By John Schroyer Last year was one for the history books, as the first stores sold recreational marijuana to consumers beginning on New Year's Day 2014 in Colorado. While there were some bumps over the past 12 months, most notably controversy over edibles, cannabis...
Montana medical marijuana businesses are about to get some serious relief, thanks to a district court judge who struck down several key portions of a 2011 law intended to crack down on the industry. Judge James Reynolds threw out bans on selling medical marijuana for...
After initially indicating he might push for delays in the rollout of recreational marijuana sales, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said his office is now committed to sticking with the deadlines spelled out in Ballot Measure 2. That means personal possession will be legal...
Though Hawaii remains one of the few medical marijuana states without legal dispensaries, that could very well change this year. Solid details for a plan to set up a medical cannabis industry in the state finally became a reality this week, when a legislative task...
By John Schroyer Florida trial attorney John Morgan was the face and voice of the campaign to legalize medical marijuana in the state last year. Though the measure fell just short of the 60% it needed at the ballot box to pass, Morgan and his supporters have promised...
By John Schroyer and Tony C. Dreibus A smartphone app that facilitates medical marijuana deliveries is ordered to cease operations in Los Angeles, two publicly traded companies help build credibility for cannabis stocks, and Massachusetts MMJ businesses move forward...
The much-anticipated medical marijuana market in Illinois - population 13 million -Â will include children and teens. That's good news for companies that wind up getting business licenses in the state and could fuel the market for infused products, since children won't...
Here’s a sampling of state-level regulatory and legislative issues topping the cannabis industry’s wish list this holiday season.
Although Oklahoma and Nebraska attacked Colorado's recreational marijuana industry last week in a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court, other nearby conservative states are more hesitant to jump on board. The lawsuit contends that Colorado's rec market has cost both...
Cannabis concentrates producers in California can relax - their businesses are safe. A three-judge appellate court has ruled unanimously that cannabis concentrates, including dabs, are legally qualified as medical marijuana, according to the Sacramento Bee. The legal...
Michigan sheriffs reportedly helped kill legislation on Thursday that would have allowed the legal return of medical marijuana dispensaries and edibles, according to MLive.com. The move leaves dozens of MMJ dispensaries hanging on by their fingernails, since they're...
By John Schroyer and Tony C. Dreibus Oklahoma and Nebraska attempt to overturn Colorado's recreational marijuana law, Native American tribes begin weighing whether to sell medical cannabis, and Anchorage tosses out a proposed ban on MJ businesses. Here's a closer look...
