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How marijuana entrepreneurs can outsmart black-market competitors

Whether you’re operating in a newly medical or recreational marijuana market, illicit cannabis sales are an ever-present threat…

News March 20
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CBD manufacturing facility under construction in Kentucky

A Chinese hemp company and a California-based CBD company are building a new plant to manufacture CBD isolate…

News March 19
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California lawmakers start push to lower state marijuana taxes

In a bid to combat black-market operators, two California state lawmakers have introduced a measure to lower the…

News March 15
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Weedmaps counters California’s order to quit assisting unlicensed cannabis companies

Weedmaps apparently doesn’t plan to drop its listings for unlicensed California marijuana businesses any time soon. In a…

News March 12
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Nevada CBD company buys California firm for $2.2M to expand into topicals, edibles

Nevada CBD manufacturer Leafceuticals is expanding into topicals and edibles with the $2.2 million acquisition of California’s Irie…

News March 8
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California orders Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed marijuana businesses

The honeymoon is over for Weedmaps and California’s gray-market marijuana businesses. The California Bureau of Cannabis Control sent…

News March 7
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Publicly traded plant-touching marijuana companies: Q&A with Terra Tech CEO Derek Peterson

One arena in which the cannabis industry has struggled to make serious gains is the stock market. Most…

News March 1
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California green lights surety bond program for state’s cannabis industry

California has approved its first insurer to provide surety bonds for marijuana businesses in the state. According to the…

News February 26
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Week in Review: White House versus hemp, CA crackdown & Massachusetts’ MMJ shortfall worries

The Trump administration opposes nationwide hemp production, California takes action against unlicensed marijuana businesses, and Massachusetts fears a…

News February 23
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California initiates enforcement against approximately 500 unlicensed marijuana businesses

Less than two months after California’s legal cannabis industry launched on New Year’s Day, state officials are starting…

News February 21
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