by Chris Roberts | Sep 16, 2025 | News
Oklahoma law enforcement plans to tell Congress on Thursday that “foreign nationals,” most of them from China, have “infiltrated” the state’s once high-flying, now struggling legal medical marijuana industry. That’s the testimony the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN)...
by Margaret Jackson | Sep 16, 2025 | News
California cannabis regulators issued a voluntary recall for four THC-infused beverages due to noncompliant labeling and packaging. Product labeling failed to identify serving size and did not indicate the drinks were manufactured using good manufacturing practices...
by Chris Roberts | Sep 16, 2025 | News
A Michigan cannabis company is attempting to thwart a unionization effort using a novel tactic: convincing the Trump administration that cannabis workers don’t enjoy federal labor law protections because cannabis is illegal under federal law. If the argument that Ann...
by Chris Roberts | Sep 15, 2025 | News
A defunct New Mexico cannabis cultivator sued the state last month, claiming a negligent state worker ruined the crop and ultimately the company with an accidental toxic flood from an historic irrigation canal. In a lawsuit filed Aug. 28 in state court, Albuquerque...
by Margaret Jackson | Sep 15, 2025 | News
Rhode Island is opening its $120 million legal cannabis market to new retailers for the first time since adult-use marijuana legalization. The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission will accept applications through its online portal for new cannabis storefronts...
by Chris Roberts | Sep 12, 2025 | News
A key committee in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block marijuana rescheduling. The House Appropriations Committee inserted language into a spending bill that prevents money from being spent “to reschedule marijuana,” but it’s...
by Margaret Jackson | Sep 12, 2025 | News
New York cannabis shops facing potential relocation or closure because they’re too close to schools reached a temporary agreement with state regulators this week, allowing them to stay open for at least the next five months. The temporary reprieve comes after...
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by Darcel Duncan | Sep 12, 2025 | News
(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) THC seltzers now sit in liquor store coolers beside hard seltzers and nonalcoholic beer. For many adults who are curious but cautious about...
by Chris Roberts | Sep 11, 2025 | News
A push to cut the unpopular tax hike on California cannabis that went into effect in July is moving forward in the state Legislature. If signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Bill 564 would see the 19% state excise tax on cannabis products revert back to 15% on Oct....
by Margaret Jackson | Sep 11, 2025 | News
The Trump Department of Justice is moving to cancel Biden-era laws to expand cannabis research and hemp analytic testing. In a notice dated Sept. 8 published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi withdrew a total of 54 Notices of Proposed...
by Margaret Jackson | Sep 11, 2025 | News
Corey Keller wasn’t looking to expand his Colorado-based Bonanza Cannabis Company to Nevada until he attended MJBizCon in Las Vegas in 2022. There, he encountered someone handing out flyers advertising a property for sale and realized opening a facility in Nevada...