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Trump DHS repeats accusations of child labor against marijuana cultivator
In the wake of Thursday’s deadly immigration raids at two legal California marijuana cultivation sites, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday repeated accusations that Glass House Brands was using undocumented workers and child labor. However, state...
Pennsylvania lawmakers renew adult-use marijuana legalization pushes
Pennsylvania lawmakers have reintroduced a pair of bipartisan adult-use marijuana legalization proposals over the past week. On Monday, Democratic state Rep. Emily Kinkead and Republican state Rep. Abby Major introduced House Bill 20. That follows last week’s...
Aurora Cannabis earns EU-GMP certification for fourth marijuana facility
Canadian marijuana company Aurora Cannabis’s facility in Brampton, Ontario, received European Union Good Manufacturing Practice (EU-GMO) certification, the company said in a news release Monday. The distribution center’s designation increases the company’s ability to...
Massachusetts marijuana operators are quickly ditching licenses
Massachusetts cannabis businesses are giving up their licenses at a higher rate than ever. Through May 19 of this year, 23 marijuana operators surrendered or allowed their licenses to expire, according to state Cannabis Control Commission data cited by the Boston...
Immigration raid at California cannabis cultivator Glass House sparks outcry
Outrage and rancor swelled Friday after federal immigration raids at two state-licensed marijuana cultivation sites in Southern California operated by publicly traded Glass House Brands. The situation quickly drew national attention, including from Gov. Gavin Newsom,...
Why marijuana prohibitionists prefer Schedule 2 in reclassification process
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) What if the promise of marijuana rescheduling is really a Faustian bargain that looks like it’s smiling? Since the Biden presidential...
Marijuana rescheduling still paused as Trump loyalists encourage action
The process to downgrade the status of marijuana under federal law and officially acknowledge medical cannabis as a valid treatment is still on hold, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said in a quarterly update this week. In the meantime, a growing chorus of...
Cannabis industry is sparking a new era of tourism
The cannabis industry isn’t just about what’s happening in stores that sell weed. As more states and countries legalize recreational marijuana, a new niche in the travel industry is emerging: cannabis tourism. ADVERTISEMENT From 4/20-friendly accommodations to...
Marijuana MSO TerrAscend completes $79 million in debt financing
Marijuana multistate operator TerrAscend Corp. has completed $79 million in debt financing as it exits the Michigan market. According to a Wednesday news release, $69 million of the loan was used to retire existing debt, with the remainder to be used for future growth...
Cookies owes $8.4 million to partner on San Francisco cannabis store
Prominent cannabis brand Cookies is on the hook to pay its former partner on a failed San Francisco marijuana store $8.4 million, according to court records. The significant payout due to the Cole Ashbury Group – Cookies’ former partner at the Berner’s on Haight...Featured
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