A sizable cannabis cultivation operation on the Central California coast may find itself out of business after county supervisors voted to revoke the company's permit. The situation highlights why MJ businesses in the state must remain vigilant and ready to prove they...
At a packed hearing Tuesday, a California legislative committee killed a measure aimed at overturning a controversial policy that allows licensed cannabis companies to deliver product anywhere in the state. The upshot is that the status quo will continue for marijuana...
Federal U.S. marijuana prohibition is again causing immigration problems for cannabis industry insiders, this time in Denver, where at least two employees of state-legal MJ companies reportedly have been denied citizenship in the United States because of their jobs....
California regulators put $10 million in state grant money for cannabis social equity programs on hold, it was announced over the weekend. The state Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) earlier this month began accepting grant applications from cities that have social...
A new bill in the California Legislature is attempting to do what state regulators could not accomplish in 2018: Quash postings for illegal cannabis retailers by advertising giant Weedmaps and others. The measure, Assembly Bill 1417, was amended to include language...
California law enforcement on Thursday temporarily shuttered one licensed retail location and also raided an illegal grow that allegedly appeared to be connected to the shop, reinforcing once more the tenuous nature of the state's cannabis supply chain. According to a...
Arizona-based Hypur Ventures announced it’s rolling out a half-a-billion-dollar cannabis investment fund intended to inject even more capital into both the marijuana and hemp sectors.
Los Angeles is contemplating a major clampdown on illegal cannabis shops that have bedeviled the licensed industry's bottom line. Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he is considering adding "tens of millions" of dollars to the fight against the flourishing illicit...
Iowa lawmakers have advanced a bill that, if successful, would lift the 3% THC potency cap for medical marijuana products. The potency cap has resulted in confusion for both the industry and medical marijuana patients and, if removed, would...
Another California cannabis testing lab has been accused by a former employee of misrepresenting marijuana potency numbers. The allegation emerged because of a legal dispute between Oregon-based Green Leaf Lab, which also has a facility in Sacramento, and competitor 2...
The Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) in the city of Los Angeles is looking for someone to run its social equity program. The project is part of a handful of efforts in California intended to get minorities and those negatively affected...
Although the California marijuana industry has hoped for tax relief as it struggles to compete with a thriving illicit market, a tax increase could be on the way. A tax hike would hit cannabis companies' bottom lines and could drive more consumers into the illicit...
