Medical marijuana businesses in Vancouver, British Columbia, may soon be in the city's crosshairs. The city council has "decided to step in" with a new ordinance that will boost licensing fees and crack down on zoning for cannabis businesses in light of a federal...
An increasing number of states are requiring cannabis companies to track every plant from seed to sale in a bid to increase oversight on the industry, which subsequently bolsters the market for businesses that make inventory software. The latest state to go in this...
Oregon officials offer a glimpse of potential business activity in the state’s recreational cannabis industry, Florida fails to pass medical marijuana reforms once again, and a prominent California dispensary owner faces a lawsuit that seeks to shutter her business.
An attempt to legalize medical marijuana in Florida this year via the state Legislature is "effectively dead," a key lawmaker behind the effort said. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, sponsored a bill that at first had the support of the 2014 campaign to legalize...
By John Schroyer In March and early April, Denver officials ordered nine local cultivation companies to essentially quarantine tens of thousands of marijuana plants over fears of possible pesticide contamination. The state Department of Agriculture was even brought in...
Oregon officials in charge of regulating the state's up-and-coming recreational marijuana industry expect roughly 2,000 applicants to throw their hats in the ring for retail store, cultivation, processing and wholesale licenses in the first six months of next year....
One of the first commercial cannabis testing labs in the United States is seeking $5 million in financing to enter two more states and eventually expand to Jamaica. Steep Hill Labs Inc., which is headquartered in the San Francisco area, has raised $4 million in...
The head of the Drug Enforcement Agency will resign next month, prompting cheers from cannabis entrepreneurs frustrated with her vocal opposition to marijuana legalization and the industry in general. Michele Leonhart, the chief administrator of the DEA since 2010,...
By John Schroyer Nearly four years ago, Michigan's medical marijuana industry slipped into a downward spiral after an appeals court ruled that dispensaries are technically illegal under the state's MMJ law. Hundreds of businesses shut down as a result, with dispensary...
Yet another national poll has revealed that attitudes towards legalizing cannabis have grown more tolerant in recent years. A study commissioned by CBS News has found that 53% of Americans back legalizing recreational marijuana, which is a milestone in the 26-year...
Washington State cultivators must be hurting. The average price of a gram of retail cannabis has plummeted since recreational shops opened last July, from an average of $30 to $12 a gram now, according to The Seattle Times. That's an eye-popping 60% decrease. Prices...
The Alaska Legislature has decided to assign the difficult job of writing new regulations for recreational marijuana to a newly created supervisory board. In February, Gov. Bill Walker asked lawmakers to set up a Marijuana Control Board to oversee the recreational...
