A growing trend among California cannabis retailers to charge brands for shelf space - and, thus, access to customers - has some in the industry decrying the practice as "pay-to-play" that threatens to crowd out smaller companies from the market. According to several...
In what may be a potential first for the marijuana industry, a Southern California cannabis farmer filed suit against another grower in federal court and is attempting to use anti-racketeering laws to back up the legal claims. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court...
Santa Barbara County, California, has the most marijuana cultivation licenses of any county in the state. It also just made a huge bust, with sheriff's deputies seizing 20 tons of illegal cannabis and destroying 350,000 plants. That should come as good news to...
In the past month and a half, officials in one California county - assisted by members of the Army National Guard - have served multiple search warrants and seized nearly 20,000Â illegal marijuana plants. It's a reminder that the state's...
Aiming to slow illicit cannabis sales that are undercutting the nation's largest licensed market, California is kicking off a public information campaign - Get #weedwise - that encourages consumers to verify their purchases are tested and legal. Advertisements will be...
Despite a well-intentioned social equity program in Massachusetts that aims to provide a pathway into the cannabis industry for victims of the war on drugs, few have jumped at the opportunity. Only five entrepreneurs have turned in business...
Los Angeles marijuana czar Cat Packer did an impromptu Oprah Winfrey impersonation during an appearance at a Mendocino County retreat earlier this month when asked what she’d do with an unlimited budget and staff.
An alliance of 45 large marijuana businesses wants the public to know they're good corporate citizens. The Global Cannabis Partnership, which includes Canada's Canopy Growth Corp., issued guidelines aimed at minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting ethical...
A new investigative report published Friday concluded that Pennsylvania's medical marijuana industry rollout was beset with problems to the point that it could provide legal ammunition for license applicants who did not receive approval but...
In the past month and a half, the state of Michigan has dramatically increased turnaround times for processing and approving medical cannabis business license applications. In May alone, the new state Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) ruled on 213 medical cannabis...
Multistate operator MedMen on Friday announced the opening of its first Florida medical marijuana dispensary, in West Palm Beach - the first of 12 such planned storefronts in the state. The California-based company said in a news release it's also planning upcoming...
The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) issued a request for qualifications as it searches for consultants to help shape what is thought to be the largest municipal marijuana social equity program in the nation.
