Month: May 2018 (Page 4)

The local district attorney’s office in Santa Rosa, California, fined an 11-year-old medical cannabis dispensary $40,000 for failing to adhere to state-required warnings about potentially cancer-causing substances, which include marijuana. The case is a reminder to California companies that failing to follow the most stringent letter of the law canContinue Reading

The California marijuana industry suffered a significant setback in the statehouse last week when a bill to reduce a statewide excise tax died in committee. Key California marijuana bills face June 1 hurdle at state Capitol is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneursContinue Reading

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office continues to report massive marijuana raids —contrary to the expectations of those who thought legalization would mean an end to this kind of thing in California. The most recent cannabis grow bust came on May 22, when the county Drug Enforcement Unit served two searchContinue Reading

In a move that could potentially provide an even bigger boost to growers and retailers in one of the country’s fastest-growing markets, a Florida judge ruled the state’s ban on smokable medical marijuana is unconstitutional. For now, though, nothing changes. The state department of health has appealed, and that automaticallyContinue Reading

Medical marijuana has been gaining some serious ground over the past few years, especially as mainstream culture has latched on to the cannabidiol (CBD) trend and encouraged what can only be described as a craze over the cannabinoid. It seems that ever since Dr. Sanjay Gupta showed CNN viewers that CBD, aContinue Reading

With more cannabis being grown in Oregon than sold, growers have dropped wholesale prices and some are scaling back production or getting out of the market. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission said retailers sold only 108,330 pounds of usable recreational marijuana last year, leaving 891,670 pounds in the pipeline to beContinue Reading

Proponents said the measure, which would reduced taxes for three years, was meant to speed the transition away from the illegal market and into regulated sales. The post Proposal to Cut California Cannabis Taxes Is Dead in the Water appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Proposal to CutContinue Reading