The Marijuana Policy Project announced it has suspended its Ohio campaign to legalize medical cannabis, leaving MMJ's fate in Ohio to Gov. John Kasich. The Republican governor must decide whether he will sign into law a medical marijuana legalization measure the Ohio...
By John Schroyer The city of Los Angeles is a regulatory mess when it comes to medical marijuana. Since the passage of the statewide Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) last September, hundreds of MMJ businesses in the state's most populous city have...
Wall Street regulators filed civil fraud charges against a company and four people allegedly caught up in a scheme to bilk investors out of nearly a million dollars through a company purported to be a Massachusetts medical cannabis venture. The Securities and Exchange...
Dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries were raided on Thursday in Toronto, as local authorities carried out their threat to crack down on what is technically an illegal industry under Canadian federal law. The Star reported that local police were mum on the details....
By John Schroyer and Omar Sacirbey Ohio lawmakers pass a medical marijuana bill in a bid to undercut a ballot measure, MassRoots' Nasdaq listing is nixed again, and Congress moves to give military veterans easier access to medical cannabis. Here’s a closer look at...
The fall Marijuana Business Conference & Expo has been named the nation's fastest-growing trade show, yet another indication of the cannabis industry's increasing prominence on the national stage. The event, hosted by Marijuana Business Daily, led the pack last...
A coalition of edibles manufacturers in Oregon, concerned with a lack of general public knowledge on the potency of their products, have launched a public safety campaign to urge first-time users to take it easy on the dosage when trying such products.
Aeron Sullivan, the 29-year-old CEO of the online cannabis firm Tradiv, has been named one of Inc. magazine's "30 Under 30" for 2016. The upstart company, based in southern California, does most of its business currently in Colorado, where more than 230 marijuana...
One of California's biggest unions labor has contributed $25,000 to a group dedicated to defeating adult-use marijuana legalization this year in the state. The California Teamsters chapter gave the money to the Coalition for Responsible Drug Policies, an...
By John Schroyer Arizona's medical marijuana market, already one of the largest in the nation, will soon undergo a major transformation - one that could create fiercer competition for existing dispensaries but also extra sales. The number of licensed dispensaries is...
The top elected Republican in the United States said the U.S. House of Representatives may vote to legalize CBD, potentially opening a bounty of new market opportunities for this form of marijuana oil. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, told a local...
Denver-based MassRoots, the popular social network for cannabis enthusiasts, failed again to secure a public listing on the Nasdaq, a setback for marijuana companies hoping to trade on a major U.S. stock market.
