An Illinois panel is recommending that the state add eight new ailments to the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis, a move that would expand the market for local licensed MMJ businesses. The Illinois Medical Cannabis Advisory Board formally recommended...
By John Schroyer Jim Fitzpatrick is on a mission. As a member of Kodiak Capital's advisory board, he's been tasked with doling out millions of dollars in funding to publicly traded companies in the marijuana industry over the next year. "I want to be the go-to...
The first nation to legalize recreational marijuana has selected a pair of companies to grow and produce cannabis that will eventually be sold at state-owned pharmacies. Simbiosys SA, which is backed by Uruguayan and Argentinian investors, and Iccorp won the two...
By John Schroyer New Mexico's medical marijuana market is about to go through a significant growth spurt - and get some more competition. The state has selected a dozen applicants out of an initial pool of 86 to receive new business licenses and join the 23 nonprofit...
If ResponsibleOhio succeeds in legalizing both medical and recreational cannabis in Ohio next month, the state will get a bonus: a $24 million MMJ research facility. The project will only move forward if Issue 3, the ballot initiative ResponsibleOhio is behind, gets...
There's a first for everything. LivWell, one of the largest marijuana retail and cultivation chains in Colorado, is being sued by a pair of consumers over allegations that it used controversial pesticides during its cultivation process. It appears to be the first time...
We’re still a long way from the 2016 general election, but one of the more prominent groups hoping to legalize recreational cannabis in California next year has put a key piece of its plan in motion.
Genifer Murray, a longtime staple of Colorado's marijuana industry, was recently forced out of her position as CEO and director of CannLabs, a company she founded in 2010. According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, there was an acrimonious...
Cannabis advocates have a new and perhaps unlikely ally: the American Academy of Family Physicians. The group last week passed two new resolutions into its platform, with one calling for the decriminalization of recreational cannabis and the other calling on the...
Harborside Health Center is continuing to expand its empire. Now with three locations in California, a dispensary license in Illinois and more plans in the works, Harborside announced this week that it has formally opened a new location in Portland, Oregon. "We're...
One of the few licensed medical cannabis growers in Illinois is testing a statewide ban on advertising by throwing $1 million into a marketing campaign designed to bolster participation in the upcoming market. Cresco Labs, which has licenses to operate three different...
Denver Police announced this week that seven cannabis stores in the city were cited for selling to minors as part of a wide-ranging sting operation, giving the city's recreational marijuana industry a black eye. As a result of the sting - which involved 30 shops - the...
