Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Friday plans to file a statement estimating the financial impact to small-business owners from the statewide ban on all vaping products. The Republican governor also plans a Nov. 22 public...
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Missouri cannabis group seeks vape rules
The Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association wants the state’s health officials to issue strict vaping regulations. The association, in a letter to the Department of Health and Senior Services, asked for rules on vaping additives, testing...
Acreage Holdings inks $72 million cannabis real estate deal
Acreage Holdings, a multistate marijuana operator, signed a sale-leaseback deal valued at more than $72 million for cannabis facilities in several states with GreenAcreage Real Estate.
Cannabis giant Trulieve signs $17 million Florida warehouse leaseback deal
Innovative Industrial Properties, a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on buying and leasing warehouses in the marijuana space, paid $17 million to Trulieve Cannabis for a five-building cultivation facility in Florida. Trulieve will lease back the...
Gallup survey: Most Americans support legal marijuana despite vape crisis
The vaping crisis hasn’t dimmed Americans’ support to legalize marijuana, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Seeking fairness for medical cannabis firms, RI gov sues over control of state’s industry
Rhode Island's governor is asking a judge to declare the Legislature's control over new medical marijuana and hemp regulations unconstitutional. Gov. Gina Raimondo said Tuesday she's suing in Superior Court because the Democratic-controlled...
Connecticut adds medical marijuana conditions
Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday approved medical cannabis to treat an additional five conditions, which likely will boost MMJ sales in the state. The General Assembly's Regulations Review Committee voted to add the conditions, including Tourette syndrome and...
Georgia’s limited medical cannabis program stalled
Georgia's 6-month-old limited medical marijuana program has failed to move forward because no one has been appointed to a commission that will oversee the new industry. Politicians contacted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution gave no reason...
Maine requiring cannabis label for recreational products
Maine regulators adopted a symbol that will be required on marijuana products sold for recreational use, starting next year. The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy partnered with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to unveil a shared...
Massachusetts judge lets marijuana, tobacco vaping ban stand
A state judge allowed Massachusetts' four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products to stand as a legal challenge makes its way through the courts. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins wrote in a 32-page decision on Monday that...
Marijuana firm Holistic Industries raises $55 million
Washington DC-based Holistic Industries, a multistate cannabis operator, closed $55 million in financing at a time when many other MJ firms are struggling to raise capital. Holistic Industries plans to use the $55 million to "accelerate...
Chicago marijuana firm inks $29 million real estate deal
Revolution Global, a Chicago-based cannabis company, will more than double the capacity at its flagship cultivation facility in Illinois after securing $28.75 million in funding from Freehold Properties, a Las Vegas-based real estate investment company. The doubling...
