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California cannabis energy mandates add undue cost burden to growers

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is proposing new energy mandates that raise efficiency standards for indoor and greenhouse…

News July 22
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Nevada regulators levy fine, strip marijuana company of 14 licenses

The newly installed Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board took swift action at its first meeting by penalizing vertically integrated…

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Arizona lawsuit seeks to bar recreational cannabis legalization

A group opposed to legalized recreational marijuana in Arizona filed a lawsuit to halt an initiative that would…

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Divide opens over L.A. cannabis social equity licenses, management contracts

Months of anger over prized marijuana social equity licenses in Los Angeles boiled over recently, when the California…

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Massachusetts eyes end of medical marijuana vertical integration

Regulators in Massachusetts are considering eliminating the vertical-integration requirement for medical cannabis operators, a move that would open…

News July 21
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Proposed LED mandate could cost California’s indoor marijuana growers millions

Many California marijuana growers are up in arms over a recent proposal before the state Energy Commission that…

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Oklahoma fines medical cannabis processor $500,000 for pesticide use

Oklahoma regulators levied a $541,000 fine on a medical marijuana business and ordered it to cease operations after…

News July 21
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Chart: US cannabis industry’s economic impact could hit $130 billion by 2024

American marijuana businesses could pump up to $130 billion on an annual basis into the U.S. economy by…

News July 21
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Only 2% of Long Beach, CA, marijuana social equity applicants operating

Just one out of 50 business applicants who qualified for Long Beach’s marijuana social equity program has actually…

News July 20
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Rhode Island approves first medical cannabis lab

Rhode Island licensed its first lab to test medical marijuana, a move that likely will prove beneficial to…

News July 20
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