SD sets initial list of conditions for medical marijuana treatment

The South Dakota health department released a preliminary list of conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended, and several could drive significant business to the state’s dispensaries.

Texas medical marijuana operator raises $21 million in equity funding

Austin-based Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation secured $21 million in funding to boost medical marijuana production and delivery.

Marijuana legalization outlook: CT, RI weigh adult use; Texas passes expansion bill

Connecticut lawmakers are expected to consider a recreational marijuana legalization bill this week as a June 9 deadline for passing the measure looms.

In Rhode Island, a House lawmaker introduced an adult-use legalization bill that would allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to begin recreational sales as soon as this summer.

Marijuana legalization outlook: Kansas, SC fall short, but Texas reform bill alive

Time ran out this month for medical marijuana legalization bills in Kansas and South Carolina. Nevertheless, progress was made in both states, raising hopes among legalization advocates for next year.

Marijuana reform outlook: Hopes dim in Rhode Island, but Texas advances

An effort by Rhode Island lawmakers to pass legislation to legalize adult-use marijuana now looks less likely.

No hallucination: Psychedelics could be next cannabis-like boom

Investors as well as cannabis companies and executives are rushing into psychedelics, a multibillion-dollar opportunity that reminds some of the early days of marijuana – although this infant industry could play out much differently.

These states could still legalize recreational or medical cannabis in 2021

Several more states could legalize adult-use or medical marijuana before their legislative sessions adjourn in 2021, possibly generating hundreds of millions of dollars in new business opportunities in the coming years.