Nearly all 12 members of a gaming policy committee in Nevada - including Gov. Brian Sandoval - expressed frustration at the conclusion of an hours-long hearing Wednesday that was intended to get the state closer to a policy on whether casinos will be allowed to engage...
The latest version of the California state marijuana market regulations were released earlier this month, and there's a sea of particulars for cannabis entrepreneurs to wade through. The California market - already the biggest on Earth - will officially launch on New...
University of New Mexico researchers say the legal availability of medical marijuana has the potential to reduce opioid use among chronic pain patients. The work of associate psychology professor Jacob Miguel Vigil and assistant economics professor Sarah See Stith was...
A lawsuit has been filed in Florida alleging state officials are “unconstitutionally dragging their feet” on issuing more medical marijuana business permits for the highly competitive program.
In an effort to protect smaller-scale cannabis growers that are worried about being forced out of the regulated market by commercial cultivators that will be producing at scale, California state Sen. Scott Wiener has vowed to push regulators to amend industry rules...
A Massachusetts commission is planning to make significant headway next month in crafting regulations for the state's upcoming recreational marijuana industry, with draft rules expected before the end of the year. The Cannabis Control Commission will hold public...
Rob Kampia steps down as executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, Ohio is inundated with MMJ dispensary applications, and MassRoots and its ousted CEO do battle.
The founder of Marijuana Policy Project, Rob Kampia, is bowing out as executive director of the organization. Kampia, who co-founded MPP in 1995, will become director of strategic development and will continue to serve on the boards of directors for both MPP and the...
The Sacramento, California, police department plans to ask the City Council this week for an additional $850,000 in funding to continue a crackdown on its marijuana industry through the first six months of 2018. According to the Sacramento Bee, California's capital...
MassRoots founder and former CEO Isaac Dietrich on Monday filed paperwork with federal regulators to call for a special meeting and new shareholder vote, an attempt to force his way back into the company and dethrone the other board members who fired him last month....
Barely a month after being ousted as head of the cannabis social network he launched in 2013, MassRoots founder Isaac Dietrich is now being sued by his former company, which alleges he stole more than $250,000 from the business. In a civil suit, filed Nov. 14 in...
Steep Hill, one of the largest U.S. cannabis testing labs, is expanding into Oregon - a move that will give the company a presence in eight states. The California-based company has licensed its brand and testing technology to a local Oregon partner, Dr. Carl Balog, an...
