By John Schroyer Ron Sigman joined the cannabis industry in June after nearly three decades in law enforcement, the last year and a half of which he spent as a criminal investigator with Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED). Now, he's the chief operating...
Concerned with what might happen if voters legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot next year, a Michigan lawmaker who has been a longtime ally of dispensaries is upping his game to get a statewide regulatory system passed in advance of the presidential election....
After evaluating a fatal accident that took place last year in Denver, the Center for Disease Control has issued a statement calling on future recreational states to follow Colorado’s lead on labeling, packaging and dosage limitation restrictions.
By John Schroyer
Chalk up another first for the cannabis industry.
Several marijuana business owners were able to sit down and talk seriously with 20 attorneys general from across the country last week, which some participants called a “monumental” development.
Israel, one of the world's leading countries on medical cannabis research, will soon be dispensing MMJ through pharmacies. The move, announced by Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, is intended to relieve administrative pressure on the country's few dispensaries,...
A week after Colorado shot down an attempt to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis, a new law goes into effect today in Washington State to do just that. The new law makes Washington the 11th state to allow PTSD patients to...
Rhode Island's three medical cannabis dispensaries must be pleased: In the past two and a half years, their customer base has exploded. The number of registered patients has soared from 4,489 in 2013 to 11,620 currently, according to the Providence Journal. That's...
By John Schroyer Law enforcement cracks down on Michigan's medical cannabis industry, a bid to legalize marijuana in Ohio runs into a serious problem, and Florida's MMJ effort moves forward while its CBD program takes a step back. Here’s a closer look at several...
A working group overseen by California's lieutenant governor has issued a report outlining 58 policy suggestions for regulating recreational cannabis in the state should voters legalize marijuana for general adult use next year. The report...
United for Care, which was behind the failed 2014 campaign to legalize medical cannabis in Florida, is slowly making its way toward the 2016 ballot. On Wednesday, the campaign announced that it has submitted 100,000 signatures to the Supervisor of Elections. Roughly...
Pennsylvania might have another shot at legalizing medical marijuana sooner rather than later. A new bipartisan group of state lawmakers is working on a compromise bill to legalize MMJ after a previous attempt hit a wall in a committee controlled by an anti-cannabis...
By John Schroyer Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has been both an enemy and an ally of the cannabis industry over the years. He vocally opposed recreational legalization in 2012 and said last year that voters were "reckless" in approving the law, a controversial...
