Berkeley Patients Group can stay open, for now. A federal district court judge took the noted dispensary's side in a recent hearing tied to forfeiture proceedings brought on by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, who has been on a years-long quest to shutter dispensaries in...
A company has received the green light to build a 20-acre indoor medical marijuana cultivation facility within 1,000 feet of a neighborhood in Phoenix, which is technically not allowed under a local ordinance. The city's Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 to grant Tryke...
Attention, Oregon growers: If you're looking to expand your crop base, you might want to consider hemp. The state's Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for business licenses to sow hemp. A three-year license will cost cultivators $1,500, and...
In his hurry to get permits issued to medical marijuana businesses, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner overlooked a key step in the vetting process: conducting criminal background checks. None of the companies awarded licenses have been through the requisite checks, according...
By John Schroyer The cannabis industry has been abuzz since Illinois unexpectedly issued 70 business permits to medical marijuana companies earlier this week, allaying concerns that the licensing process would be delayed indefinitely. "I’ve got phone calls coming in...
Medical cannabis professionals may have a new ally at the federal level: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told CBS this week that "marijuana can be helpful" for some medical ailments. "We have to use that data to drive policymaking," Murthy said, indicating that he...
As it was originally passed last November by Oregon voters, Measure 91 legalizes recreational marijuana and allows the state to tax cannabis sales. But a lawmaker has introduced a bill that would grant local governments the right to tax rec marijuana as well, which...
By John Schroyer Medbox Inc., one of the most prominent publicly traded companies in the cannabis space, is grappling with an issue that could become more common in the marijuana industry: class-action lawsuits. The suits, one filed on Jan. 16 and another on Jan. 28,...
Chopin, Beethoven and plenty of other classical composers are played on a daily basis to dozens of cannabis plants in a grow room owned by the Denver medical marijuana dispensary chain Sticky Buds. Why? Because the company's master grower, Elias Tempton, believes it...
Native American interest in the marijuana industry is accelerating quickly. Over 100 tribes have contacted FoxBarry Farms, a management firm working to construct the first marijuana cultivation facility on Native American land, to explore business opportunities,...
Edibles producers in Vermont may soon have to invest in a host of upgrades to their products and processes, which could prove costly and time consuming. State policymakers are considering a bill that would implement new rules on medical marijuana edibles, including...
By John Schroyer New regulations on edibles in Colorado's recreational marijuana market have created operational hurdles - and tens of thousands of dollars in added expenses - for infused products companies. The regulations, which went into effect Feb. 1, include THC...
