When California issued its final provisional marijuana business licenses in June, it likely raised the barriers to enter the state's market.
Ancillary cannabis company Greenlane Holdings plans to sell its marijuana packaging division after merging with KushCo in 2021.
Cannabis advertising giant Weedmaps said it has laid off about 10% of its workers because of a slowdown in the U.S. marijuana market.
New York approved the first 15 conditional recreational cannabis processor licenses, which will allow the manufacture of infused products.
British Columbia's sole cannabis distributor said its warehouse has been temporarily shut down because of a BC General Employees Union job action.
North Dakota became the fifth state to have a recreational marijuana legalization ballot question certified for the November election.
New Jersey adult-use cannabis businesses recorded nearly $79.7 million in total sales between April 21 and June 30, 2022.
Massachusetts' governor signed into law an overhaul of the state's marijuana regulatory system that's intended to bolster the industry.
Regulators in Alabama approved rules for the regulation and licensing of medical cannabis, the next step in beginning MMJ sales.
Flowr Corp. closed the sale of its Flowr Forest cannabis facility in British Columbia for aggregate proceeds of 3.4 million Canadian dollars.
Minnesota two medical marijuana providers face new rivals thanks to a state law that allows the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived THC edibles.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the secretary of state to certify the ballot title for recreational cannabis to be on the November ballot.
The window for marijuana social equity retail license applications to be submitted in New York state is set for Aug. 25-Sept. 26.
Curaleaf Holdings has temporarily removed medical marijuana products from New York dispensaries after an issue over THC potency labeling.
Cannabis has a myriad of functional and holistic wellness applications, and brands must try to showcase these benefits to consumers.
AK Futures, a California company specializing in hemp-derived delta-8 THC products, notched a fourth straight victory in copyright battles.
Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency chief Andrew Brisbo is departing after more than three years at the helm.
Curaleaf Holdings signed a deal to acquire a 55% stake in German medical cannabis producer Four 20 Pharma for 19.7 million euros.
Arkansas medical marijuana retailers sold $23.3 million worth of cannabis products in July, up by more than a million dollars from June.
Ontario's government-owned cannabis wholesaler has resumed some shipments to retailers after suspending deliveries earlier this week.
Cannabis testing laboratories are partly to blame for the marijuana industry's focus on delivering high-THC products to consumers, insiders say.
Regulators in Washington DC will start cracking down on gray-market marijuana "gifting" stores, as they're known, beginning next month.
Canadian operator Auxly Cannabis Group sold an outdoor cultivation site in Nova Scotia for proceeds of 4.1 million Canadian dollars.
Regulators in Northern California fined marijuana grower Szagora more than $300,000 for failing to clean up runoff into a river.
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"A significant rise in commercial robberies" led Alberta, Canada, regulators to scrub a rule that cannabis stores must cover their windows.
A recreational marijuana legalization campaign in Missouri submitted a sufficient number of voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Canadian cannabis company Pure Sunfarms reported a net income of 2.5 million dollars ($1.8 million) for its second quarter.
Cannabis advocates filed a lawsuit asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the state's election commission to keep recreational marijuana legalization off the ballot.
The Ontario Cannabis Store in Canada suspended deliveries to stores after a cyberattack on the parent company of contractor Domain Logistics,.
Trulieve Cannabis is throwing millions of dollars behind a proposed 2024 ballot measure that would legalize adult-use marijuana in Florida.
Canadian growers produced a record amount of cannabis during last fall's “croptober” despite falling prices and already-bulging inventories.
A Kentucky judge ruled that products containing delta-8 THC derived from hemp are legal, siding with the industry over law enforcement.
Pennsylvania medical cannabis grower and processor Calypso Enterprises laid off 55 workers at its facility in Erie.
William "Beau" Wrigley Jr. and his Parallel marijuana company face litigation over a failed merger with Scooter Braun's Ceres Acquisition Corp.
Licensed cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. reported a first-quarter net loss of 2.1 billion Canadian dollars ($1.6 billion).
