MedMen strikes up a cannabis partnership with Canada's Cronos Group, California's Humboldt County considers reopening its licensing process, and a judge tells Arkansas to stop issuing medical marijuana licenses. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the...
One of the hottest new U.S. medical marijuana markets just opened up to more businesses. Pennsylvania's Department of Health announced Thursday it will begin accepting new applications for dispensaries and growers on April 5 and will award 13 new cultivation permits...
A key federal law that prohibits the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana companies looks likely to remain in place under a new federal budget deal reportedly reached Wednesday among Congressional leaders. Language from the...
It's been almost three months since the official start of California's recreational - and regulated medical - marijuana markets. So, how are things going? Depends on whom you ask. But the general consensus among business owners, advocates, regulators and elected...
One of the most well-known marijuana counties in the United States might soon be restarting its permitting system for local cannabis growers and other businesses that want to enter the legal market.
The board of supervisors in Humboldt County began discussion Monday about whether to reopen the licensing process for MJ companies, the Eureka Times-Standard reported.
In the face of Oklahoma's upcoming medical cannabis legalization vote on June 26, the state's Senate and House of Representatives each passed medical marijuana regulation bills. The measures - Senate Bill 1120 and House Bill 3468 - would respectively restrict MMJ...
In a bid to combat black-market operators, two California state lawmakers have introduced a measure to lower the cannabis tax rate for three years, which should in turn lower the prices retailers charge for legal products. "We need to give legal businesses some...
Iowa has awarded Oregon tech company BioMauris a contract to run a seed-to-sale platform for the state's upcoming low-THC medical marijuana program, according to a news release from the company. The contract for BioMauris' software platform will be worth $300,000 to...
The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division released a new "Single Universal Symbol" that must be included on packaging and labeling for all cannabis products. The symbol is required for both medical and recreational cannabis, and for all types of products, whether...
A new lawsuit aims to turn Florida's medical marijuana program - possibly one of the most profitable MMJ markets in the United States - into a more free-market system. According to the Miami New Times, the suit - filed by the Patients and Producers Alliance - is...
Weedmaps apparently doesn't plan to drop its listings for unlicensed California marijuana businesses any time soon. In a letter sent Monday to the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, the online marijuana advertising giant wrote that it is "not a Licensee subject to...
A statewide initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma has already been assured a spot on the ballot in a special election this June, and this week an organized political group emerged to fight the measure. State Question 788 will go before Oklahoma voters...
