Marijuana industry executives nationwide are scrambling to understand how Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind Obama-era protections for the legalized cannabis industry will affect their companies and employees.
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AG Sessions rescinds Cole Memo, roiling marijuana industry
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use only three days after California’s new legalization law went into effect.
Court ruling puts Black farmer closer to Florida medical cannabis license
A Florida judge has issued an injunction blocking the state’s health department from awarding a medical marijuana cultivation license that had been earmarked for members of a Black farmers association.
It’s not easy, but nonresident cannabis entrepreneurs can set up shop in California
You don’t have to hail from California to get in on what will be the biggest cannabis market in the world.
The state’s new medical and recreational marijuana programs don’t have a residency requirement – a fact that could attract droves of out-of-state entrepreneurs to California and revive memories of the 1849 Gold Rush.
Alaska shuts down marijuana edibles maker for multiple alleged violations
In an unprecedented move, Alaska's marijuana control agency is revoking the license of a marijuana edibles manufacturer that was accused of selling moldy products. The state's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office board voted unanimously to revoke the license of...
Massachusetts advances recreational cannabis diversity plan
Massachusetts regulators have approved a draft proposal that would give priority review in the recreational marijuana licensing process to business applicants from economically disadvantaged communities. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission...
Marijuana entrepreneurs already lining up for New Jersey’s looming recreational market
New Jersey can't even begin the recreational cannabis legalization process until mid-January, but marijuana entrepreneurs across the country are descending on the Garden State in hopes of getting a first-mover’s advantage in what could become one of the most buoyant...
San Francisco cannabis report: Consumption to spike, prices to plummet
The amount of legal marijuana consumed in San Francisco could triple - to 30 million grams per year - after California’s recreational market launches in January, but cannabis prices will fall "dramatically," according to a new report. A draft tax report compiled by...
Move afoot to review Ohio’s medical marijuana business licensing process
One of Ohio's medical cannabis companies and some state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how MMJ cultivation license applications were scored after it was revealed one of the judges had a felony drug conviction. As the owner of one-man firm iCann...
Neo-Nazi charges spur Oregon marijuana lab executive’s exit
The founder and executive director of a state-licensed cannabis testing lab in Eugene, Oregon, is stepping down amid allegations she is a neo-Nazi supporter. Bethany Sherman also plans to sell the OG Analytical testing lab she founded in 2013, according to The...
Marijuana real estate company files for $100 million raise
A San Diego-based real estate company that caters to medical cannabis cultivators has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing plans to raise $100 million. If successful, Innovative Industrial Properties' raise would be one of the larger...
Week in Review: New Jersey rec MJ legalization, Indiana hemp chaos & cannabis + wine
New Jersey's governor-elect appoints a marijuana advocate to a key position, Indiana hemp retailers are ordered to remove CBD products from their shelves, and an Oregon judge allows a vineyard's lawsuit against a planned cannabis grow to continue. Here’s a closer look...
