By John Schroyer "Organic" has become a big buzzword in the cannabis industry as of late. An increasing number of patients and consumers are clamoring for marijuana grown using organic methods, and cultivators around the country are claiming they do just that -...
Plans by a Native American tribe in South Dakota to begin growing and selling recreational cannabis on its reservation are generating some push-back from a top state official. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is questioning whether...
The days of many Seattle dispensaries are now numbered. The Seattle City Council has approved an ordinance that aims to shutter local medical marijuana dispensaries that opened after Jan. 1, 2013, which will result in the closure of around half of the city's estimated...
Yet another Nevada dispensary that was hoping to open has been forced to wait - and others could be delayed again too. Silver State Relief was scheduled to begin serving customers in a suburb of Reno on Monday, which would have made it the first dispensary in the...
Although federal racketeering statutes haven't been employed regularly against marijuana businesses, that could be changing. One Colorado cannabis shop shut down recently after its owner decided that he simply couldn't afford to keep paying for a legal battle with a...
By John Schroyer Medical marijuana cultivation is now underway in Illinois, setting the stage for the start of cannabis sales later this year. Ataraxia - which won a cultivation license for a district in southeastern Illinois - received final authorization from the...
Montana’s medical cannabis law remains under attack from conservative officials, even though a district court judge gave MMJ businesses and patients some relief in January.
Local officials in an unincorporated part of King County, just east of Seattle, are targeting 15 medical marijuana dispensaries that are deemed illegal because they don't have state permits. The businesses were sent letters last week ordering them to close down or...
A federal appeals court in California has ruled in favor of the 280E portion of the federal tax code, meaning marijuana companies will still have to battle one of the industry's biggest challenges. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving a...
By John Schroyer Federal agents raid a pair of marijuana grows on Native American lands, two dozen companies apply for Florida CBD licenses, and hemp farmers dodge a bullet in Oregon. Here’s a closer look at several notable developments in the marijuana industry over...
Congress is still apparently quite divided on how to deal with the marijuana industry and its federal status, as two developments this week underscore. A bipartisan bill was introduced on Thursday in the Senate to prohibit federal agencies from penalizing banks that...
A report by the Alaska Department of Revenue estimates that the state will collect anywhere between $5 million and $19 million in taxes from recreational cannabis sales to locals, indicating the huge amount of uncertainty over the potential size of the market....
