How Jason Harris rebuilt Jerome Baker Designs into the world’s biggest bong company
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. What’s the secret behind a successful and high-end ancillary brand in the cannabis industry? For Jason...
California cannabis regulators approve self-checkout at licensed retailer
A Sacramento, California cannabis store is the first licensed retailer in the state to be approved to operate a self-checkout system. Perfect Union Northside – owned by MWG Holdings Group, which operates 10 stores in the state – received confirmation from...
Texas ban on delta-8 THC, other synthetic hemp-derived products reinstated Friday
Broadly speaking, hemp THC is still legal in Texas. However, starting Friday, certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products aren’t. On July 31, new rules reclassifying delta-8 THC and other forms of THC – but not delta-9 THC, the backbone of Texas’ contentious $5.5...
Canadian cannabis giant SNDL claims to be world’s largest after Parallel takeover
Former lenders to Parallel, the struggling cannabis multistate operator once led by chewing-gum heir William “Beau” Wrigley, finalized their takeover of company assets this week, according to a Monday announcement. And after acquiring “certain” Parallel assets in...
Cannabis MSO Vireo Growth to acquire Planet 13 in all-stock deal
Minneapolis-based cannabis multistate operator Vireo Growth is acquiring fellow MSO Planet 13 Holdings in an all-stock merger, extending one of the cannabis industry’s most aggressive buying sprees. The deal adds 36 dispensaries across three states to Vireo’s...
Setback for Utah medical cannabis company using federal marijuana prohibition to beat union push
A federal judge delivered a setback to a Utah medical cannabis dispensary that’s resisting unionization on the grounds that federal cannabis prohibition means federal labor law doesn’t apply, court records show. However, if The Flower Shop is eventually successful in...
Rhode Island to reset cannabis retail licensing, refund applicants and start over
Rhode Island cannabis regulators are hitting reset on the state’s stalled retail licensing process. Seventy five hopefuls for one of 20 promised new marijuana retail permits will be refunded their application fees and be allowed to enter a new lottery scheduled for as...
The cannabis industry is having a price compression crisis. What’s the solution?
Key points: U.S. cannabis sales fell year over year for the first time, dropping from $32 billion in 2024 to $29.94 billion in 2025. But price compression, not weak demand, is the cause as consumers buy more and pay less. Analysts say cannabis regulators issue...
Report: Illegal cannabis diversion from Canada a growing problem in Europe
Diversion of cannabis grown legally at commercial grows in Canada, where supply has long outstripped demand, to illicit markets overseas has skyrocketed recently, authorities claimed in a recent report. However, cannabis advocates are disputing the claims published...
Mass layoffs at two California cannabis manufacturers
Two major California cannabis manufacturers are laying off more than 100 workers amid a continued downturn in the country’s largest adult-use marijuana market. CraftForce Services, the manufacturing arm of Santa Rosa, Calif.-headquartered CannaCraft, will lay...
State fairs are the ideal place for an honest conversation about cannabis
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) For the first time in its nearly 200-year history, The Great New York State Fair will have a place dedicated to cannabis consumers and the rapidly...Featured
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