Day: January 14, 2019 (Page 2)

Gov. Gina Raimondo has proposed an end to cannabis prohibition in the Ocean State. It was hardly a ringing endorsement. The post ‘Things Have Changed’: Rhode Island Gov. Proposes Legalization appeared first on Leafly. Read More: ‘Things Have Changed’: Rhode Island Gov. Proposes LegalizationContinue Reading

Ahead of New York’s anticipated legalization of recreational cannabis, San Diego-based Flora California Prime is laying the groundwork to build a $200 million, 1.25 million-square-foot cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution facility on 47 acres of land in Buffalo. According to Buffalo TV station WKBW, construction on the facility could beginContinue Reading

West Virginia’s financial institutions face risks when providing banking services to medical marijuana businesses because cannabis is illegal under federal law, the state’s attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, wrote in a new opinion. Banking has been one sticking point in the rollout of West Virginia’s medical cannabis program, which has been delayedContinue Reading

The dispensaries allege that the city is infringing on the rights of medical cannabis users. The post Vancouver Dispensaries Won’t Close Without a Fight appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Vancouver Dispensaries Won’t Close Without a FightContinue Reading

Small-scale cannabis growers in Canada are facing such burdensome licensing regulations that fewer than 30 such applications have been made to Health Canada since legalization in October. One of the main problems regarding such licensing comes from restrictions imposed by municipalities, industry experts say. “Few municipalities have the zoning requiredContinue Reading

The fragmented, state-by-state nature of the marijuana industry historically has been dominated by small, local players, but larger, publicly traded companies with multistate operations are becoming an increasingly prevalent force. Rapid consolidation and expansion among cannabis companies dominated 2018 with more than 300 mergers and acquisitions and a rash ofContinue Reading