The three regulatory agencies that oversee California's marijuana industry said Monday they're again offering license fee payment deferrals for up to 60 days - this time for business permits that are expiring in July and August. The announcement was made by the...
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San Diego creates new marijuana business regulatory agency
San Diego has joined cities such as Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco in creating a cannabis-specific agency to oversee its marijuana industry. The city's fledgling Cannabis Permitting Bureau will have an annual operating budget of just under $1 million and a...
Black marijuana business executives address bigotry in the sector
To contribute to the conversation about institutional racism in the cannabis industry, Marijuana Business Daily spoke with several Black MJ business owners and executives from across the United States to get their thoughts on racism and how it might have affected their companies and careers.
Week in Review: AG Barr blasted for marijuana merger reviews, more M&A deals altered, L.A. shifts course & more
U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered investigations into 10 proposed marijuana industry mergers - a move that a career Justice Department prosecutor charged was “not even close to meeting established criteria” for such reviews. That prosecutor, John Elias,...
New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries can now deliver
New Jersey's 11 medical marijuana dispensaries are now allowed to deliver products to patients at home, provided they fill out a state waiver. According to NJ.com, the state department of health has issued paperwork for MMJ shops to fill out so their employees can...
DOJ memo defends marijuana merger scrutiny ordered by Barr
An internal document from the U.S. Department of Justice's misconduct office found nothing wrong with Attorney General William Barr's decision ordering antitrust prosecutors to review 10 proposed marijuana business mergers. Politico reported the agency's Office of...
Los Angeles City Council backs major changes to marijuana licensing, social equity
The Los Angeles City Council gave its initial approval to sweeping changes to the city's marijuana business licensing and social equity program, ending months of delays that had held up the permitting process and sparked widespread frustration among stakeholders. The...
Prosecutor: AG Barr ordered politically motivated probes of marijuana mergers
A federal prosecutor will testify before members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered "politically motivated" reviews of 10 marijuana business mergers. The expected testimony to the House Judiciary Committee...
Los Angeles proposes ‘major course change’ for cannabis business licensing, social equity
In a series of recommendations to the Los Angeles City Council, L.A.'s Department of Cannabis Regulation proposed an immense overhaul of its marijuana business licensing structure and social equity program. The DCR's proposals are set to be taken up Tuesday by a City...
Bierman and Modlin leave board of cannabis firm MedMen
The co-founders of California-based multistate marijuana operator MedMen are completely out of the company, having relinquished their roles on the board of directors.
Marijuana firm Acreage gets $15 million loan at 60% interest rate
Marijuana multistate operator Acreage Holdings has secured a $15 million short-term loan with a whopping 60% yearly interest rate, the company said Wednesday.
Recovery from losses, damage during protests will take weeks for many cannabis businesses
The protests, lootings and robberies connected to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis might have died down over the past two weeks, but scores of marijuana companies are still dealing with the fallout of break-ins that began the weekend of May 29. Several of the...











