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Vancouver Issues First Medical Marijuana License

Vancouver is moving forward with regulating the city’s medical marijuana industry, issuing its first license to an MMJ dispensary. A spokesperson for the Western Canadian seaport told the Globe and…

News May 18

Oakland approves unique MMJ business licensing rules

A marijuana conviction often can disqualify you from receiving a cannabis business license, but in Oakland it can give you an advantage over applicants with clean records. The Oakland City…

News May 18

Colorado Governor Does About-Face on Marijuana Legalization

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a vocal opponent of legalizing recreational marijuana, has changed his mind. The Democratic governor had opposed the decision by Colorado voters in 2012 to legalize adult-use…

News May 18
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Louisiana moves toward passing workable medical cannabis program

By Omar Sacirbey Louisiana is moving toward becoming the nation’s 25th state to create a workable medical marijuana program, which would position it as an MMJ beachhead in the South.…

News May 18

Maryland’s MMJ Industry Won’t Launch Until 2017

The East Coast's largest medical marijuana program is scheduled to launch by next summer, later than first planned and a setback for hundreds of MMJ applicants in the state hoping…

News May 17

Patients Surge in MA But MMJ Licenses Languish

A licensing logjam is preventing dozens of medical marijuana dispensary applicants in Massachusetts from tapping into a surging market for new patients. “The application process is completely jammed up … and that’s…

News May 17

Powerhouse MJ Law Firms Team Up on Compliance Software

Two legal powerhouses in the marijuana industry are branching into the software business, hoping to generate profits in a new line of business. California-based Greenbridge Corporate Counsel and Colorado-based Vicente…

News May 17

Brand-Building Firm Partners With Oregon Marijuana Grower

Meriwether Group, a leading Oregon brand-building firm, has taken an ownership stake in one of the state’s best known cannabis cultivators, Hifi Farms. Portland-based Meriweather will serve as business advisers…

News May 17
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Clock ticking for Michigan recreational cannabis legalization effort

By John Schroyer Marijuana advocates in Michigan have just two weeks to get thousands of additional signatures for a recreational cannabis legalization measure that promises to create a massive new…

News May 17
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