John Schroyer Archive

Maine’s Republican governor is proposing that state lawmakers consider simply delaying recreational marijuana sales, instead of passing a legislative rewrite of the voter-approved marijuana law.

The Maine Legislature is set to return Monday to consider a rewrite offered by a legislative committee handling adult-use marijuana implementation.

Republican House Minority Leader Ken Fredette said he is …

The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has launched what it calls the “largest marijuana store on the planet” in downtown Sin City.

The tribe has a medical cannabis dispensary that’s technically located on tribal lands but happens to be just north of the Las Vegas strip, on a 31-acre plot at the corner …

By John Schroyer

The wildfires ravaging Northern California over the past week have burned tens of thousands of acres of land, torching more than 30 marijuana farms and adding a new wrinkle to the January rollout of the state’s regulated cannabis industry.

During testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he supports “more competition” in cannabis research but that he isn’t inclined to grant permits to everyone who applied for permission to study the plant.

According to The Cannabist, Sessions said in a response to Sen. Orrin Hatch …

A planned 130-acre medical cannabis business park in Michigan is being touted as the largest east of the Mississippi River.

The project, called Harvest Park, is slated to be home to a variety of companies and tenants, all devoted to the medical marijuana field in some respect, according to the Lansing State …

Capital raises in the global cannabis industry have reached a staggering $1.8 billion in the first three quarters of 2017, up from $720 million a year ago, according to Viridian Capital Advisors’ Cannabis Deal Tracker.

The raises are a compilation of deals brokered by 164 public companies and 105 private ones, with an average raise …

A Pennsylvania marijuana cultivation business that had put itself on the block for $20 million has pulled the plug on the sale after the state’s governor threatened to revoke the company’s coveted new license.

Franklin Labs, which was put up for sale this year after winning one of 12 …

The Michigan agency responsible for developing medical marijuana industry rules on Thursday released more information about how hopeful business licensees can obtain a state permit for the upcoming regulated MMJ market.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) announced that starting Dec. 15 it will begin accepting license applications, and the …

By John Schroyer, Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey

California’s wildfires could adversely affect marijuana crops, Maryland’s MMJ commission is taken to court, and Arkansas accountants get permission to serve cannabis firms.

Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the past week.

Maine’s medical marijuana program finally has a new director, after the position went unfilled for a year.

Marietta D’Agostino, a former director of the state’s MMJ program, left in 2016 for a job in the private cannabis sector, and Craig Patterson, an analyst with the state’s health department, was chosen this week …

By John Schroyer

Dozens of California's 109 federally recognized Native American tribes have reportedly expressed interest in entering the state's regulated cannabis market when it launches.

But as the state's unfinished regulations stand, those tribes may be forced to make a choice: Participate in the licit cannabis market or retain their sovereignty.