Rhode Island regulators are expected in the coming weeks to announce the licensing application period for six new medical cannabis dispensaries. The new licenses awarded by the Department of Business Regulations will be assigned using a lottery system, according to...
As the coronavirus rattles broader stock markets around the world, it is also making it even harder for cannabis companies to raise money from investors in an already-tight funding environment. But some marijuana financial experts see a...
Less than a week after the first medical marijuana dispensary in Utah opened its doors, the state's top cannabis regulator announced he is resigning. Andrew Rigby, director of the state’s medical marijuana and industrial hemp program,...
Michigan regulators agreed to phase out medical marijuana caregivers, a move that could generate more business for the state's licensed cannabis growers and processors. Authorized caregivers who grow cannabis have been the biggest supplier of...
With Boston about to see the opening of its first recreational marijuana store, the mayor on Wednesday staffed the city's new Cannabis Board. Mayor Martin Walsh appointed five members to the panel that will issue marijuana business licenses and advise his office on...
A medical marijuana dispensary applicant in Arkansas lost a legal challenge to obtain an MMJ license, which means the state can restart the permitting process. In response to Medicanna's lawsuit contending regulators had broken Arkansas rules...
Adult-use cannabis sales in Maine will likely kick off in June, three months later than initially anticipated. Recreational sales were expected to begin in March. But a state revenue forecasting committee telegraphed the delay by changing the date it projects the...
In a sign of strong demand that bodes well for the nascent medical marijuana market in Missouri, regulators already have approved more than 35,000 patient registrations.
Ohio-based Green Growth Brands is exiting the CBD market to focus exclusively on running its marijuana operations. Green Growth Brands agreed to sell an 80% stake in its chain of CBD kiosks in malls to The BRN Group of New York for an...
Prosecutors for a U.S. attorney's office in California issued a grand jury subpoena for records related to 30 marijuana companies, including the parent of Weedmaps. Although the purpose of the investigation by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California...
Joe Caltabiano, the co-founder of multistate marijuana operator Cresco Labs, on Monday announced he has resigned as president of the Chicago-based company, becoming the second high-profile founder to step down from a top post in less than a wee
Licensing appeals by medical marijuana companies that were denied licenses to operate in the state have reached more than 800, roughly a 70% increase in about two weeks. At least 845 appeals have been filed with Missouri’s Administrative...
