Southern University has selected a vendor to run its medical marijuana program, moving Louisiana's MMJ industry a step closer to reality. Southern's Board of Supervisors chose Lafayette-based Advanced Biomedics to grow the marijuana for the Baton Rouge-based...
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Las Vegas marijuana lounges on hold until Denver clubs open
Las Vegas tourists won't be able to visit marijuana consumption clubs any time soon. Commissioners in Nevada's Clark County - home to Las Vegas - have decided to wait until Denver allows the nation's first cannabis consumption club to open before they further discuss...
Arkansas receives 300 applications for medical cannabis licenses
Arkansas received roughly 300 applications for medical marijuana business licenses, including about 200 on the final day the paperwork could be submitted. The Department of Finance and Administration took in 200-plus applications Monday on top of the roughly 100 that...
LSU completes deal with medical marijuana producer
Louisiana State University has completed its contract with a company that will grow medical marijuana and expects production to begin as early as mid-2018. The LSU AgCenter said in announcing the arrangement Monday that its new partner, Las Vegas-based GB Sciences,...
Marijuana Business Daily to resume publishing Tuesday
Marijuana Business Daily is closed for Labor Day and will resume publishing Tuesday.
Nevada again expands field for recreational marijuana distribution
Nevada regulators plan to reopen the state's recreational marijuana distribution system to businesses other than alcohol wholesalers after rejecting an appeal by a liquor group that claims it has exclusive rights to transport marijuana from cultivators to retail...
Tennessee legislators to study medical cannabis
Two of Tennessee's most prominent public officials are calling for the legislature to study how legalized medical marijuana might impact the state. Only months after a MMJ bill died in the legislature, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and House Speaker Beth Harwell are setting...
Nevada regulators reaffirm wall between casinos, marijuana
Nevada's gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state's latest legal vice - recreational marijuana - and they've made it clear that cannabis doesn't belong in casinos. In the first of a series of policy discussions, the Nevada Gaming Commission...
Public cannabis consumption in Denver moves a step closer
Denver regulators are accepting applications from businesses seeking to become some of the nation's first to offer legal public marijuana consumption. Voters approved a ballot measure in November allowing cannabis consumption at certain public businesses in the city....
MA regulatory board appointee opposed recreational cannabis
A Democratic state senator who opposed the ballot question that legalized recreational marijuana in Massachusetts was appointed Wednesday to the regulatory board that will oversee the state's cannabis industry. Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, the first appointee to the...
Alaska seeks public comment on onsite marijuana consumption
Alaska regulators plan to take public comment through Oct. 27 on a proposal that would allow authorized recreational marijuana shops to provide a place for people to consume the cannabis products they buy. Alaska's Marijuana Control Board has...
Franwell wins contract for Ohio’s medical cannabis program
Ohio medical marijuana regulators have chosen two vendors to develop the state's seed-to-sale and online licensing systems. The Ohio Department of Commerce awarded a $1.3 million contract to Franwell for its Marijuana Enforcement, Reporting,...

