Cronos Group, which owns two federally licensed medical marijuana growers in Canada, is partnering with the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, with the aim of bringing MMJ products and jobs to indigenous communities across the country.
Massachusetts state Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg, a Democrat who favored adult-use legalization, confirmed that lawmakers are discussing a delay in the rollout of the state’s recreational marijuana law that voters passed on Nov. 8. He said all deadline dates...
Oregon regulators have eased marijuana testing rules that retailers and other industry professionals say held up supply, forced prices upward and drove some businesses to close. But some industry professionals say the revised rules don’t address the main problem...
Canada’s biggest medical marijuana company, Canopy Growth Corp., just got bigger by acquiring competitor Mettrum Health Corp. for 430 million Canadian dollars ($323 million). More mergers are likely, analyst Mason Brown of M Partners in Toronto, told Bloomberg News....
A marijuana industry pioneer is leaving her post at New England’s most prominent dispensary to pursue new opportunities in her home state of Maine and nationally. A former Catholic high school teacher, Becky DeKeuster co-founded the Wellness...
Canada's 36 federally licensed medical marijuana producers would become the initial cultivators for the country's proposed legalized recreational program under a plan delivered to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sources told the Globe and Mail newspaper. A task force...
By Omar Sacirbey Strict marijuana testing standards and a dearth of labs have created a supply shortage for Oregon’s marijuana businesses, resulting in half-empty shelves, plunging revenue and possible layoffs. Many businesses are even closing. "This could be a death...
Colorado’s hemp industry took a major step forward this week when the state's Department of Agriculture announced that three industrial hemp seed varieties passed a statewide trial that confirmed the resulting plants contain THC levels under 0.3%. Being under the 0.3%...
By 2021, Canada’s legalized adult-use cannabis market could have some 3.8 million legal consumers and sales of 6 billion Canadian dollars ($4.5 billion), according to financial analysts at Canaccord Genuity, an investment bank and research firm. “Recreational upside...
By Omar Sacirbey Marijuana extractors in particular as well as cultivators and retailers across the nation can anticipate new fire safety guidelines in the months ahead designed to head off potentially deadly blazes and explosions at cannabis businesses. A 10-member...
Could medical marijuana businesses in California see a spike in business before recreational cannabis sales begin? The prospect of recreational marijuana sales in the middle of 2017 or early in 2018 has sparked an unexpected spike in requests for medical marijuana...
A Canadian task force will deliver a report Wednesday to the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on which rules should govern the country’s proposed adult-use cannabis marketplace. The report, by a nine-person group, is expected to address issues such as where...
