Marijuana cultivators have become an increasing burden on power grids across the country, especially where cannabis is legal. But in the heart of San Francisco, at least one cultivator has made the switch to completely renewable energy through a partnership with the...
One of only three marijuana testing labs in Alaska has shut down, leaving the state's cannabis growers with only two options for mandated testing. Steep Hill Alaska, of Anchorage, declared in an Instagram post that the lab is "suspending cannabis testing operations on...
Michigan regulators said Thursday that they ordered the closure of 210 medical marijuana businesses over a two-week period, largely because the owners failed to apply for a state license by a mid-February deadline or did not receive authorization from their...
A publicly traded Canadian cannabis company announced Wednesday that it has acquired three California businesses, including a major distributor that generated over $25 million in revenue last year. Ottawa, Ontario-based CannaRoyalty Corp. acquired: RVR, a large-scale...
The Internal Revenue Service issued a 280-page policy update in January, and buried deep inside is what appears to be a ban on future nonprofit organizations that lobby on behalf of the marijuana industry. That could make life a lot harder for advocacy groups trying...
A woman who owns a company that claims to be California's largest landlord of marijuana businesses sued the city of San Bernardino to overturn a cannabis regulation ordinance that could bar her from the industry. Stephanie Smith, owner of a business called Bubba Likes...
As the launch of Louisiana's medical marijuana program approaches - sales may begin as soon as September - some stakeholders are beginning to raise concerns about whether private companies that have dispensing licenses are going to be able to survive financially. At...
At least three lawsuits have been filed against the state of Ohio by eight medical marijuana companies related to MMJ cultivation permits. In the latest suit, Ohio ReLeaf claims the Department of Commerce has not commenced appeals hearings on grow licenses and has not...
Arizona-based American Green's goal of transforming a California ghost town into the "Epcot Center" of marijuana has run into serious turbulence. The company issued a news release revealing that it had sold its holdings in the California border town of Nipton to Delta...
It's official: Medical marijuana companies won't have to worry about being prosecuted by the federal government for at least another six months. President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill that includes an extension of a...
Medical marijuana may be legal in Louisiana, but not for everyone who wants or needs it. That's a situation some activists are already pushing to fix. They want to add post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain to the current list of medical ailments that will...
By an overwhelming margin, Chicago metro area voters told lawmakers they want legal cannabis. In a vote on a nonbinding referendum that asked locals if they want the state to legalize recreational marijuana, 63% of Cook County voters responded "yes," the Chicago...
