It'll be about another month and a half before the state of Michigan begins issuing medical cannabis business licenses. That's according to Andrew Brisbo, director of the Michigan Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. He told the Detroit Free Press he hopes the...
California regulators are giving licensed marijuana businesses more flexibility this summer when it comes to getting all their requisite paperwork in. According to The Orange County Register, regulators are extending temporary marijuana business licenses and weighing...
The Ohio medical marijuana licensing process - already under fire - was found to contain yet another error on by the state auditor's office. According to The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, state auditor Dave Yost's office found a discrepancy between the original scoring...
Michigan regulators are trying to tackle the thorny issue of banking services for companies in the cannabis business, but it doesn't appear that a solution is immediately obvious. According to a Michigan NPR affiliate, the lack of financial services for most of the...
Nineteen applications were submitted in North Dakota for two medical marijuana cultivation licenses, with each applicant ponying up a $5,000 fee to be a grower in one of the nation's newest and smallest MMJ markets. The deadline for businesses to throw their hats in...
Six growers and nine dispensary owners in Pennsylvania have filed a legal challenge to a fledgling medical cannabis research program they contend would "flood the market with medical marijuana" and undercut their businesses. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the...
A solid majority of American adults want cannabis legalized at the federal level, according to a national poll. The CBS News study, conducted April 11-15 with roughly 1,000 people, found that 59% of Americans across the country believe marijuana should be legal. Only...
In a triumph involving intellectual property rights, California-based Steep Hill Labs won an emergency protective order against the state of New Mexico and a competitor over the disclosure of trade secrets. Steep Hill filed suit in early April against the two entities...
For years, poll after poll has found that Texas voters back marijuana reform, and a new poll shows the trend is continuing. According to a study conducted April 12-17 by Quinnipiac University, a solid 61% of Texans support "allowing adults to legally possess small...
Pennsylvania's medical cannabis dispensaries get the OK to sell flower for vaping, Oregon's marijuana glut is hurting the state's smaller growers, and MassRoots reveals that its losses widened to $44 million in 2017. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments...
One of two campaigns that may wind up competing for votes in an upcoming Ohio election has run into a procedural problem with the state's electoral bureaucracy. The campaign - spearheaded by Ohio Families for Change - is attempting to put a ballot measure before...
In a move that highlights the power of local governments over the California marijuana industry, the San Bernardino City Council shot down the planned 4/20-centric High Times Cannabis Cup by refusing to license this weekend's event. The council vote, held less than...
