patients this month. But it’s “far too early” to assess what impact sales to out-of-state-residents will have on Rhode Island's cannabis supply or retail...
As medical marijuana sales surge, Maryland licenses eight more dispensaries
Maryland's medical cannabis sales are heading toward $100 million in their first year, so in an effort to help keep up with demand, the state approved licenses for eight new MMJ dispensaries this week. That will bring the number of retailers...
