by Chris Roberts | Jul 23, 2024 | News
Florida hemp businesses are lining up to oppose an adult-use marijuana legalization initiative that will appear on the state’s November ballot, according to campaign finance forms and MJBizDaily interviews. They’re aggrieved by what they say is a monopoly...
by Chris Casacchia | Jul 22, 2024 | News
(This story has been updated to include comments from Glass House.) A civil complaint against cannabis producer and retailer Glass House Brands by fellow California operator Catalyst Cannabis Co. has been dismissed and a summary judgment issued. The Superior Court of...
by Chris Roberts | Jul 22, 2024 | News
Existing medical marijuana businesses in Delaware will be allowed to convert to adult-use sales under a bill signed into law by the governor. Conversion licenses will cost $200,000, but they’ll allow recreational cannabis sales to begin in the state in time for a...
by Kevin Huhn | Jul 22, 2024 | News
Aphria RX, the Neumünster, Germany-based subsidiary of Tilray Brands, announced Monday it received a medical marijuana cultivation license under the European country’s new Cannabis Act. Tilray, based in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, and New York, said in a news...
by Kate Lavin | Jul 22, 2024 | News
After learning the fundamentals of plant and soil science at Middle Tennessee State University, Justin Sheffield moved to Denver in 2011 to work at Medicine Man Technologies, then a medical marijuana operator. That was the year before Colorado voters endorsed what...
by Chris Roberts | Jul 19, 2024 | News
New York City’s crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sellers can continue, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled. Authorities in the city – where thousands of unlicensed cannabis retailers continue to flout state law and harm legal retailers – have shut down 640...
by Kate Lavin | Jul 19, 2024 | News
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) The fate of marijuana rescheduling took a major hit before the Fourth of July holiday, when the U.S. Supreme Court tossed a wrench into the...
by Chris Roberts | Jul 18, 2024 | News
A growing number of European cannabis startups are considering initial public offerings in the United States, where they expect higher valuations in New York than on a London-based exchange. But that’s only if the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to reschedule...
by Kate Lavin | Jul 18, 2024 | News
Missouri regulators have raised the allowable limit for vitamin E acetate in regulated marijuana products from 0.2 parts per million to 5 parts per million, sparking concern from stakeholders including the state’s chapter of the National Organization for the...
by Chris Casacchia | Jul 18, 2024 | News
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) plans to eliminate 10% of its workforce in a reorganization amid an exodus of licensed operators. The job cuts will amount to 25 to 30 employees, OMMA Executive Director Adria Berry said in an email obtained by the Tulsa...
by Chris Casacchia | Jul 18, 2024 | News
Five years after establishing one of the first state-run social equity programs, only half of Illinois’ eligible marijuana retailers are operational, according to data analysis by MJBizDaily. Dozens of licensees who have yet to open their businesses are facing...
by Chris Casacchia | Jul 17, 2024 | News
California’s chief marijuana regulator on Wednesday announced three more cannabis product recalls related to a pesticide scandal that has rattled the state’s market over the past month. The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) issued mandatory recalls on two...