DC to crack down on marijuana ‘gifting’ stores
Regulators in Washington DC will start cracking down on gray-market marijuana “gifting” stores, as they’re known, beginning next month.
Pennsylvania medical cannabis company lays off 55 workers, calls for relief
Pennsylvania medical cannabis grower and processor Calypso Enterprises is calling on the state to provide “equitable relief” for independent marijuana companies after it laid off 55 workers at its facility in Erie.
Vermont accepting recreational marijuana business license applications
Vermont has begun accepting license applications for all types of recreational marijuana businesses, including retailers, growers, manufacturers and testing labs.
Las Vegas cannabis industry preps for launch of consumption lounges
Now that final regulations have been issued for marijuana consumption lounges to begin operating in Nevada, Las Vegas cannabis executives are gearing up to lure customers off the Strip and into their smoking rooms.
Scotts’ Hawthorne marijuana grow sales plummet 63% in latest financial quarter
Scotts Miracle-Gro’s Hawthorne unit took another big hit in the company’s fiscal quarter ended July 2 because of continued oversupply in the softening marijuana industry.
Massachusetts lawmakers approve raft of marijuana reforms
The Massachusetts Legislature approved a series of marijuana industry reforms in a bid by lawmakers to lower barriers to entry for small and minority-owned businesses, jump-start consumption lounges and decrease local fees for cannabis businesses.
California cannabis consumption lounges poised for takeoff
The long-awaited debut of sit-down cannabis consumption lounges throughout California appears to have arrived, and industry experts predict these venues will expand exponentially in the next few years.
