Governor positions California cannabis businesses for interstate commerce
California marijuana businesses will be able to do business with other markets that allow medical and recreational cannabis under a new state law.
How cannabis companies can properly dispose of product waste
Marijuana regulators are concerned that trashed cannabis will fall into the wrong hands, so companies are required to go to great lengths to ensure it’s unusable when thrown out.
Businesses often go as far as mixing old cannabis with sand or kitty litter.
Heat wave strains California marijuana operators amid power outages, disruptions
A nearly two-week heat wave punctuated the end of another challenging summer for California marijuana businesses.
Some operators told MJBizDaily they experienced power outages and other daily disruptions stemming from excessive heat and a taxed power grid.
Small US marijuana firms could sell direct to consumers under new bill
A bill filed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday would allow small marijuana cultivators and producers to sell directly to customers, which could give them a boost when competing against larger companies.
Dozens of California cities, counties could OK new recreational marijuana markets
More than two dozen California cities and counties could establish new recreational marijuana markets through ballot measures in November, creating up to 150 retail licenses and countless other business opportunities for plant-touching and ancillary companies.
California advises marijuana operators to conserve energy amid heat wave
California is asking legal marijuana businesses for the third straight day to voluntarily shut off lights and major power sources as excessive energy use during a heat wave threatens the state’s power grid.
Marijuana companies lay off hundreds, retrench amid economic woes
While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed “essential” in nearly 30 states and stood to gain from the pandemic.
But more than two years later, amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, North American cannabis companies are cutting hundreds of jobs, closing retail outlets and cultivation facilities or shuttering altogether.
