Day: January 3, 2018

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Officials have required a group that funneled large donations to 2016 ballot questions, including opposing legal cannabis, to disclose the identity of its donors. The post Officials Force Massachusetts Group to Reveal Ballot Question Donors appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Officials Force Massachusetts Group to Reveal BallotContinue Reading

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Warnings that marijuana legalization was a “Trojan horse” for corporate cannabis were dismissed as nonsense from the fringe, but a recent development allowing for massive cannabis farms has pushed three California lawmakers to step forward to decry the state’s new regulations. Prop. 64, the voter initiative that legalized recreational marijuanaContinue Reading

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A local bank in Maryland is helping medical marijuana businesses alleviate a major headache in the cannabis industry. According to The Washington Post, two marijuana dispensaries and two cultivators have opened accounts with Severn Savings Bank, an Annapolis community bank owned by publicly traded Severn Bancorp. This is an operationalContinue Reading

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The extraction process is fueling the boom in vaping, edibles, and concentrates. Who’s profiting from the trend? The post Investing in Cannabis Extraction: 5 Companies to Watch appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Investing in Cannabis Extraction: 5 Companies to WatchContinue Reading

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A decision is reportedly coming this month on whether British Columbia will allow recreational cannabis and liquor to be sold in the same location. The province has said it would give entrepreneurs the opportunity to participate in recreational sales of marijuana next year – alongside the provincial government – but itContinue Reading

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Toronto’s ex-police chief is now in the cannabis biz. Those he arrested are excluded. There’s a right & a wrong way to do that pivot, says David Bienenstock. The post Ex-Cops Are Cashing in on Cannabis. Is That Okay? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Ex-Cops Are CashingContinue Reading

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CBD confusion has spread to Utah, where state authorities have launched an investigation of the nascent cannabidiol industry even as business owners are risking expansion into the hot market. The confusion started in late December, when the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing seized about $400 worth of CBDContinue Reading

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CannaRoyalty said two California companies it is acquiring have received licenses to operate in the state’s new recreational cannabis market, positioning the Ontario-based business to capitalize on the largest legal cannabis market in the world. Alta Supply’s license, acquired Jan. 2, allows it to distribute CannaRoyalty’s own brands – plus productsContinue Reading