While it's common to find marijuana dispensaries and rec shops located close together in neighborhoods that meet zoning regulations for the businesses, would you want your storefront to be right next to a competitor? A group of developers have plans to create a...
By Omar Sacirbey A marijuana executive addresses the tech sector’s cannaphobia, Hawaii opens its MMJ application process, and Arizona's medical marijuana program comes under attack once again. Here’s a closer look at several notable developments in the marijuana...
An Australian medical marijuana grower with ambitions to go public has tapped a prominent New York stock trader to be the chairman of its board of directors. RxMM Health, based in Perth, announced on Thursday the appointment of Alan Valdes, vice president of trading...
Canadian cannabis industry observers say Toronto is becoming the county’s newest marijuana business magnet, as a wave of entrepreneurs have opened up marijuana dispensaries in the Ontario city over the last year, according to the Globe and Mail. Toronto’s marijuana...
By Omar Sacirbey
Following an anti-climactic launch to New York’s medical marijuana program last week in which some dispensaries did not see a single patient, the state’s marijuana business license holders say they expected a slow start, and planned ahead to ensure business viability until traffic picks up at the retail stores.
Isaac Dietrich, who founded the marijuana-focused social media platform MassRoots, will meet with Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson as part of the Extreme Tech Challenge, a high-profile contest for startups. The meeting will take place in early February on...
A pair of Arizona lawmakers are each proposing bills that, if approved, could decrease the state’s MMJ patient population. A bill proposed by Rep. Jay Lawrence, R-Scottsdale, would prohibit naturopaths and homeopaths from recommending medical marijuana,...
By Omar Sacirbey
Following a brutal 2015 for marijuana stocks, the cannabis investment sector has something to smile about to start the new year. The stock markets will soon welcome a U.S. dispensary to the ranks of the publicly traded: Black Oak Gallery, better known as Blüm Oakland.
The Seattle City Council on Monday approved new zoning regulations that would loosen zoning requirements on marijuana stores and expand the locations where they can operate, the Seattle Times reported. The council voted to reduce buffers to...
Privateer Holdings has tapped a top official from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to become its director of Treasury compliance, the firm announced Tuesday. Dante Tosetti will be mandated, among other things, with helping Privateer maintain compliance with...
By Omar Sacirbey To get an idea of the trends playing out in the medical marijuana industry these days, look to Maryland. The application process for MMJ business licenses in the state is a microcosm of the larger industry, reflecting its vast potential, the changing...
A group of eight Massachusetts lawmakers are visiting Colorado this week to learn about the recreational marijuana industry in case voters in their state approve a legalization ballot measure this November. But they’re not there necessarily because they like the idea...
