California officials continued their crusade against the illicit cannabis market in December with 24 search warrants served on illegal cannabis shops in the Los Angeles area.
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Montana to begin enforcing marijuana vaping ban this week
Montana's health department will begin enforcing an emergency ban on the sale of flavored vaping products starting Wednesday, according to state officials. The restrictions include the sale of all THC and CBD vape products, both in stores and...
Cannabis firm Cresco Labs inks $50 million sale-leaseback deal
Chicago-based Cresco Labs, a multistate marijuana operator, closed a $50 million sales-leaseback deal in Illinois, weeks before adult-use marijuana becomes legal in the state on Jan. 1. Cresco sold its recreational and medical cannabis...
US senators ask DEA for cannabis cultivation timeline
Eight Democratic U.S. senators have requested that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) provide by Jan. 10 a timeline for when it will issue additional marijuana cultivation licenses for research purposes. The letter praised the...
Marijuana lawsuit
Tennessee man filed a federal lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages against Trulieve, Florida’s largest medical marijuana operator, for allegedly sending illegal text messages to his cellphone.
Marijuana legislation
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin for the first time introduced a bill that would legalize medical cannabs in the state.
MJBizDaily, Cowen ink cannabis information distribution deal
Marijuana Business Daily and New York-based financial investment advisory firm Cowen on Wednesday announced an exclusive partnership in which MJBizDaily will distribute Cowen's cannabis industry reports and MJ policy research. Distribution of Cowen’s cannabis-related...
Florida medical marijuana firm VidaCann expanding grow operation
VidaCann, a medical marijuana company based in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday announced a $25 million investment that includes expansion of its cannabis cultivation facility in the state to more than 600,00 square feet.
Vaping regulations
Two Massachusetts agencies agreed to share information with each other to determine if six probable cases of vaping-related lung illnesses are linked to state-licensed marijuana retailers.
Medical marijuana
New Mexico’s medical cannabis program drew 215 patients from outside the state in November after legislative reforms did away with an in-state residency requirement.
Marijuana research
More than 20 congressional lawmakers sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration allow federally-licensed researchers to buy products from state-legal dispensaries to study the medical benefits and risks of cannabis.
Recreational marijuana
Maine cleared a major hurdle on its path to legalize the sale of adult-use cannabis by launching the application process for businesses seeking to sell recreational MJ.
