By Bart Schaneman, Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer Washington state signs off on an organic marijuana certification program, Philadelphia's mayor says state-run liquor stores should handle recreational sales, and Minnesota's two medical cannabis businesses bleed red...
A Maryland medical marijuana cultivation company that failed to win one of the state’s preliminary business licenses filed an emergency motion asking a judge to block the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing final grow permits. In its filing, Alternative...
Nevada’s Department of Taxation has begun accepting applications from existing medical marijuana businesses interested in selling recreational MJ under the state's "early start" program. Existing medical cannabis cultivators, processors and...
Anne McLellan, a former deputy prime minister and Liberal Party Public Safety Minister, shared her thoughts with Marijuana Business Daily about the road to legalization in Canada.
Medical marijuana sales in Maine continued to rise last year, but the pace of gains slowed considerably from previous years for what could be a variety of reasons - including a jump in the number of caregivers who grow marijuana for patients. Figures from the state’s...
By John Schroyer, Omar Sacirbey and Bart Schaneman Vermont legislators legalize recreational marijuana, a judge rules in favor of a cannabis businessman at odds with San Diego's prosecutor, and Florida lawmakers miss their deadline to set regulations for the state's...
The Vermont Legislature has become the first in the nation to approve a bill that would legalize the use and home cultivation of recreational cannabis, a move that ultimately could pave the way for a regulated commercial market in the state. [include_post...
Tilray, a major licensed Canadian medical marijuana producer, expanded its international reach with recent MMJ exports to Cyprus and Chile. Tilray, which is owned by Seattle-based Privateer, said its shipment to Cyprus consisted of Tilray drops, a medical cannabis...
Two prominent Colorado cannabis consulting firms combined Tuesday when Medicine Man Technologies announced it has agreed to acquire Denver Consulting Group. Denver Consulting Group (DCG) valued the deal at $3.5 million. Under the agreement, publicly traded Medicine...
Spurred by more incidents of pesticide-tainted medical marijuana, Health Canada is demanding that the country’s federally licensed MMJ producers test their products for unauthorized pesticides. The federal agency, which oversees Canada's MMJ industry, said plants from...
Florida lawmakers failed to agree on compromise legislation to regulate the state's medical marijuana program, handing off the job to health regulators - a situation that has MMJ advocates worried. Their concern comes after Florida health regulators proposed a plan...
The Iipay Nation in San Diego County has transformed a failed 35,000-square-foot casino into a high-tech medical marijuana cultivation site and is leasing some of the space to growers who can sell product to legal dispensaries throughout California. The operation...
