Why cannabis concentrates remain vital for retailers and manufacturers
Key points: “Oil Day,” or 7/10, flopped as a sales holiday this year, driving just a 4% sales lift over a normal Friday. Cannabis concentrates stay a small slice of retailer sales, but the buyers are high-value. Price compression widened the customer base....
Judge: California cannabis law can be tweaked without voter approval
California lawmakers can likely adjust the state’s 2016 adult-use marijuana legalization law without having to go back to voters to approve every change, a state judge tentatively ruled Thursday. The decision came from San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn in...
Arkansas medical cannabis sales slip as governor hopefuls come out on legalization
After a record year, Arkansas’ medical cannabis sales fell in the first half of 2026, even as the state’s patient count climbed. Meanwhile, both major party gubernatorial candidates are opposing adult-use marijuana legalization. ADVERTISEMENT Arkansas medical...
How cannabis businesses should act after the DEA marijuana rescheduling hearings
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s historic marijuana rescheduling hearings are now over, but adult-use cannabis operators are still...
Cannabis industry encouraged as DEA marijuana rescheduling hearings conclude
Legal, regulated cannabis is a positive for law enforcement, and most of the California cannabis diverted to other states comes from unlicensed, unregulated sources, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief administrative law judge heard during testimony on...
Pesticides lead to federal charges for Oklahoma medical marijuana cultivation employees
Two employees of a licensed medical marijuana grow in Oklahoma are facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling in forty pounds of pesticides from China, authorities said. A grand jury last week indicted Jin Zhao Chi, 44, and Dian Lin Jiang, 65, on misdemeanor...
San Francisco legalizes ‘Amsterdam-style’ cannabis cafes
San Francisco will allow cannabis consumption lounges to serve food and nonalcoholic drinks, making the city the first in the Bay Area to permit the “Amsterdam-style” model for cannabis cafes. The measure is required to implement a state law passed in 2024...
How a newcomer to Florida’s crowded medical cannabis market plans to win
This is part of a regular series of MJBizDaily interviews with major THC industry players. To be considered for an interview, contact editorial@mjbizdaily.com. Joe Puglise doesn’t mince words about why he chose Florida to launch a medical marijuana company. When...
Pennsylvania cannabis company first to make key transition
A Pennsylvania medical cannabis company earlier this month ditched traditional ownership in favor of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Organic Remedies’ July 6 transition to an employee-owned business is believed to be the first of its kind for a cannabis...
Did the Trump administration approve cannabis interstate commerce?
Following its first international export of CBD flower to Europe, California-based cannabis cultivator Glass House Brands – by repute the United States’ biggest legal grower by some margin– is ready to start supplying the rest of the country. In Graham Farrar’s view,...
Major ‘shortfalls’ thwart Idaho medical cannabis legalization push
Idaho will remain one of the handful of states without any form of legal cannabis access after a medical marijuana legalization campaign failed to qualify for the November ballot amid what state elections officials called major “shortfalls.” Backers of a...Featured
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