California cannabis sales tumbled after tax hike, data shows
Legal cannabis sales in California, the country’s biggest market, dipped to a five-year low after a since-repealed excise tax hike went into effect July 1, recent state data shows. The predictable – and predicted – effect of increased taxes in an already lagging...
Marijuana flower power at the heart of industry success – and other MJBizCon takeaways
For many operators, investors and ancillary businesses in the cannabis industry, major changes have been just around the corner for years. The difference for attendees at MJBizCon 2025 was that a significant, potentially game-changing shift just happened – and with...
Report: Hemp THC ban may be unenforceable
Hemp THC products will become illegal under federal law in November 2026 thanks to the spending bill President Donald Trump signed last month. What’s still not known is which authorities will enforce the ban – or whether they’ll enforce the hemp ban at all, a...
From rosin gummies to hash holes: Meet the winners of MJBowl
Ten marijuana brands won trophies in the inaugural MJBowl, a bi-coastal cannabis competition presented by MJBizCon and social review platform Budist. The competition, designed to spotlight the Most Valuable Products across five major product categories in two major...
Are consumption lounges the ‘next frontier’ for legal cannabis?
Cannabis consumption lounges are redefining hospitality with a buzz-worthy twist. From yoga sessions with edibles to paint-and-puff nights, dedicated consumption spaces are the next chapter for the cannabis industry, according to Dale Sky Jones, chancellor of Oakland,...
Nebraska Supreme Court hears argument to cancel medical marijuana legalization
Alleged massive fraud committed by signature-gatherers last year should mean the undoing of Nebraska medical marijuana legalization, the state’s high court heard this week. The Nebraska Supreme Court is weighing a lawsuit filed by a former state lawmaker that seeks to...
The logistics crisis plaguing the Minnesota marijuana market launch
After starting with a cultivation crunch, the newly launched Minnesota adult-use cannabis market is now suffering through a logistical crisis. A severe shortage of licensed transporters is leaving retailers with empty shelves and cannabis cultivators unable to move...
How much should marijuana operators risk?
As an attorney, Riana Durrett could never ask a cannabis operator to break the law. But there isn’t a better way to test the reading of the U.S. constitution that Durrett, the director of the University Nevada Las Vegas Cannabis Policy Institute, and other legal...
Curaleaf to enter Virginia marijuana market with purchase of competitor
Marijuana multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings will enter the Virginia market with the purchase of competitor The Cannabist Company Holdings’ assets in the state, the companies announced Tuesday. For $110 million, Curaleaf will acquire a vertically integrated medical...
How cannabis operators are preparing for federal marijuana reform
George Archos’ Christmas list this year is the same it was the year before, and the year before that. All the CEO of marijuana multistate operator Verano Holdings wants is for his company to be treated like a normal business, by Meta and by the Internal Revenue...
Virginia adult-use cannabis sales could begin November 2026
Virginia adult-use cannabis sales could begin Nov. 1, 2026 – and small businesses might get first crack ahead of big marijuana multistate operators. That’s under a proposed regulatory framework state lawmakers plan to present to Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger,...Featured
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