Applicants who were denied medical cannabis business licenses in Missouri might now be able to compare competitors’ applications with their own after an appeals court ruled that regulators cannot keep such applications confidential.
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DEA close to allowing companies to grow cannabis for scientific research
After years of delay under the Trump administration, the federal government is preparing to award the first new licenses for cultivating cannabis for scientific research, giving U.S. marijuana operators a crack at entering a business that has been dominated by the University of Mississippi for more than 50 years.
California marijuana company buys fourth retail store for $16 million
Grupo Flor, a vertically integrated marijuana company based in Salinas, California, spent $16 million to acquire the White Fire cannabis store in San Jose and expand its portfolio. Grupo Flor, founded in 2015, already owns two dispensaries operating as East of Eden in...
Colorado’s first-quarter retail marijuana sales up 28% from 2020
Recreational and medical marijuana retailers in Colorado continue to break sales records. According to the latest data from the state Department of Revenue, Colorado's adult-use and medical cannabis stores recorded $561.7 million in sales in the first quarter of 2021....
Marijuana MSO Holistic Industries raises $55 million for expansion
Holistic Industries, a vertically integrated multistate marijuana company operating in six U.S. markets, secured a $55 million convertible note, nearly doubling a $30 million fundraising goal the company set in March. According to the Washington Business Journal, the...
Pennsylvania renews medical marijuana grower’s permit after nearly two years
A Pennsylvania marijuana cultivator could soon be growing again, almost two years after regulators revoked the company's business license. Agrimed, which was purchased by Arizona-based multistate operator Harvest Health & Recreation...
Decisions by judge, regulator boost New Mexico’s marijuana market
The biggest medical marijuana business in New Mexico, Ultra Health, is celebrating another legal victory after a district court judge sided with the company’s lawsuit alleging that regulators inappropriately limited which out-of-state patients could buy MMJ under the state’s reciprocity rules.
MJBiz introduces podcast series to aid cannabis entrepreneurs
MJBiz, the parent of independent publisher and event producer MJBizDaily, is launching a podcast series intended to deliver business insights and advice to entrepreneurs from the cannabis industry's top executives and leaders. Titled "Seed to CEO," the weekly podcast...
Catering to consumers who use marijuana as medicine
Medical marijuana isn’t exclusive to MMJ dispensaries.
It’s true that consumers with serious health problems are more likely to shop at dispensaries than adult-use retailers in order to access more potent products, higher purchasing limits and low to no taxes on medical marijuana.
While physicians see patients benefiting from cannabis, national medical associations remain unconvinced
A growing number of physicians see medical cannabis as legitimate medicine, but many remain skeptical if not reluctant to recommend it. That’s left some state medical marijuana programs with a dearth of MMJ-recommending physicians, undermining patient numbers and...
Consumers are using cannabis to manage sleep and anxiety issues during the pandemic
Chronic pain continues to be the No. 1 reason patients register for medical marijuana cards. But the COVID-19 pandemic and a major recession forced many people to confront a host of new health and wellness challenges, which appears to have had an impact on cannabis...
From Pfizer to PharmaCann: Bringing Big Pharma expertise to cannabis
The key to developing effective medical and wellness products for cannabis consumers begins with understanding what patients want and expect—and what the ever-growing universe of plant-based medicines can deliver.
