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Week in Review: WA Regs Criticism, 1st City Owned Rec Shop + Tribes Move Towards MJ

By John Schroyer and Tony C. Dreibus A prominent cannabis executive and former governor badmouths Washington State’s recreational…

News March 20
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San Diego’s First Legal MMJ Dispensary Opens

Nearly 20 years after California voters first approved medical marijuana, and after long years of struggling with illegal…

News March 19
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San Diego Shutters 18 Illegal Dispensaries

San Diego is continuing to crack down on dispensaries it deems illegal as the first licensed medical shop…

News March 11
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Professor Projects Next 5 States to Legalize Rec

California, Illinois, New York, Nevada and Vermont could become the next states to legalize recreational marijuana, according to…

News March 5
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Some San Jose Dispensaries Refusing to Pay Tax

Dispensary owners in San Jose, California, are in a dispute with the city over unpaid taxes. Five dispensaries…

News February 20
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Week in Review: IRS Penalty Fight, Wait-and-See in Washington State & 2 More MJ Lawsuits

By John Schroyer The IRS refuses to budge on a controversial – and confounding – tax penalty, officials…

News February 20

California AG Says State Recreational Sales Inevitable

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who plans to make a run for a U.S. Senate seat, said she…

News February 19
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CA Lawmaker Authored MMJ Bill But Never Visited a Dispensary

Lawmakers across the country routinely cast votes on measures concerning the cannabis industry, often without firsthand knowledge of…

News February 19
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Week in Review: Maine legalization, California dispensary lawsuit & Illinois MMJ licensing

By John Schroyer Two very different visions of recreational legalization emerge in Maine, a California dispensary gets a…

News February 13
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HempMeds to Add 100 Employees as Part of Expansion

HempMeds, a subsidiary of Medical Marijuana Inc., is planning some aggressive moves to expand this year. The company…

News February 12
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