Alaska’s marijuana industry is breathing a sigh of relief after voters in three of the state’s largest population areas – and where a large number of the state’s cannabis businesses operate – resoundingly rejected three different proposed moratoriums. The moratorium...
Florida's medical marijuana regulators will miss their deadline to award five more MMJ business licenses. A statute passed in June required the state's MMJ regulators to issue five new medical marijuana licenses by Aug. 3 and five more by Oct. 3. The first five were...
DC dispensary owner Chanda Macias used her scientific and business know-how to land a license and launch a successful company
By Omar Sacirbey
Take a peek at Chanda Macias’ diverse educational and professional background, and it’s easy to see why she’s been able to build a thriving medical marijuana business in Washington DC. In fact, one could argue that everything she did up until starting her dispensary, National Holistic Healing Center, prepared her for success as an entrepreneur in the MMJ industry.
Growers in competitive markets are turning to strains that mature more quickly and can be harvested sooner by Omar Sacirbey Time is money in any business. And the marijuana business is no different – particularly when it comes to cultivation. In large, competitive...
Michigan regulators announced this week that medical marijuana cultivation license applicants will be allowed to apply for multiple permits at a single location, meaning that they could potentially grow many more plants than originally anticipated. [include_post...
WeedMD, a licensed marijuana producer in Ontario, has signed a deal to serve as the "preferred supplier" of cannabis oil to three long-term care and retirement community operators. The Aylmer company said the deal reflected its efforts to capitalize on a Canadian...
By Omar Sacirbey
The marijuana industry has scored several advertising coups in recent weeks, with cannabis-related businesses landing ads on major television networks and in mainstream magazines.
Cannabis industry insiders welcomed the breakthroughs and accompanying hope, but they also cautioned that the MJ sector has far to go to win over mainstream media platforms.
In a first for Pennsylvania, a marijuana cultivation and dispensary business has launched a cannabis marketing campaign.
Cresco Yeltrah – which is affiliated with Illinois-based Cresco Labs – is spending roughly $500,000 on billboards, magazine and newspaper advertisements as well as a social media campaign, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
A black farmer from Florida has filed a lawsuit alleging that business license requirements in the state's medical marijuana law are so restrictive they prevent most black farmers from participating and therefore renders the program unconstitutional. The lawsuit was...
Hawaii's two operational medical marijuana dispensaries have done brisk business since sales began in August, and the industry's momentum will likely build in the wake of recent developments. Maui Grown Therapies and Oahu's Aloha Green combined for more than $426,000...
Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered Nevada's gambling policy committee to recommend guidelines on issues where the state's long-established gaming industry and nascent recreational marijuana industry intersect, including whether casino-resorts can host events that promote...
A Denver-based company that operates buses on which marijuana consumption is allowed wants to expand its services to states such as California, Massachusetts and Nevada in 2018.
