Maryland-based cannabis retailer buoys business with spa and holistic pharmacy
(This story is part of the cover package in the October issue of MJBizMagazine.) Executives often undertake business diversification as a hedge against their core business or the economy going sour. But in 2014, when Curio Wellness co-founder and Chief Brand Officer...
Missouri marijuana product recall hearing moved to December
An administrative hearing to weigh the merits of a massive marijuana product recall in Missouri has been pushed to December. Missouri’s Administrative Hearing Commission was set to hear arguments from cannabis regulators and Delta Extraction, but a joint motion...
Suspended Massachusetts cannabis chair drops suit after hearing granted
Shannon O’Brien, the suspended chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, dropped her lawsuit seeking to block the suspension after being granted a hearing over the matter. The hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7, according to The Boston Globe....
Low-THC marijuana oil sales to begin at Georgia independent pharmacies
Georgia will soon become the first U.S. market in which non-hemp-derived medical marijuana products are sold at independent pharmacies as well as state-licensed MJ-only retail outlets. Considered restrictive compared to other states such as bordering Florida,...
Pamela Moore stepping down from top content position at MJBiz
Pamela Moore, the chief content strategy officer for MJBiz, is leaving the pioneering cannabis publishing and trade show company after four years. Moore said she is stepping down from her top leadership post to focus more on family, noting “the decision is wholly...
California regulators tout seizure of $37 million in illegal marijuana
State law enforcement in Northern California seized thousands of illegal marijuana plants and nearly 2,000 pounds of processed cannabis with an estimated value of nearly $37 million. The operation, led by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW),...
Arizona social equity cannabis retailers set to miss key deadline to open
More than half of Arizona’s 26 social equity retail licensees are poised to miss a key deadline to open their cannabis shops by Sunday, Oct. 8. The group of operators – currently numbering 14 – could face penalties for failing to meet the state-mandated...
New Jersey awards $12 million in grants to marijuana businesses
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) awarded $12 million in grants to 48 marijuana businesses under the state’s new Cannabis Equity Grant Program. Officials originally earmarked $250,000 grants each for 24 businesses, but additional funding made...
Australian cannabis market posts brisk growth in first half of 2023
Australia’s medical cannabis industry remained in robust health during the first half of 2023, according to data from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the country’s medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency. Medical cannabis approvals through an Authorized...
High Times parent, chair pay $600,000-plus to settle SEC charges
The parent company of cannabis publication and brand High Times as well as its board chair, Adam Levin, together paid more than $600,000 in fines to settle securities-fraud allegations connected to the business’ efforts to go public, federal securities...
Canada’s cannabis ‘strategy table’ quietly met over summer
A group that was supposed to have been created by the Canadian government almost two years ago to shine a light on major issues confronting the nation’s struggling cannabis industry is, for the first time, showing signs of life. A long-awaited cannabis...Featured
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