Recreational marijuana legalization in Oregon won't come cheap. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which is tasked with overseeing the rollout of the new industry, asked state lawmakers for $583,000 to help pay for additional staffers, legal advice and other...
Five companies that lost out on bids to win medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Nevada have filed a colorful lawsuit against the state and 13 other MMJ businesses, alleging that officials bungled the process and that their competitors received unfair advantages....
Hawaii is one of a handful of states that permits medical marijuana but prohibits dispensaries. A report from the state auditor this week advocates changing that, urging local lawmakers to set up a system of regulated dispensaries to serve patients. The report could...
Los Angeles has already closed down more than 400 medical marijuana dispensaries in recent years. Now, the city is targeting other types of businesses related to cannabis, filing a lawsuit against a smartphone app that helps patients get MMJ delivered to their homes....
The New York Compassionate Care Act, signed into law this past July, finally brings the state into the medical marijuana fold.
The measure will create an infrastructure around the production and sale of cannabis-infused products, allowing entrepreneurs to tap a new MMJ market.
If Arizona officials want an extra $48 million a year, they should legalize marijuana. That's how much the state stands to make if it winds up legalizing recreational sales, according to a recent report by the Arizona assembly's Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The...
The first national recreational marijuana program looked briefly to be in danger, but the victory of Tabare Vazquez in Uruguay's presidential election has secured the future of cannabis in the South American country. At least for the short term. Vazquez topped Luis...
A disgruntled recreational marijuana vendor has filed suit against one of the largest cities in Colorado, claiming that officials "manipulated the process" in deciding to deny the company's application for a business license. According to The Denver Post, Metro...
You read that headline correctly. The new Illinois medical marijuana clinic Good Intentions will have a float in Chicago's Thanksgiving Day parade, which appears to be another first for the MMJ industry. Float riders won't be tossing out edibles or baggies filled with...
Though medical marijuana failed at the Florida ballot box earlier this month, plenty of cannabis companies in the state aren't about to cash in their chips and go home. Not only have MMJ proponents promised to continue the fight at the state Capitol, but many cannabis...
Even companies that don't touch cannabis - but have clients that do - can have a hard time getting financial backing. Witness Apeks, an Ohio-based company that makes extraction equipment for marijuana processors. Despite a healthy balance sheet and solid future...
New Hampshire's first medical marijuana dispensary could open within a year in the tiny hamlet of Epping, about a half hour east of Manchester. On Monday, Granite State Alternative Treatment Center presented a plan to the Epping Board of Selectmen for a $2 million,...
