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Michigan Regulators to Shutter 98 Dispensaries

98 of Michigan’s medical cannabis dispensaries will need to close down until at least December after state regulators on Tuesday… Read More

Massachusetts Growers Could Sue the State’s Cannabis Control Commission

Cannabis cultivators in Massachusetts are considering a lawsuit to make the state’s Cannabis Control Commission review the statutorily-required agreements between cannabis… Read More

Alaska Growers Threatened by Craze for High-Potency Cannabis

The price of cannabis in Alaska appears to be tied directly to a product’s THC potency and that could be… Read More

Cannabis ETF Breaks $1 Billion in Assets

Ballooning cannabis stocks have caused Canadian-based Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (HMMJ) to break $1 Billion CAD in assets… Read More

SEC Charges Investment Fund With Fraud Over Cannabis Claims

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced in a press release it had charged Texas-based Greenview Investment Partners and its founder… Read More

The Cannabis Alliance Looks for Sustainable Packaging Options

Washington state has come under fire recently for allowing garbage from its legal cannabis system to find its way into… Read More

Oregon Cannabis Growers Must Now Notify Regulators of Each Harvest

Oregon cannabis regulators have established a new rule requiring licensed cultivators to notify the state each time they harvest a… Read More

Cannabis Retail Chain Becomes First to Unionize in Washington State

Cannabis retailer “Have a Heart” and workers union “United Food and Commercial Workers 21 (UFCW21)” have signed Washington state’s first… Read More

Pennsylvania Gov.’s Office Requests Congressional Cannabis Banking Protections

On Friday, the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) wrote a letter to top leaders in Congress calling for… Read More

Treating Cannabis Like Wine, California Plans Region of Origin Regulation

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is planning an “appellation of origin” system to regulate the naming of… Read More

Analyst Pegs U.S. National Cannabis Market at $47 Billion; Stocks Soar

Wall Street Investment bank RBC Capital Markets has estimated that a legal cannabis market in the entire U.S. could generate… Read More

Colorado’s Mandatory Pesticide Testing: Good for Labs, Painful for Growers

Cannabis testing labs in Colorado are seeing a stream of new profits while local cultivators are struggling to absorb the… Read More

Federal Enforcement Fears Shelve CA Banking Bill

Last week, state lawmakers in California ceased consideration of a bill to create state cannabis banks due to an analysis… Read More

Confusion Abounds Over “Dr. Gupta” Hemp CBD Product Endorsement

CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is often credited for helping spark a major shift of public opinion regarding… Read More

Coworkers Become Enemies As Cannabis Consultants Feud In Cutthroat Market

The CEO of SIVA Enterprises has filed suit against start-up Cirrata and five executives in that company, previously employed at… Read More

Louisiana Plants First Cannabis Crop After Months of Regulatory Issues

Louisiana’s first legal cannabis crop will be planted today after the grower, GB Sciences, and state regulators finally reached an… Read More

California Cannabis Taxes Generate $74 Million in 2nd Quarter

California’s cannabis tax numbers are in for the second quarter of 2018 and the numbers suggest the market is trending… Read More

Ontario Delays Launch of Private Cannabis Stores Until 2019

On Monday, Ontario’s government announced that it would start legal cannabis sales as online-only when it becomes legal on Oct.… Read More

Alcohol Distributor Constellation Brands Makes $4 Billion Cannabis Investment

Constellation Brands, the brewer of Corona beer and a major distributor for Svedka vodka, just invested nearly $4 billion (CAD… Read More

Sacramento Launches Cannabis Equity Program to Help Drug War Victims

The city of Sacramento, California voted in favor of a cannabis equity program that helps the communities and people most… Read More

Trump Tariffs Expected to Increase Cannabis Industry Prices

The prices of cannabis retail items like vapes, batteries, filters, cartridges, and packaging may soon increase thanks to President Trump’s proposed… Read More

Shopify Locking Up Canadian Cannabis Market

Online retail giant Shopify has been cutting huge deals with Canadian provinces and cannabis producers to set itself up as… Read More

First FDA-Approved CBD Medication to Cost More than $32,000 Per Year

GW Pharmaceuticals has revealed the expected consumer price for Epidiolex, the first cannabidiol-based medication to be approved by the FDA,… Read More

Florida Judge Rejects Licensing Caps for MMJ Businesses

In an exciting twist for Florida’s medical cannabis marketplace, a Tallahassee judge ruled last week that the cap on cannabis… Read More