Federal prosecutors won't take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department's decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on cannabis businesses in states where the drug is legal, Attorney General Jeff...
Pennsylvania regulators may end their medical marijuana program’s prohibition on smokable marijuana, a move that would likely expand the customer base and improve business. Dispensaries currently are permitted to sell only concentrates, pills and tinctures....
As owner of the National Holistic Healing Center, a Washington DC dispensary that serves roughly 2,000 patients, Chanda Macias has found success pairing scientific and medical expertise with corporate experience. She hopes to use that same formula to help turn around...
A New Jersey assemblywoman plans to propose a bill that would create a tax credit program for cannabis businesses in urban enterprise zones if the state legalizes recreational marijuana. Democrat Annette Quijano, chair of the Assembly...
What cannabis businesses must do to prepare for greater scrutiny from the federal government By Omar Sacirbey After Attorney General Jeff Sessions ripped up the Cole Memo and gave U.S. attorneys greater leeway to prosecute marijuana businesses, many industry...
Two cultivation gurus share tips on how to give your plants a first-class trim job By Omar Sacirbey Despite the availability of large machine trimmers, many growers prefer to trim their cannabis by hand, using pruners, shears or scissors. Hand trimming – which most...
Q&A with the co-founder and chief investment officer of Tuatara Capital By Omar Sacirbey After earning his law and business degrees from Arizona State University, Al Foreman took a conventional route into the financial world. Foreman first joined Citigroup as a...
The parent company of Marijuana Business Daily and its former publisher have settled an employment-related lawsuit.
At a time when the U.S. Department of Justice is increasingly hostile toward the marijuana industry, experts said the best way for MJ businesses to keep federal law enforcement at bay is compliance with state laws and best business practices. One important way to do...
Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts have agreed to allow recreational marijuana shops to open in July, as scheduled, but they also decided to defer licensing MJ delivery and on-site consumption businesses. According to The Boston Globe,...
Investors pumped $1.23 billion into the legal marijuana industry during the first five weeks of 2018, nearly matching the $1.29 billion in investments in all of 2016. The $1.23 billion is nearly 600% more than the $178 million invested in...
LeafLink, an online inventory and ordering platform for the marijuana industry, has been chosen one of the “Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise” by a traditional business publication. Fast Company's inclusion of LeafLink on its select list put the software...
