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Rescheduling marijuana and the next states to legalize: 7 predictions for 2024

MJBizDaily offers up seven predictions for the U.S. cannabis industry in 2024, including the rescheduling of marijuana.

News January 2
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MJBizDaily’s most popular cannabis business stories of 2023

MJBizDaily lists its most clicked-on cannabis stories of 2023, including those about a dangerous viroid, delta-8 THC and…

News December 27
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2024 will arrive before Ohio lawmakers resolve adult-use marijuana law

Ohio lawmakers are poised to finish 2023 without making promised changes to the adult-use marijuana legalization initiative voters…

News December 13
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Scotts Miracle-Gro’s struggling Hawthorne seeks marijuana M&A deals

Scotts Miracle-Gro's audacious $1.7 billion foray into the marijuana business over the past decade is a sensitive topic…

News December 12
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Ohio lawmakers propose retail cap, higher taxes in cannabis law changes

Initial changes to Ohio's adult-use marijuana legalization law recently approved by voters advanced through the state Senate on…

News December 7
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Ohio GOP lawmakers trying to override voter-approved adult-use marijuana law

A group of Ohio Republican senators proposed a wide-ranging bill that would essentially gut the marijuana law that…

News December 5
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‘Best days are to come’ for cannabis industry, MJBizCon attendees believe

After a tough year for most cannabis operators, attendees at MJBizCon 2023 said they aren’t banking on sweeping…

News December 1
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Ohio bill would allow municipalities to ban adult-use marijuana

An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow municipalities in the state to prohibit adult-use marijuana…

News November 30
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Cannabis retail workers in Ohio and Utah join unions

Labor unions  are continuing to expand their marijuana industry membership, this time at medical cannabis dispensaries in Ohio…

News November 22
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Ohio governor wants changes – quickly – to adult-use cannabis initiative

Ohio's Republican governor wants changes made to some aspects of the adult-use cannabis initiative that voters overwhelming approved…

News November 10
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