The next 12 months are expected to be historic ones for the cannabis industry, both in the United States and abroad.
New markets will come online, an unprecedented number of states and countries could legalize either medical or recreational marijuana, and the number of business opportunities will be bigger and better than ever.
The past 12 months have been a whirlwind for the cannabis industry, with new business opportunities popping up regularly in the United States and abroad.
By John Schroyer California Assemblyman Rob Bonta played a pivotal role in pushing through regulations on the state's medical marijuana industry, which will greatly transform the nation's largest MMJ market. Bonta was a primary sponsor of Assembly Bill 266, one of...
By John Schroyer One of the biggest disappointments for the marijuana industry this year has been the complete dearth of new states legalizing medical or recreational marijuana. After a proposal to approve cannabis sales imploded in Ohio during the November elections,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has apparently weighed in on where marijuana should appear on the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of controlled substances - a major issue for the cannabis industry. But it's not yet clear exactly what...
Welcome to the club, Colombia. On Tuesday, the South American nation's president put his signature on a decree that formally legalizes the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis. Although MMJ has technically been legal in the country since 1986, the new law will...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt doesn't care that the Obama administration thinks the U.S. Supreme Court should keep mum on Colorado's recreational marijuana law. He wants the justices to rule on the matter. Pruitt and his Nebraska counterpart filed a lawsuit a...
Maryland's medical cannabis commission announced Monday that it will wait until summer to choose the initial winners of cultivation and processing licenses. That will set the program's implementation back at least six months, as the state initially expected to name...
By John Schroyer Colorado-based MJ Freeway, one of the most prominent cannabis-related software companies in the nation, announced this morning that it has completed an $8 million round of fundraising. The figure could be a record-setter in terms of capital raised by...
Two state-level cannabis legalization proposals have moved a big step closer to getting in front of voters next year. In Florida, United for Care received clearance from the state Supreme Court for a 2016 ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana. The...
By Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer Legal challenges threaten to further delay Florida's CBD program, a new institute in the Czech Republic promises to spur medical cannabis research, and a federal interest rate hike could impact marijuana stocks. Here’s a closer look...
The question of whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit targeting Colorado's landmark recreational marijuana law may be answered as soon as January. Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman told the Denver Post on Thursday that she expects the...