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said he would support marijuana banking reform separate from comprehensive federal legalization if the measure includes “restorative justice."
Marijuana retailers sold a total of $40.3 million worth of cannabis in July, with $23 million of that from adult-use sales.
Vermont has begun accepting license applications for all types of recreational marijuana businesses, including retailers.
Las Vegas cannabis executives are gearing up to lure customers off the Strip and into their cannabis consumption lounges.
At least two Connecticut marijuana businesses are appealing license denials by the state’s Social Equity Council, according to lawsuits.
The decision of a leading cannabis regulator in New Mexico to take a private-sector job at a marijuana consultancy is drawing criticism.
Cannabis brands must get serious about their marketing and bring some CPG (consumer packaged goods) grown-ups into their marketing C-Suite.
Law enforcement in southern Oregon seized 10,000 pounds of illicit-market cannabis as part of broader efforts to crack down on illegal growers.
Marijuana companies need to do a better job of explaining how quality goes beyond THC potency and should be a factor in purchasing decisions.
A group of federal health agencies have indicated that they'd like to study various "minor cannabinoids" from marijuana and cannabis terpenes.
An Arkansas election board panel on Wednesday rejected a petition to put recreational marijuana on the November ballot.
Cannabis company Tilray Brands said its wellness division, Fresh Hemp Foods, signed a distribution deal with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits.
Sales for Scotts Miracle-Gro’s Hawthorne marijuana unit fell 63% to $154.5 million, compared with $421.9 million a year ago.
Canada’s federally licensed producers destroyed a record 425 million grams - or 468 tons - of unsold, unpackaged dried cannabis in 2021.
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Former Cannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title has launched the Parabola Center, a nonprofit think tank.
It has been over two months since Thailand legalised the cultivation and sale of cannabis for medical purposes.
St. Louis County police are investigating an attempting burglary at a medical marijuana dispensary on Tuesday near Florissant.
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As of September 1, people may apply to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission for a dispensary license.
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A new Gallup poll finds that Americans are divided when it comes to the drug’s effect on society, but most see pot as less harmful than alcohol.
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John Lynch, CEO of Kush.com, a digital business-to-business marketplace for the cannabis industry, joined WaveMakers to talk about the industry and why his company is relocating from Seattle to Tampa.
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Cannabis advertising giant Weedmaps said it has laid off about 10% of its workers because of a slowdown in the U.S. marijuana market.
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Although the final draft contains much-improved provisions, it continues to propose regulations that would undermine the cannabis industry.
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Delta 9 Cannabis has announced an asset purchase agreement with 10552763 Canada to acquire its three cannabis retail stores in Manitoba.
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It bears repeating: as medicines (and “recreational additives”) go, cannabis is generally safe. You shouldn’t operate heavy machinery when under the influence, and you’re probably better off not getting high before a job interview.
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That Mensa had to go around the licensing process illustrates the difficulties facing minority companies trying to get started in the almost exclusively white-owned marijuana industry in Illinois.
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The WNBA star Brittney Griner was found guilty earlier this month.
A proposal to legalize recreational cannabis for adults will appear on the November ballot in North Dakota, state officials announced on Monday.
Legal pot sales in New Jersey kicked off in April.
Former cannabis regulators release an extensive analysis describing the problems with the SAFE Banking Act, and how to improve it.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell introduced three pieces of legislation to bolster social equity in cannabis.
A California bill that would have decriminalized psychedelic drugs including psilocybin and LSD was gutted by a legislative committee, leaving only legislation to study the decriminalization proposal.
The law, which passed last year, is getting closer to launch in Alabama.
A recent study in Nature Scientific Reports found that the VR experience, Isness-D, showed the same effect as a medium dose of LSD or psilocybin on four key indicators.
Eight years after voters approved medical cannabis, the U.S. Virgin Islands is getting closer to launching its medical weed program.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker approved legislation to overhaul the state’s marijuana regulations, including social equity provisions to encourage diverse representation in the legal cannabis industry.
