One of the cannabis industry's leading sales data firms announced Wednesday it has secured $2.5 million in private funding to expand its product line. Seattle-based Headset, which specializes in business intelligence for marijuana-related...
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Pennsylvania releases medical cannabis business applications
Applications are now available for hopeful medical cannabis entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania. The state's department of health released the forms Tuesday for companies that would like to apply for permits to grow or dispense MMJ. Applications are due back by March 20....
Trump, Sessions + the future of the cannabis industry: Q&A with Steph Sherer
By John Schroyer
Steph Sherer has a good read on the pulse of cannabis politics, having spent years in Washington DC lobbying on behalf of medical marijuana patients and fighting for national MJ reform as executive director of Americans for Safe Access.
With Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration imminent, she’s not optimistic about the cannabis industry’s near-term future.
MJ Freeway still working on fixes, damage control as reputation takes hit
MJ Freeway continues to reel from a systems crash earlier this month that has affected a large swath of the cannabis industry, with its workers scrambling to retain longtime customers and mitigate damage to the company's image. The long-term fallout for the software...
Georgia home to 1,300 registered CBD patients, despite no program
Despite not having a workable CBD program, roughly 1,300 Georgians have already registered with the state as patients. That could set the stage for a sizable industry if Georgia lawmakers decide to fully legalize MMJÂ production and distribution. The patient registry...
Two of Washington’s largest recreational marijuana chains on the selling block
By John Schroyer Washington state's two top-selling cannabis retailers are for sale. Main Street Marijuana owner Ramsey Hamide and Uncle Ike's owner Ian Eisenberg, who own three storefronts apiece, have united in an attempted joint sale of both companies, they told...
CT doctors want expansion of medical cannabis conditions
A panel of physicians in Connecticut are urging the state to add four more conditions to the list of ailments that will qualify patients to receive medical cannabis. If the State Board of Physicians' recommendations are accepted by the Department of Consumer...
Week in Review: Sessions’ sleight of hand, scofflaws in CA & risky business in NY
By John Schroyer, Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions plays his cannabis-enforcement views close to the vest, dispensaries sidestep California's adult-use law, and an L.A. marijuana company attempts a risky rescue in New York....
AG pick Sessions ‘won’t commit to never enforcing’ US law on MMJ
The murky legal situation between the federal government and states that have approved cannabis in some form was not made any clearer Tuesday when U.S. attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions dodged questions about his planned approach to the issue. During Day One of...
Oregon received nearly 2K rec marijuana applications last year
The agency that governs Oregon's recreational marijuana industry was swamped with nearly 2,000 adult-use business license applications in 2016, far above the 800-1,200 it expected. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) received 1,907 total applications last...
MJ Freeway: Full recovery from software outage could take weeks
MJ Freeway said Monday it could take two or three weeks to fully restore service to dispensaries and recreational marijuana stores after an alleged cyberattack knocked out the company's software platform over the weekend. The Denver-based firm - which provides...
Another cannabis regulator moves to the private sector
The public sector continues to hemorrhage cannabis regulators, who have been increasingly jumping ship to the more lucrative private sector. The latest example: Andrew Freedman, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's outgoing director of marijuana coordination for the past...
