OutCo, a cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and retail business headquartered in San Diego County, California, marked a milestone May 7: The company harvested its final crop grown under high-pressure sodium lights. It took a couple of years to transition from the powerful but power-sucking HPS lights used by most commercial growers today to more expensive but more efficient LED lights. The switch was part of OutCo’s effort to be greener and more cost efficient.
The founder of a California company that makes marijuana tinctures is under fire for hassling an 8-year-old African-American girl who was selling water to baseball fans headed to AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giants' game on Friday. Alison Ettel, a white woman...
Massachusetts’ top marijuana regulator told reporters this week that the state likely would not meet a July 1 target date for the launch of its recreational marijuana program, and the rollout could prove more gradual than some in the state had hoped to see. “There is...
Tilray, the British Columbia cannabis company owned by Seattle private equity firm Privateer, filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday to go public. The vertically integrated grow, processing and distribution company - one of the...
The cases involving two Denver marijuana tour bus operators that were hit with legal citations underscore the regulatory complexities facing such businesses and the fact that local authorities continue to keep a close eye on MJ companies.
North American marijuana entrepreneurs who believe it’s too early to look at international opportunities should reconsider their position.
Alaska cannabis growers have limited options when it comes to government-mandated testing, and a recently released state report questions whether local labs are providing accurate results about potency and contaminants. State officials, in response, offered ideas on...
Cannabis businesses in Colorado - which are saddled with restrictive advertising rules - are flocking to the state's Sponsor a Highway program. The program covers 287 miles of highway. Roughly half of that - or 140 miles - are sponsored by marijuana businesses, Denver...
Medical marijuana sales in Maryland slowed to a crawl last weekend because of a glitch in the state's MMJ tracking system. The state's tracking program provider, Florida-based seed-to-sale firm Franwell, blamed the slowdown on a new feature the company installed in...
Packaging is integral to brand building. And for marijuana businesses, it’s growing in importance in increasingly competitive Â- sometimes even oversaturated - markets. Before diving into the cannabis packaging industry, however, entrepreneurs should consider whether:...
Innovative Industrial Properties, a San Diego real estate investment trust (REIT) serving the medical marijuana industry, is spending $18.5 million to acquire and lease out a property near Boston that will be used as an MMJ cultivation and processing facility.
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is allowed by state law to start issuing recreational marijuana business licenses June 1, but the agency’s top regulator suggested the first permits probably won't be issued until a couple of weeks after that. Such a delay...
