Minnesota starts adult-use marijuana social equity license application process
Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has opened its first social equity business license application window for the state’s adult-use marijuana market. The application period began Wednesday and will run until 11:59 p.m. CT on Aug. 12, the MinnPost...
How to navigate the challenges of cannabis real estate
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) As the cannabis industry continues to expand, operators face a unique set of challenges – particularly when it comes to real estate. Unlike...
Wyoming’s ban on hemp-derived THC products survives court challenge
A federal judge in Wyoming rejected an initial challenge to the state’s new restrictions on hemp-derived products brought by would-be sellers of intoxicating goods such as delta-8 THC. The state’s new rules – which also close a loophole that some hemp merchants...
Union’s initiative to organize Oregon marijuana workers nears ballot
An Oregon union has spent more than $2 million trying to get an initiative on the November ballot that would make it easier for marijuana retail and processor employees to organize. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 – one of the biggest...
LeafLink acquires Dama Financial’s cannabis banking division
New York-based LeafLink has acquired the assets of Dama Financial’s banking division as the cannabis wholesale technology platform expands financial services to the marijuana industry. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed in a Wednesday news...
States struggle to implement effective environmental regulations for marijuana
(This story is part of the cover package in the July-August issue of MJBizMagazine.) When it comes to being environmentally friendly, there are things marijuana businesses can do voluntarily and things that states mandate they do. Like any type of business, marijuana...
Raucous cannabis store grand opening has Cookies franchisee in trouble
New Mexico regulators fined the legal entity behind a Cookies-branded cannabis store in Albuquerque $350,000 for five violations of state law during the retailer’s grand opening. It’s at least the second example of state regulators finding fault with the...
Ohio issues 10 dual licenses for pending launch of adult-use marijuana sales
Ohio regulators have issued the first 10 dual licenses to marijuana cultivators and processors in the lead-up to adult-use sales in the potential billion-dollar Midwest market. According to Cleveland.com, the companies licensed to supply both medical cannabis patients...
California State Fair pairs cannabis consumption with retail
California cannabis is getting its day in the sun. Over the past few weeks, marijuana retailer Embarc has organized dozens of award-winning cannabis brands to sell their products at the California State Fair in Sacramento, marking a new feature at the 170-year-old...
Marijuana rescheduling proposal generates nearly 43,000 comments
The Biden administration’s proposal to reclassify marijuana elicited nearly 43,000 public comments before a Monday night deadline, and the vast majority expressed support. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed rule to move marijuana from Schedule 1 to...
Thailand seeks legislative fix to regulate medical cannabis in latest policy shift
It appears Thailand is shifting its policy on cannabis again. Political leaders in the Southeast Asia nation are now pushing for legislation to regulate medical cannabis sales and use, Bloomberg reported. ADVERTISEMENT The policy reversal comes about two months after...Featured
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