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Nevada rec marijuana program receives $870K in seed money

Nevada lawmakers approved a seed loan of about $871,000 to kick-start the state’s new recreational marijuana program under the department of taxation. Nevada’s Interim Finance Committee, composed of lawmakers from…

News January 30

Drug Policy Alliance executive director Nadelmann stepping down

Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of Drug Policy Alliance, said Friday he is vacating his post, though he'll remain on the job until "late April," he wrote in a letter posted…

News January 27

North Dakota governor inks bill delaying medical marijuana rollout

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation on Thursday that will delay the rollout of the state’s medical marijuana program by several months so lawmakers and regulators have more time to…

News January 27

Cannabis oil maker files trademark suit against WA grow

Headspace, a multimillion-dollar marijuana oil company in Southern California that sells a product called The Clear, filed a trademark infringement suit against a Washington state MJ cultivator, Podworks, for using the…

News January 27

Maine lawmakers approve three-month rec sales delay

Maine's legislature on Thursday unanimously approved a three-month delay in the start of recreational marijuana sales.

News January 27
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Week in Review: Marijuana industry trademarks, cannabis banking & Oregon rec sales

By Omar Sacirbey, John Schroyer and Bart Schaneman  A prominent marijuana pipe maker sues to defend its trademark, another state seeks Trump’s guidance on MJ banking, and adult-use cannabis sales continue…

News January 27

Medical marijuana sales surge in AZ in 2016 amid patient growth

Medical marijuana patients in Arizona bought a record 29 tons of cannabis products in 2016, a 53% increase over the 19 tons that were purchased in 2015, according to a…

News January 26

Arkansas governor signs two medical cannabis bills into law

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed two medical marijuana bills this week that will make it easier for doctors to recommend MMJ and pushed back the deadline for rulemaking governing the new…

News January 26

Hawaii’s MMJ businesses get green light to start growing Feb. 1

The Hawaii Department of Health’s seed-to-sale tracking software is ready to go online Feb. 1, which means licensed medical marijuana dispensaries finally can begin growing MMJ that day. The state’s medical…

News January 26
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