The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) approved a new law practice section specifically focused on marijuana, a move that could make it easier for a cannabis business operator to find a lawyer knowledgeable in the fast-growing and complex MJ industry....
Innovative Industrial Properties, a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the cannabis industry, bought a warehouse in Michigan from LivWell Holdings in a $42 million sales-leaseback deal. San Diego-based Innovative Industrial paid $19 million to LivWell...
New Frontier Data, a privately owned data analytics firm in Washington DC that focuses on the cannabis industry, plans to pay roughly $10 million for a Denver-area company in the same field.
San Diego is expected to crack down by year's end on billboards advertising marijuana, a move supported by much of the cannabis industry. The proposed rule would ban cannabis billboard ads within 1,000 feet of schools, public parks,...
The New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association (NJCIA) paid $7,500 to an outside consultant to investigate potential "ethical concerns" within its own operations. NJ.com reported that a three-member subcommittee recommended hiring an "independent, outside professional"...
Australia’s capital is the first part of the country to legalize recreational marijuana for personal use.
Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping. Walmart's decision comes in the wake of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Law enforcement authorities found about 1,100 packaged vape cartridges in a raid of a suspected marijuana and THC vape cartridge operation in north Phoenix. The raid comes as hundreds of illnesses and seven deaths across the country are being...
Two men who authorities allege extorted money on behalf of the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, from companies seeking to obtain a state license to operate cannabis retail businesses have pleaded guilty. Antonio Costa, 51, of Fall River, and David Hebert, 54, of...
Marijuana stores in Oregon began taking vaping products off their shelves and offering returns on previously purchased vape pens. The move comes amid a nationwide scare over severe lung illnesses and deaths tied to electronic cigarettes, the latest sign that the...
Denver-based Medicine Man Technologies on Thursday announced its 11th marijuana business acquisition of the year – a $5.1 million cash and stock deal for Canyon, an infused edibles manufacturer.
Joy A. Strand, the executive director of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, is stepping down, effective Oct. 1. Strand, a health-care executive, led the commission for almost two years. The commission oversees the regulations and...
