The latest push for federal cannabis banking reform in the United States passed a markup hearing in the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday, demonstrating bipartisan support for allowing state-legal marijuana businesses to access financial services and setting up the bill for a full vote in the chamber.
Alaska is easing restrictions on marijuana advertising and product sampling, the latest step toward liberalizing the state’s cannabis program as state lawmakers also contemplate MJ tax reform.
Erin Dupree, who was appointed the first director of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management only last week, has resigned before even starting her role after a local media report that raised questions about her background, including an allegation that her business previously sold prohibited hemp-derived products.
Erin DuPree has been appointed as the inaugural director of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management as the state prepares to launch its regulated adult-use marijuana market.
Monthly marijuana sales in Missouri shrank slightly to $119 million in August, but sales in Montana reached a high of nearly $28.7 million.
A new cannabis exchange traded fund (ETF) has been launched by Subversive Capital Advisor based on the potential rescheduling of marijuana by the U.S. government.
Major marijuana multistate operator Columbia Care has a new corporate identity after rebranding as The Cannabist Co.
Nearly five years after legalizing recreational marijuana at the federal level, Canada is approaching 4,000 regulated cannabis stores spread unevenly across the enormous country, according to data compiled by MJBizDaily.
Aeroponic cannabis cultivation, combined with careful environmental controls, can accelerate crop growth.
A Michigan businessman has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for bribing a former head of the state’s now-defunct Medical Marihuana Licensing Board.
Consumers spent a record amount on legal marijuana in New Mexico in August, with combined medical and adult-use sales totaling more than $48.2 million.
Hemp-CBD products company Charlotte’s Web Holdings has appointed Bill Morachnick as chief executive and board director, replacing Jacques Tortoroli, who resigned as CEO and from the company’s board.
