From confusion to conversion: How behavioral science is reshaping cannabis retail
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) The cannabis industry doesn’t have a product problem — it has a communication problem. With so many products on the shelf and no consistent system...
Controversial Michigan marijuana testing lab run by former cops must close
A yearslong dispute between Michigan marijuana regulators and a lab run by former police officers accused of widespread wrongdoing ended this week with the lab and its principals permanently barred from the industry. Viridis, a cannabis testing lab with locations in...
Florida medical marijuana patients can use guns, court rules
Federal restrictions prohibiting Florida medical marijuana patients from buying and using guns violates the Second Amendment, an appellate court ruled Wednesday. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with former Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and...
Could the Supreme Court help cannabis if Donald Trump won’t?
President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail support for medical cannabis and more recent promise to consider downgrading marijuana’s status under federal law means hope for the $32 billion legal industry. Meanwhile, Trump Justice Department attorneys are preparing to...
A year into adult-use cannabis sales, Ohio now allows pre-rolls
More than a year into adult-use marijuana sales in Ohio, consumers now have the option of purchasing pre-rolls. However, the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control on Aug. 1 said licensed cannabis processors must receive approval from the agency before they can stock their...
From ‘sin taxes’ to potency pricing: Modern approaches to excise tax policy
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) Excise taxes have evolved far beyond their early use as simple revenue tools. Today, they are strategic levers for shaping consumer behavior,...
Florida landlord latest to pursue claim against Surterra Wellness for unpaid rent
A recently filed lawsuit accuses cannabis retailer Surterra Wellness of skipping out on corporate office space in Tampa while still owing nearly $1.3 million in unpaid back and future rent. According to a complaint filed Friday in Hillsborough County Court, Surterra...
Massachusetts could be first state to repeal legal adult-use marijuana sales
Massachusetts would end its $1.6 billion annual adult-use marijuana industry if two recently proposed ballot initiatives are approved. Under two proposed voter initiatives submitted to the attorney general this summer, both called “An Act to Restore A Sensible...
Scathing audit of Mass. marijuana regulator finds ‘favoritism,’ lost revenue
Massachusetts cannabis regulators demonstrated “potential favoritism and/or impropriety” in their dealings with some marijuana businesses, according to a review by the state auditor’s office. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio also found that the Cannabis Control Commission...
Can reality television help save the marijuana industry?
Jerry Millen believes the $32 billion legal cannabis industry is at a tipping point and in desperate need of help. A rescue, one could say. The successful cannabis retailer wants to apply to a technique to legal marijuana that’s worked as a lifeline in other...
Cannabis consumption lounges a step closer in Massachusetts
Cannabis consumption lounges continue to inch closer to reality in Massachusetts, where regulators finally released proposed rules for business that want to permit cannabis use on Friday. According to StateHouse News, the latest step in a yearslong process to permit...Featured
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