Just a week after one legislative committee fought to a standstill over Oregon's medical cannabis rules, a state Senate committee voted unanimously for new restrictions, including a limit on the number of plants cultivators can have at a given time, implementing a...
One of several losing contenders in Illinois' medical marijuana program has withdrawn a lawsuit it filed earlier this year, the company's attorney announced on Monday. PM Rx, which had sued the state's Department of Agriculture in February after it wasn't awarded a...
Vicente Sederberg LLP, perhaps one of the best known marijuana legal firms in the country, has announced that it will donate $45,000 to the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law to help support a professorship focused on marijuana law. The professorship will...
Nine people were arrested at five locations after an Arizona SWAT team raided a medical cannabis club in the Phoenix area. The 7Ten Club was known for hosting marijuana farmer's markets twice a week. The Club was the site of at least 18 illegal cannabis transactions...
Denver marijuana cultivator Organic Greens was shot down in court on Friday by a district court judge who sided with the city after the grower tried to overturn a hold order issued by the city that prohibited the company from selling marijuana that had been treated...
Medical marijuana dispensary license applicants in Massachusetts will be judged on their own merits under new rules passed by regulators to make the licensing process in the state more efficient and transparent. The new system will judge applicants based on their...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled that cannabidiol products don't fit under the legal definition of dietary supplements and therefore can't be marketed as such under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The news could force many companies already...
By John Schroyer and Tony C. Dreibus Washington State sets up a process to work with Native American tribes interested in marijuana, large banks reveal why they won't touch the cannabis industry, and an Ohio legalization campaign gets a big-name backer - as well as...
By John Schroyer There's more bad news on the banking front for cannabis companies. First Security Bank of Nevada, which began working with the nascent medical marijuana industry in the state last year, has decided to reverse course because of compliance issues, its...
A marijuana baron in Colorado has been forced to lay off roughly 45% of his workforce because his business licenses have all been put on hold by the state. Shawn Phillips, who owns nine cannabis shops around the state and holds 39 licenses, was told by the state's...
A cannabis shop in Denver that had roughly 15 to 20 pounds of marijuana put under a legal hold order by the city over concerns of possible pesticide contamination is fighting back in court. Organic Greens was ordered by the Denver Department of Environmental Health in...
Illinois has released roughly 13,000 pages of documents tied to its marijuana program - including applications from five businesses competing for cultivation licenses - to attorneys as part of an ongoing lawsuit over how the state awarded permits. John Rooks, one of...
