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California state cannabis tax revenues reflect slow, steady increase in legal market sales

An increase in marijuana tax revenues to California state coffers reveals the legal market’s sales are slowly but…

News August 23
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Week in Review: Weedmaps to end its ads for illicit cannabis, FBI probes MJ industry, MO licensing odds & more

Weedmaps plans to cease advertising unlicensed cannabis retailers, the FBI looks into public corruption in the legal marijuana…

News August 23
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CA high court medical cannabis ruling unlikely to cause major disruption to industry, key attorney says

At first blush, it may seem as if the California Supreme Court’s ruling on a medical marijuana case…

News August 21
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Weedmaps will stop advertising unlicensed cannabis retailers ‘later this year’

Online advertising giant Weedmaps said Wednesday it will begin requiring a state license number for all marijuana retail…

News August 21
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Impact of California high court medical cannabis ruling unclear for state’s businesses

San Diego failed to adequately analyze the potential environmental impacts of its medical marijuana dispensary law, the California…

News August 21
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What the marijuana industry thinks of California governor’s performance since taking office

California Gov. Gavin Newsom swept into office in 2018 just two years after he was the most high-profile…

News August 21
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‘High-level’ criminality focus in fight against illicit MJ market: More Q&A with California marijuana czar Nicole Elliott

In the second part of our conversation with California's cannabis business czar, Nicole Elliott, Marijuana Business Daily asked…

News August 16
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Report: California cannabis market poised for growth

California's marijuana market is poised for huge growth after a $500 million drop in legal sales in 2018,…

News August 15
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‘Long process that is nowhere near perfect’: Q&A with California cannabis czar Nicole Elliott

When Nicole Elliott was appointed senior adviser on cannabis in California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office of Business and…

News August 15
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California university teams with DEA-registered company to research marijuana

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have joined forces with Biopharmaceutical Research, which is registered with the U.S.…

News August 14
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