The two competing campaigns in Massachusetts trying to get recreational marijuana legalization measures in front of voters next November face a Wednesday deadline to submit signatures. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, which is...
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Company Partners With University to Offer Marijuana Business Course
A company that helps entrepreneurial hopefuls prepare to start cannabis businesses has teamed up with an online university to offer a nationally accredited marijuana education course. The Cannabis Career Institute and Dunlap-Stone University in Phoenix will launch...
Ontario Tribe Getting Into Medical Cannabis Cultivation
The Wahgoshig First Nation tribe in the Canadian province of Ontario has inked an agreement to start a medical marijuana grow on its reservation. The deal represents a significant economic development investment for the tribe and provides critical funding for its...
Maryland License Applicants Target State’s Wealthiest Counties
The hottest competition for medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Maryland is in some of the richest areas of the country. The most competitive will be in the state’s 20th Senate District, which is part of wealthy Montgomery County and borders Washington DC,...
Macedonia Weighs Medical Marijuana Legalization
The Balkan nation of Macedonia may become the latest country to legalize medical marijuana. The country’s health ministry is in extensive consultations with doctors, pharmacologists, legalization advocates, cancer patients and others about making marijuana treatments...
California Wildfires Highlight Insurance Challenges, Importance of Location for Cannabis Growers
By Omar Sacirbey Wildfires raging through northern California since early summer have destroyed hundreds of cannabis farms, causing millions of dollars in damage to cultivation sites and adding complications to an industry already facing myriad hurdles. The fires...
Hawaii to Award Contract for MMJ Tracking System
Another state contract for marijuana software developers is up for grabs. The Hawaii State Department of Health has issued a request for proposals for seed-to-sale tracking software. The agency will award a contract by Dec. 23, according to Pacific Business News. The...
Canadian Officials Want Cannabis Sold Through Liquor Stores
As Canada’s new government struggles with how to implement marijuana legalization, at least a few public figures are urging officials to allow sales through the country’s tightly controlled liquor stores. In the central Canadian province of Manitoba, the Liquor &...
Cost of MMJ Rules Could Leave CA’s Black Market Untouched
Will California’s forthcoming medical marijuana regulations eliminate the state's cannabis black market? Not if the costs for businesses to participate are too onerous, MMJ growers and retailers say. The regulations will cost an estimated $20 million-$50 million to...
Alaska MJ Board Votes for In-Store Consumption
In a major policy shift, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board has voted in favor of a plan that would allow recreational cannabis retailers to let customers consume marijuana in designated areas of their shops. The 3-2 vote follows months of debate over whether...
Anchorage Proposes First Rec Laws
More than a year after Alaskan voters approved recreational marijuana, lawmakers in the state's largest city have finally released their first proposed cannabis regulations governing land use and zoning. The proposed regulations, released by the Anchorage Municipal...
Oregon Health Official: MMJ Plant Controls Too Lax
An Oregon health official has warned lawmakers that existing regulations on the state’s medical cannabis industry don’t do enough to prevent marijuana from entering the illegal market, though she didn’t offer solutions on how to stem the flow. Priscilla Lewis, deputy...
