The largest shopping mall operator in the United States is trying to stop a medical marijuana dispensary from opening next to one of its properties in Philadelphia. Last March, PharmaCann - which operates MMJ businesses in Illinois and New York - bought a former...
Peru’s Congress overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana bill that also has the support of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, putting the country in line to become the latest in Latin America to legalize some form of cannabis. The bill, approved Thursday, allows the...
MassRoots, the marijuana-centric Denver social media and technology giant, filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday morning confirming the ouster of the company’s founder and CEO, Isaac Dietrich. In its Form 8-K filing, MassRoots also...
By Omar Sacirbey
Turmoil and uncertainty are swirling around MassRoots, the once high-flying canna-centric social media and tech firm, after the company’s board fired founder and CEO Isaac Dietrich.
The news already has triggered fallout for MassRoots: The Denver company’s planned $12 million acquisition of tech company CannaRegs has been scrapped.
By Omar Sacirbey Marijuana companies are finding a new way to generate buzz beyond traditional advertising and marketing: They are snapping up properties that are historic buildings or were previously owned by an iconic brand such as chocolate maker Hershey. Faced...
A pair of former San Jose city employees has launched the Silicon Valley Cannabis Alliance, a trade group that will serve marijuana businesses in Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Benito counties. The group also plans to have a political action committee that will raise...
A Baltimore judge has rejected arguments to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Maryland's medical marijuana commission broke program rules when it awarded cultivation business licenses earlier this year. The ruling means the case must go to trial, yet another twist in...
Michigan’s top licensing agency has scheduled five meetings next month to designed for entrepreneurs who are interested in breaking into the state's medical marijuana industry. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is...
In what is perhaps a Massachusetts marijuana milestone, a medical cannabis dispensary unveiled a billboard advertising drive in Boston and other cities on Monday. New England Treatment Access, which operates two dispensaries in the state, bought space on four...
New York’s five medical marijuana businesses generated only $16.6 million in gross sales between April 2016 and August 2017, but sales and patient numbers are improving. From April 2016 through March 2017, the companies generated sales of $8.4 million - about $700,000...
A medical marijuana company that failed to win a Pennsylvania cultivation license has dropped a lawsuit against the state’s health department demanding the agency revoke a license awarded to another grower. Scranton-based BrightStar Biomedics charged in a lawsuit...
San Diego has decided to allow indoor cultivation and manufacturing, making the city among the first in California to establish regulations for the entire marijuana supply chain. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, new rules passed by the City Council include...
