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Big shift in store for Los Angeles medical cannabis businesses

By John Schroyer Significant changes are on the way for Los Angeles’ sprawling, largely unregulated medical marijuana industry. City lawmakers are expected to place a measure on the local ballot…

News August 24

Oregon rec marijuana sales pass $100M mark through July

Oregon’s recreational marijuana sales have passed the $100 million mark this year. Although rec sales began at medical dispensaries last October, the state didn’t begin taxing those sales until January, at…

News August 23

Ohio commits money to implement medical marijuana program

A bipartisan Ohio budget panel voted unanimously to release some $1.8 million to implement the state’s new medical marijuana program, delivering funds to regulators that will oversee the new industry. The…

News August 23

NY Health Dept. Recommends Doubling MMJ Licenses

New York’s health department is recommending several business-friendly changes to the state’s medical marijuana program, including one that would double the number of MMJ licenses. If adopted, the recommendations – which are…

News August 23

Uruguayan Cannabis Company Betting on Hemp

Uruguay made history nearly three years ago when it became the first modern country to legalize recreational marijuana at the federal level. But given how difficult the country’s industry rollout…

News August 23
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PA’s draft medical cannabis rules a good start, experts say

By Omar Sacirbey Pennsylvania has moved quickly to issue draft regulations governing its new medical marijuana program, a sign the state is keen to get the MMJ industry off on…

News August 23

New York growing hemp for first time in 80 years

Madison County, just east of Syracuse, New York, is home to the first legal industrial hemp crop in the state in 80 years. And thanks to a bill signed into…

News August 22

Arizona county judge tosses lawsuit targeting rec MJ initiative

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at keeping a recreational marijuana legalization initiative off the Arizona ballot this November. The plaintiffs behind the suit…

News August 22

Army’s Top Doc Won’t Back Medical Cannabis for PTSD

The U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, has declined to support the use of medical cannabis for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. West’s opposition deals a setback…

News August 22
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