The state Supreme Court ordered the amendment back on the ballot, but uncertainty remains.
The application period opens on August 25 in New York.
For the first time since 2014 when the state legalized recreational pot, Colorado cannabis sales are trending down.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal to decriminalize natural psychedelic drugs including psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.
The findings of a new study show that with the increase in acceptability and normalization of cannabis also comes an altered perception of tobacco use.
The inspections will start after a 30-day grace period.
Voters in Missouri will have the chance to end prohibition this November.
Recreational cannabis legalization in Florida recently received a generous amount of funding from one of the state’s largest medical cannabis companies.
Andrew Brisbo has headed Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency since 2019.
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Ontario’s only cannabis wholesaler and online retailer announced on Monday it is unable to process or deliver orders to cannabis retailers and consumers because of a cyberattack on one of its technology partners.
Police and C.R.A.F.T. Cannabis in Oakland are asking for help identifying the suspects.
After an Arkansas ballot initiative was denied due to its name, a lawsuit is being taken to the Supreme Court asking for a preliminary injunction.
The four-time NFL MVP has opened up about his “ayahuasca journey” in recent days.
Now’s your chance to voice your opinion about proposed rule changes to New Jersey’s adult-use market.
An illegal cannabis grow in Oregon was recently raided, and officers took everything but left four cannabis plants behind—which is the legal maximum that one person can cultivate at home.
President Biden called Russia’s detention of the WNBA star ‘unacceptable.’
Tony Evers, the first-term Democrat, has granted more than 600 total pardons in Wisconsin.
Assembly Bill 2188 would protect employees in California who smoke off the clock from urine and hair drug tests.
New Mexico’s cannabis retailers rang up more than $40 million in regulated cannabis sales in July, a new record for the state since licensed sales of recreational pot began in April.
The state of Oregon will soon have a regulatory framework for patients who want to try psilocybin as a medical treatment.
Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed on a podcast that he took ayahuasca before winning back-to-back MVP awards, crediting the psychedelic brew with giving him the mindset to play two of the best seasons of his career.
Prosecutors asked the court to sentence her to 9 ½ years.
The California Senate passed a bill this week allowing four local jurisdictions to operate overdose prevention centers—sites that allowed people to use illicit drugs in a safe, medically supervised location.
Union organizers are looking to the cannabis industry as their next frontier for expansion as more and more states fully legalize.
The seeds of Thailand’s new cannabis law are already beginning to bloom, with cannabis cafes flowering in the country.
GreenPharms of Flagstaff and Mesa donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in a first-ever move.
Brittney Griner’s trial on charges of bringing vape cartridges into Russia continued on Tuesday with the defense team challenging the evidence against the WNBA champion and Olympic gold medal winner.
According to a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA, more than 60% of voters in Missouri believe that cannabis should be legal.
State officials in Arkansas announced on Friday that an initiative effort to legalize recreational cannabis has received enough signatures to qualify for this year’s ballot.
A new report examines impaired driving safety campaigns and how states can deter driving under the influence of cannabis through effective educational messages and community partnerships.
Weldon Angelos weighs in on the bipartisan Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act.
Oklahoma cannabis regulators have placed a two-year moratorium on issuing licenses for new medical pot businesses in the state.
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The Massachusetts bill will direct more revenue to the Social Equity Fund, which aims to boost minority participation in the state’s cannabis industry.
A new poll released by YouGov explored how many Americans have tried psychedelic drugs, their support of decriminalization, and much more.
Social equity cannabis delivery services in Denver are facing steep challenges to their success, but a city proposal may help them survive.
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The Thai Narcotics Control Board announced it will develop medicine from magic mushrooms to help cure the nation’s depressed citizens.
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Cornelius joins several other cities and counties looking to ban psilocybin treatment centers following 2020 vote.
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Florida Democrats hold one statewide office – the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Now, Commissioner Nikki Fried is leaving that office to run for governor.
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