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Chart of the Week: Many marijuana businesses unsure if they’ll donate to 2016 legalization efforts

By Eli McVey Some marijuana businesses are ramping up donations to legalization efforts ahead of what promises to…

News August 8
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Scotts Miracle-Gro’s cannabis play boosts stock price

Marijuana appears to be lifting Scotts Miracle-Gro’s stocks to new highs. On Thursday, a day after the Ohio-based lawn care…

News August 5
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Illinois MMJ Cultivators Now Allowed to Host Reporters

Illinois medical marijuana regulators today lifted an unusual prohibition on media outlets visiting the state’s cultivation facilities, a move…

News August 5
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Canna-Centric Software Company Nets $1.6 Million in Seed Funding

Baker, a Denver-based customer-engagement software company for marijuana dispensaries and edibles brands, announced on Friday it has landed…

News August 5
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Washington Tribe Expanding Cannabis Business Interests

The Puyallup Tribe of Washington State is entering almost uncharted business territory: Having already opened a testing lab, it…

News August 5
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Week in Review: Rescheduling rumors, Nevada targets California docs & pain relief in MN

By John Schroyer and Omar Sacirbey Federal cannabis rescheduling rumors keep swirling, Nevada is poised to cut off…

News August 5
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Oregon Marijuana Businesswoman Fined $40k for Fraud

An Oregon medical cannabis dispensary owner has been fined $40,000 by state regulators after they concluded she defrauded investors.…

News August 4
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$40 Million Cannabis Acquisition for Scotts Miracle-Gro

Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn has made good on an earlier promise to invest big money in ancillary cannabis companies.…

News August 4
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Pioneering Denver MJ Business Sold to Willie’s Reserve Processor

The owners of a pioneering recreational and medical cannabis business, Denver Relief, announced the sale today of their…

News August 4
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