New Mexico is proposing new medical marijuana production rules that the state said are designed to shore up supplies to its MMJ program without flooding the rapidly expanding market. Here's what you need to know: The Department of Health...
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Law enforcement targets dozens of illicit Southern California cannabis grows
In another example of enforcement actions against illicit marijuana businesses in California, nearly 141,000 plants were seized in the southern part of the state in a massive raid targeting dozens of illegal cultivation sites. This will come...
Week in Review: IL adult-use and NJ medical cannabis legislative moves, Harvard MMJ research & more
The Illinois Senate passes a recreational cannabis sales and taxation bill, an expansion of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program advances, Harvard and Canadian MJ firm Atlas sign a medical research partnership – plus other important news from around the industry.
MMJ expansion moves forward in NJ, cannabis banking, Canada shortages toll & more
New Jersey legislators advance a medical marijuana program expansion, state banking associations get behind federal banking reform, Canada's cannabis shortage has international implications -Â plus other important news from around the industry. New Jersey MMJ expansion...
How does your cannabis company’s pay stack up?
Marijuana Business Magazine's Salary Snapshot continues today, with stories about: Trends in the current labor market. Offering stock options as a hiring bonus. Compensation disparities by region. Visit the Salary Snapshot landing page to read...
Adult use in NJ a no-go for now, AR medical cannabis sales launch, new states allow edibles & more
New Jersey legislators abandon their current efforts to legalize recreational cannabis, Arkansas finally sees its first medical marijuana sales, MJ-infused edibles expand into new states – plus other important news from around the industry.
Oregon bill to allow marijuana social use lounges hits dead end
A measure to legalize cannabis social consumption lounges in Oregon will not move forward, according to an industry advocate. The last major legislative action taken on Senate Bill 639 was a public hearing before the Senate Committee on...
IL gov touts adult-use marijuana plan, FL dispensary cap lawsuits, Euro MJ conference & more
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveils a blueprint for recreational marijuana, lawsuits crop up in Florida around the state's dispensary caps, a conference in Denmark highlights the growing international MJ space - plus other important news from around the cannabis...
Curaleaf’s $1B buy, cannabis brews, social use progress & more of the week’s top news
Curaleaf is buying Cura Partners for close to $1 billion, Canada’s largest independent brewery takes the cannabis plunge, Colorado and Las Vegas join the social use bandwagon – plus other important news from around the marijuana industry.
$420M raise sets US cannabis industry record, Bank of America begins marijuana coverage, MedMen exec turnover & more of the week’s top MJ news
Vaporizer company Pax Labs boasts a record funding raise, Bank of America kicks off coverage of the marijuana sector, more MedMen execs bid the company adieu - plus other important news from around the cannabis industry. Pax sets record for U.S. cannabis firm raise...
A $3.4B cannabis mega-deal, marijuana firms prep for huge 4/20 sales, Alaska trade group helps keep MJ critic off state board & more of the week’s top news (SLIDESHOW)
AG Barr shows openness to federal law protecting state-legal cannabis programs & more of the week’s top MJ news (SLIDESHOW)
The U.S. attorney general could be warming to the idea of a federal law that protects state-legal marijuana programs, a California committee kills a measure to overturn a policy allowing licensed cannabis companies to deliver product anywhere in the state, good news and bad comes for Florida’s MMJ program – plus other important news from around the cannabis space.
