Tweed Farms - a subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corp. and the largest licensed cannabis producer in Canada - is poised to get even bigger after purchasing land near its current site at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and beginning construction on existing properties. Once...
The House of Representatives’ Rules Committee has blocked floor votes on several key amendments that protect medical marijuana from federal interference. The late Wednesday night maneuver doesn’t kill the protections, but it does show that marijuana opponents have not...
A high-selling, infused products brand in Colorado that recently expanded into California and Nevada now plans to enter four more states and Puerto Rico this year and next. Incredibles - which is manufactured by Colorado-based Medically...
Commissioners in Nevada’s Clark County have voted to ban marijuana advertising and possession at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. The advertising ban covers all airport-owned property throughout the county - which includes Las Vegas - including land that's...
At least two of Maryland’s 15 licensed medical marijuana producers have started growing their plants, giving some badly needed good news to the state’s embattled MMJ program.
With the launch of California's regulated marijuana industry rapidly approaching, state lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have prohibited cannabis businesses from advertising on clothing such as shirts, hoodies and hats. It's a significant victory for...
Seven companies with experience in other states have expressed interest in testing medical marijuana in North Dakota, which is setting up an MMJ program approved by voters last year. State officials had expressed concern about how much interest there would be among...
Massachusetts has finalized its Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), and four of the appointees to the five-member panel voted against recreational marijuana legalization.
Adam Bierman has transformed MedMen into a marijuana industry powerhouse — despite ruffling feathers along the way
by Omar Sacirbey
On a recent June afternoon, MedMen CEO Adam Bierman fielded questions from 47 deep-pocketed investors seated at white-cloth tables inside Manhattan’s swank 21 Club. His goal: raise money for a new $250 million cannabis investment fund MedMen launched on June 15.
Some edibles makers go the extra mile – using not only culinary but mathematical know-how to ensure accurate dosing of products by Omar Sacirbey Accurate and consistent dosing of edibles is among the biggest challenges facing the cannabis industry. Marijuana...
National and international news developments in the cannabis industry.
A prominent anti-marijuana group is urging the U.S. government to shutter the legal cannabis industry. Smart Approaches to Marijuana sent a report to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and federal lawmakers claiming to show how the first three states to legalize...
