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‘Buyer’s market’ forcing Massachusetts marijuana businesses to shutter

Low wholesale cannabis prices are behind the closures of Massachusetts marijuana retailers and producers in 2023.

News December 11
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Why was the Ontario Cannabis Store sitting on a CA$500 million cash stockpile?

Ontario's government-owned marijuana wholesaler was sitting on more than 500 million Canadian dollars ($367 million) in cash earlier this year, but officials have declined to spell out why the Ontario…

News December 11
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California marijuana grower voluntarily recalls pesticide-tainted flower

An indoor marijuana grower in California has alerted regulators and the state’s track-and-trace system that a certain batch of its flower in the market contains prohibited pesticides.

News December 11
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Cannabis MSOs get OK to enter New York adult-use market Dec. 29

Cannabis multistate operators with medical marijuana licenses in New York received the green light from state regulators Friday to enter the adult-use market on Dec. 29, exactly one year after…

News December 8
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Bipartisan marijuana descheduling bill reintroduced in Congress

Bipartisan legislation that would remove state-legal marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and leave individual markets in charge of most other regulation was reintroduced in Congress on Thursday.

News December 8
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Cannabis MSO MedMen tops Whitestar Solutions again in fraud case

Arizona's Court of Appeals ruled in favor of MedMen Enterprises in a breach-of-contract lawsuit, the cannabis multistate operator's second victory over Whitestar Solutions.

News December 8
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DEA warns Georgia pharmacies to halt low-THC medical marijuana oil sales

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning traditional Georgia pharmacies that marijuana possession and sales are federally prohibited.

News December 8
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Colorado revises cannabis traceability rules to potentially open competition

Colorado recently passed rules intended to expand competition for cannabis seed-to-sale tracking contracts when the state’s current deal with traceability software provider Metrc expires in October 2026.

News December 8
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Opinion: Can’t hemp and marijuana operators all just get along?

With the current Farm Bill extended until 2024, now is a good time for those in the hemp and marijuana sectors to work together to advance the social and economic…

News December 8
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