For any alcoholic-beverage makers or growers thinking about combining marijuana and alcohol in California, don't hit the launch button just yet. The state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) issued a memo spelling out its current stance that infused...
Two of the more prominent cannabis industry trade groups in California announced Friday they're teaming up. The Los Angeles-based Southern California Coalition and the Sacramento-based California Growers Association, which represents cultivators from the northern part...
San Diego’s district attorney agrees to drop felony charges against a marijuana attorney, Vermont cracks down on “gifting” adult-use MJ, and Sweet Leaf wins a temporary reprieve from destroying $7.5 million worth of cannabis.
Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the cannabis industry over the past week.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision in January to rescind the Cole Memo hasn't had a big impact on the U.S. cannabis industry, but it could - although the chances are "remote and unlikely." That was one of the messages delivered Thursday to marijuana...
A vape cartridge manufacturer issued the first cannabis product recall in California's new regulated marijuana market. The Bloom Brand announced on its website the company and its manufacturer-distributor, Greenfield Organix 4th St., voluntarily recalled four products...
The San Diego district attorney’s office has agreed to drop felony charges filed last year against cannabis industry attorney Jessica McElfresh.
Her case became a rallying cry for other lawyers in the marijuana sector, who contended she was being persecuted unjustly.
California’s newly regulated marijuana market is the biggest in the world, but not everyone seeking to do business there can acquire the tools to even break in, let alone succeed. Many cannabis business owners are encountering a lack of funding opportunities, curbing...
Several cannabis greenhouses caught fire Monday afternoon in central California, leading the company's 300 employees to evacuate and call authorities for help. The greenhouses are owned by Loudpack Farms, a licensed cultivation operation in the tiny hamlet of...
Florida opts to add four more medical marijuana businesses, New Jersey doubles the number of its vertically integrated MMJ licenses, and cannabis legalization gets some support from Big Alcohol.
Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the cannabis industry over the past week.
Half a year into California's newly regulated marijuana market, it's worth asking: How are licensed companies in the state doing financially? The short answer: Many are struggling. Chelsey Miles, a Sacramento-based accountant and consultant who works with licensed...
The first seven Michigan companies won business permits just last week, but now they find themselves in regulatory limbo, unable to fully comply with the law and also serve patients. That's because there aren't any licensed testing labs yet in all of Michigan,...
The trio of state agencies that oversees California’s marijuana program on Friday published the long-awaited first draft of permanent rules for the state’s multibillion-dollar MJ industry.
