Peru could become the latest country to legalize medical cannabis if a bill proposed by the nation's president is approved by the legislature. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski decided to back the move after a raid in the capital city of Lima unveiled a group of parents...
The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed President Trump's nominee for attorney general, outspoken marijuana opponent Jeff Sessions, formerly a U.S. senator from Alabama. Sessions was confirmed in a 52-47 vote, with only one Democrat in the chamber backing the...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to reaffirm an ongoing ban on cannabis businesses of all types and to close roughly 70 dispensaries that are operating unlawfully in unincorporated parts of the county. The situation may change early next year, after...
A cancer patient in California is dead, and doctors suspect contaminated medical marijuana may have been the cause in what could serve as a wake-up call for the state's MMJ industry. According to CBS Los Angeles, the man was using medical cannabis to ward off the side...
One of Colorado's biggest cannabis retail chains wants to get even larger: The Green Solution, which has 13 locations across the state, revealed Tuesday it has secured a $7.5 million loan from iAnthus Capital Holdings, a cannabis investment and operations company. The...
Despite the recent rejection of an onsite cannabis consumption proposal by Alaska's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board, recreational marijuana shops in the state may still be able to allow customers to smoke, vape or munch edibles at their stores. According to TV...
By John Schroyer
If anyone has a good handle on how federal narcotics prosecutions work, it’s Jodi Avergun.
She once served as chief of staff for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. And now, among her duties as a partner in a Washington DC law firm, she advises clients on whether to invest in cannabis.
Two former employees of a multistate medical cannabis company have been formally charged with illegally transporting MMJ products across state lines, from Minnesota to New York. Both defendants, once officers of Minnesota Medical Solutions, were charged Friday with...
An Israel-based company that specializes in quality-control testing equipment and standards for medical cannabis is using a newly raised $1 million in investment capital to expand its business operations into the North American market, the latest indication the...
By Omar Sacirbey, John Schroyer and Bart Schaneman A Canadian medical marijuana company brokers another export deal, the nation's district attorneys form a group to possibly recommend national cannabis policies, and Southern California dispensaries sue their...
One of Canada's 38 licensed medical cannabis producers said it will begin exporting MMJ products to Chile starting this month. Tilray, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, is teaming up with Alef Biotechnology SpA on the export deal, according to a...
In what is a possible international first, a Canadian company has announced it will operate a pair of dispensaries in Arizona through a recently acquired management firm. The deal, which cost the Canadian Bioceutical Corp. $27 million dollars (CA$35.5 million), also...
