Multistate marijuana operator Curaleaf Holdings on Monday said it will expand into the Colorado market by buying BlueKudu, a Denver-based producer of cannabis chocolates and gummies. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will...
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Minnesota floats idea of central regulatory office for marijuana, hemp
Minnesota regulators want legislators to launch a one-stop office that would oversee all aspects of medical marijuana - as well as a potential adult-use MJ market. The office also would oversee the state's fast-growing hemp and CBD market. A...
Founder Andy Williams exits cannabis firm Medicine Man Technologies
Marijuana pioneer Andy Williams announced on Friday he is leaving Denver-based Medicine Man Technologies, the vertically integrated MJ company he founded in 2014.
Union takes action against iAnthus marijuana subsidiary in MA
A labor union filed a complaint with Massachusetts regulators alleging that multistate cannabis operator iAnthus Capital Holdings violated state law. In its filing to the state Department of Labor Relations, Local 1445 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union...
Southern California cannabis growers sued over odors
Multiple marijuana growers in Southern California have been sued by residents of a city in south Santa Barbara County that charge smells from greenhouses led to health issue. The growers need to seal their greenhouses and use “carbon-based...
Vermont House advances recreational marijuana bill
The Vermont House of Representatives on Thursday took the next procedural step to legalize adult-use cannabis sales in the state. A marijuana legalization bill that the House passed in a 90-54 vote a day earlier, was approved Thursday by the...
Multistate cannabis operator MedMen reports $96 million loss
California-based MedMen Enterprises, a once-thriving multistate marijuana retailer, released a "grim" quarterly financial report that detailed a whopping $96.4 million net loss in its fiscal 2020 second quarter. That loss was 49.3% greater...
Judge temporarily halts Arkansas medical marijuana licensing
An Arkansas judge has temporarily stopped the state from issuing more medical marijuana licenses in response to a lawsuit filed by a cannabis firm whose MMJ dispensary license application was rejected by regulators. Pulaski County Circuit...
California cannabis delivery giant Eaze raises $35 million
Eaze, a big player in California’s marijuana delivery industry, said it raised $35 million in its bid to become a vertically integrated company and launch its own cannabis retail brands. The raise, which comes after the San Francisco-based company laid off about...
Regulators want funding to speed up Massachusetts marijuana licensing
Massachusetts regulators are seeking additional money from the state in order to cut in half the time required to obtain a cannabis business license.
Pennsylvania approves four firms to grow cannabis for research
Four more medical marijuana companies - including multistate operator Curaleaf - have been approved by Pennsylvania regulators to grow MMJ that state universities can use for research. Curaleaf, which is based in Massachusetts but seeking a license to sell medical...
Tainted marijuana sold by 30 Nevada retailers
Nevada issued a health advisory for 20 different contaminated cannabis products that were sold at 30 retail marijuana stores across the state. The retailers sold marijuana flower and pre-rolls that failed an independent laboratory's microbial...
