Utah medical marijuana dispensary workers vote to unionize with UFCW
Employees of Dragonfly Wellness, a medical marijuana dispensary in Salt Lake City, voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The workers are the first cannabis-sector employees in Utah to unionize, according to Phoenix-based UFCW Local 99....
Canadian cannabis companies tap government funding programs
(This is the first installment in a series about government funding available for Canadian cannabis businesses.) More Canadian cannabis companies are tapping government funding sources to finance research and other projects as private-sector capital has become harder...
New York to issue 1,500 more marijuana business licenses
New York regulators plan to issue as many as 1,500 new marijuana business licenses as unsold cannabis continues to build up among growers in a market where only a couple of dozen retailers have opened their doors. The state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) on...
British Columbia cannabis stores can now receive samples from producers
Federally licensed cannabis producers are now allowed to provide authorized stores in British Columbia with product samples for a nominal fee to help them promote products. The province made the announcement Monday in a public bulletin. ADVERTISEMENT Alberta also...
Montana marijuana lab closes over compliance-software concern
Owners of a marijuana testing lab in Montana said they’ve shut down out of concern that regulators are more focused on tax revenue and less on a concern that the state’s compliance software could lead to untested cannabis. Ron and Kristine Brost of...
Cannabis banking reform bill passes key Senate hearing
(This story was updated at 12:58 p.m. ET with more details and comments. Join an MJBizDaily LinkedIn Live about SAFER Banking at 2:30 p.m. ET Sept. 28.) The latest push for federal cannabis banking reform in the United States passed a markup hearing in the Senate...
Marijuana producer Organigram files CA$500 million shelf prospectus
Marijuana producer Organigram Holdings filed a preliminary short-form base shelf prospectus to raise up to 500 million Canadian dollars ($370 million) by issuing securities over a 25-month period. The base shelf prospectus, when finalized, “will provide...
How labor unions can benefit cannabis operators
(This story is part of the cover package in the September issue of MJBizMagazine.) Conventional wisdom contends that businesses and labor unions are naturally adversarial. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Companies that find ways to work well with unions can...
Wisconsin Democrats launch new marijuana legalization campaign
Wisconsin Democratic legislators have renewed their push to legalize medical and adult-use marijuana in the state, one of 10 without a legal MJ program of some form. Co-sponsors have until Sept. 29 to show their support for the draft legislation, co-written by state...
Applications for hemp-derived business permits surge in Minnesota
More than 1,000 companies and entrepreneurs have applied for business licenses to be part of Minnesota’s booming low-dose, hemp-derived products market. The run-up to the Oct. 1 application deadline has fueled application filings, which more than doubled from...
Alaska eases rules on marijuana ads and sampling, eyes tax reform
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. The revised rules take effect Oct. 8 after being signed into law by...Featured
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