MedMen Offers Vendors Stock Instead of Cash
Fri / Jan 24th
MedMen has proposed giving its vendors shares in the company instead of cash in an attempt to reduce overhead and conserve funds after its “restructuring” last year.
TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university.
Fri / Jan 24th
MedMen has proposed giving its vendors shares in the company instead of cash in an attempt to reduce overhead and conserve funds after its “restructuring” last year.
Fri / Jan 24th
Security cameras captured a traveler who had just arrived at Chicago’s Midway Airport as they searched through and pocketed cannabis products from one of the airport’s cannabis amnesty boxes.
Fri / Jan 24th
The Austin, Texas City Council has approved a resolution that blocks police from using city funds on lab tests for low-level cannabis possession cases, effectively decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
Thu / Jan 23rd
A data breach discovered in the cannabis point-of-sale system THSuite has reportedly leaked more than 85,000 files from dispensaries, including patient info, throughout the U.S.
Thu / Jan 23rd
An on-site consumption plan by Illinois Supply and Provisions in Springfield, Illinois has been approved by the city council; it’s the first time in the state that on-site cannabis consumption was approved by a municipality.
Thu / Jan 23rd
Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation has announced plans to study the potential ramifications of major cannabis and hemp policy reforms.
Wed / Jan 22nd
A bill to legalize industrial hemp is set for a hearing in the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee; farmers would be able to begin growing hemp under the proposal this year if the bill is signed into law.
Wed / Jan 22nd
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has again included legalization tax revenues in his official budget for the year; Cuomo did the same last year, although the state ultimately failed to adopt legalization reforms.
Wed / Jan 22nd
West Virginia Del. Sammi Brown has re-proposed legislation to decriminalize cannabis possession and legalize the home growing of cannabis by adults at least 21 years old.
Tue / Jan 21st
A Washington bill with bipartisan support would cap the state’s adult-use cannabis concentrate products at just 10 percent THC, which would effectively kill the state’s concentrates market.
Tue / Jan 21st
Dispensary robberies and burglaries in the greater Denver area reached a three-year high in 2019, according to police data.
Tue / Jan 21st
Utah lawmakers will consider a bill that would allow cannabis patients to expunge low-level cannabis offenses and clarify patient/employee rights when it comes to the state’s new medical cannabis program.
Mon / Jan 20th
A recent study suggests that while cannabis use has increased among college students in states that have legalized, binge drinking of alcohol has decreased among students.
Mon / Jan 20th
Another cannabis industry titan is experiencing cash flow issues: delivery platform Eaze is reportedly preparing for further layoffs and a pivot to retail.
Mon / Jan 20th
An official report has suggested that cannabis sales are 420 percent higher along the state border with Idaho, where cannabis remains illegal.
Fri / Jan 17th
High Times has signed a deal to purchase dispensary licenses in Los Angeles and Las Vegas; the company plans to open two flagship stores that will sell local Cannabis Cup award-winning strains.
Fri / Jan 17th
Tax rates on adult-use cannabis in Chicago could reach as high as 41 percent for high-potency products after local regulators approved an extra 3 percent tax on all cannabis retailers.
Fri / Jan 17th
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) called for adult-use legalization in 2020, saying it would “create 11,000 new jobs and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.”
Thu / Jan 16th
Lawmakers questioned officials from the DEA, FDA, and National Institutes of Health yesterday about the federal limitations on cannabis research; Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) accused the government agencies of hiding behind a cannabis “Catch-22.”
Thu / Jan 16th
A health clinic in Chiang Mai, Thailand is the country’s first to offer treatments using both cannabis and mainstream medicines.
Thu / Jan 16th
Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor has reported inadequacies with the Health Department’s internal controls over the state medical cannabis program.
Wed / Jan 15th PODCAST
Mara Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Aunt Zelda’s, a California company renowned for a compassionate and scientific approach to the medical cannabis space.
Wed / Jan 15th
The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee will meet today to discuss the ongoing federal barriers to cannabis research.
Wed / Jan 15th
A bill introduced in Colorado would stop employers from firing employees for off-duty cannabis use; similar laws already offer protections for alcohol consumption.
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