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Break-in at Alaska marijuana operation, $150k of product stolen

A marijuana business in Anchorage had a large amount of freshly packaged cannabis stolen, police said, highlighting the ongoing danger robberies can present for plant-touching companies. The owner of Danish…

News December 22
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Two companies form ‘Canada’s first’ retail-focused craft cannabis producer

Two British Columbia-based marijuana companies agreed to a merger, creating what they’re billing as Canada’s first retail-focused, craft cannabis producer. DOJA Cannabis, traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange, and Tokyo…

News December 22
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Los Angeles won’t meet Jan. 1 deadline to start recreational marijuana sales

Los Angeles’ recreational marijuana businesses won’t be allowed to open Jan. 1 when legal adult-use sales launch in California. L.A. marijuana regulators said Friday they won’t begin accepting applications to…

News December 22
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Canada’s largest pharmacy locks up more medical cannabis supply

Canada’s largest pharmacy chain signed up another major supplier of medical marijuana, further cementing what analysts called the “groundbreaking” entry of traditional pharmacies into the MMJ industry earlier this month.…

News December 22
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Massachusetts marijuana regulators sign off on industry draft rules

Massachusetts is a step closer to a legalized recreational marijuana industry. The Cannabis Control Commission has approved a wide-ranging set of draft regulations, though the regulations are not final. The rules…

News December 22
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Federal medical cannabis protections extended once more

The only federal law that protects medical marijuana businesses from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Department of Justice has once again been extended for a short period. The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment…

News December 22
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Mexico to allow sales of marijuana-based products in 2018

Mexico has approved the sale of cannabis-based products, but without any licensed cannabis businesses, the goods must be imported. Beginning next year, the sale of cannabis-derived medicine, food, beverages, makeup and…

News December 22
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Week in Review: Marijuana fund raises, more Maryland dispensaries & Alaska edibles maker shut down

Two ancillary marijuana companies announce huge fund raises, Maryland approves 12 more medical cannabis dispensaries, and Alaska regulators shut down an edibles company.

News December 22
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Cronos CEO Mike Gorenstein: ‘Reckoning’ is coming for Canada’s marijuana companies

Cronos Group isn’t the kind of company to promise the moon and deliver a pizza. That’s why the Toronto-based firm announced its intentions for a massive expansion after breaking ground…

News December 21
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