Maryland regulators have approved eight more companies for medical cannabis cultivation permits, bringing to nine the number of companies allowed  to grow MMJ in the state. ForwardGro was the first licensee given final approval, in May. [include_post...
The number of registered medical cannabis patients in Montana has continued its steady upward pace this year, with the number of program enrollees more than doubling between December and July. As of last month, 17,819 patients had registered with the state to purchase...
A statewide campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Utah took another step toward making the 2018 ballot after backers got the green light to begin circulating petitions. The Utah Patients Coalition - the organization that launched the campaign earlier this summer -...
By John Schroyer
Los Angeles may be on its way to becoming the epicenter of the cannabis industry, but many marijuana firms still feel persecuted.
Although L.A. voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to establish cannabis business rules, companies still face police raids or other harassment from city agencies, sources told Marijuana Business Daily.
A bank has taken the unusual step of embracing medical marijuana businesses in Florida. Orlando-based First Green Bank has opened accounts and granted financial services to six of Florida's seven licensed MMJ producers, according to The Palm Beach Post. First Green...
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has contacted the governors of Colorado and Washington state and, using parallel language, questioned the effectiveness of state regulations designed to comply with the 2013 Cole Memo. In letters to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper...
A task force assembled by Attorney General Jeff Sessions is giving him no ammunition to go after the legal marijuana industry, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety has offered no new policy...
By John Schroyer, Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey Hawaii approves its first medical marijuana testing lab, Florida's MMJ program adds 10,000 patients in less than two months, and New Jersey awards its final dispensary license. Here’s a closer look at some notable...
Citing increasing demand for medical marijuana, Delaware officials have awarded a fourth MMJ production and distribution license, surpassing the three permits mandated by the state's 2011 law. But the most recent - given to New Jersey-based Compassionate Care Research...
A Minnesota judge has given the green light for an interstate marijuana smuggling case to move forward. Judge Kathleen Mottl denied legal motions filed on behalf of two former employees of Vireo Health - a multistate medical marijuana producer - seeking the dismissal...
By John Schroyer An Arizona-based ancillary marijuana company said Thursday it's taken the arguably historic step of purchasing an entire town with the aim of transforming it into a cannabis tourism mecca. American Green, based in Phoenix, paid $5 million for the...
Over 75% of Utah voters support a proposed initiative that could appear on the 2018 statewide ballot to legalize medical marijuana, meaning the state could be one of the next to embrace MMJ. According to a poll by Dan Jones & Associates, 45% of respondents...
