By John Schroyer and Omar Sacirbey Social media giant Facebook continues to shut down the pages of state-legal cannabis retailers across the country, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. More than 20 dispensaries and recreational shops in Arizona, Colorado, Maine,...
Marijuana consumption lounges may become legal in the nation's capital, which would open up a new business avenue for entrepreneurs. Under a measure approved this week by the Washington DC City Council, a task force will take a look at whether or not the municipality...
Rhode Island’s three medical cannabis dispensaries are about to get some extra help from an unexpected source – Gov. Gina Raimondo. Under a newly proposed budget plan Raimondo is backing, dispensaries would receive less competition from caregivers than they have in...
By John Schroyer While the marijuana industry is rife with uncertainty, there's one thing you can count on: Federal and state regulators will take a bigger interest in cannabis businesses as the trade grows and becomes more mainstream. One such agency that will likely...
Three companies have filed suit to prevent most of Florida’s CBD program from moving forward until ongoing legal issues over the licensing process are resolved.
There won't be any marijuana business opportunities in Wyoming any time soon, now that a campaign there has failed to gather enough signatures to get a medical marijuana initiative on the 2016 ballot. The state's NORML wing told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle that it had...
By John Schroyer The fourth recreational cannabis market in the United States is almost here. The Alaskan Marijuana Control Board formally signed off on rules for the industry last week, including detailed procedures for businesses that want to obtain permits. The...
A hemp farm in Colorado has broken the organic glass ceiling. That is, it's the nation's first hemp producer to get the formal blessing of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to label its crop "organic," a prized marketing tool that is often used lightly in the...
President Barack Obama likely won't take any unilateral action on marijuana reform this year, despite hopes from many advocates that he would attempt to reschedule cannabis or issue an executive order on banking or the tax code to help the industry. "There are some in...
For the second time in a row - and for the exact same reason - the Illinois health department has rejected a recommendation to expand the state's qualifying condition list for medical marijuana. Dr. Nirav Shah, the director of the state's health department, shot down...
Unhappy with how the new state licensing process is going, seven Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries have filed suit against the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, alleging that the agency has broken several rules in recent months. The suit, filed Friday...
By John Schroyer California moves to slow the pace of medical marijuana bans, MMJ makes big gains in Ohio and Florida, and a cannabis company announces what could be the most ambitious expansion plan in the industry to date. Here’s a closer look at several notable...
