A new bill in the California Legislature is attempting to do what state regulators could not accomplish in 2018: Quash postings for illegal marijuana retailers by advertising giant Weedmaps and others. The measure, Assembly Bill 1417, was amended to include language that would: Require any ad for a marijuana companyContinue Reading
Michigan regulators are permitting roughly 50 unlicensed medical cannabis dispensaries to remain open past a March 31 deadline, in compliance with a judge’s decision. The state’s Bureau of Marijuana Regulation said in a statement issued Friday afternoon that “until further order of the court,” it wouldn’t enforce the deadline againstContinue Reading
There was a time not so long ago when being a part of the cannabis community was more of a red-eyed cult than the mainstream bore it has become today. There were no discussions 30 years ago, or even 20, about pot stocks, and you’d darn well better believe thatContinue Reading
A Nevada Senate committee passed an amendment to a bill that would require the state to publicly disclose the names of businesses and investors awarded marijuana licenses. The issue came to the forefront in late 2018 when the state awarded the bulk of 61 provisional recreational marijuana licenses to a handfulContinue Reading
Curio Wellness dropped its lawsuit to block Maryland regulators from awarding new cannabis cultivation licenses that the state said were intended to increase diversity in the industry. The company had received impassioned public criticism after it filed the suit, according to The Baltimore Sun. Curio CEO Michael Bronfein said inContinue Reading
Michigan tapped its top medical marijuana regulator to lead the newly created Marijuana Regulatory Agency, which is responsible for the state’s medical and recreational marijuana programs. Andrew Brisbo, director of Michigan’s Bureau of Marijuana Regulation in the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, must be confirmed by the state Senate,Continue Reading
Etain is delaying by a year its plan to build a medical marijuana processing plant in upstate New York after being rejected for state-backed financing due to its connection with the cannabis industry, The Post-Star in Glen Falls reported. The female-owned company, one of the state’s 10 MMJ operators, insteadContinue Reading
A Colorado House committee advanced a bill that would allow social cannabis consumption venues in the state. House: Refer House Bill 19-1230, Marijuana Hospitality Establishments, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. #coleg — Legislative Council (@COBusinessComm) March 28, 2019 The measure,Continue Reading
A lingering sheet of smoke and vapor looms lazily above everything — I’ve watched it for hours and it never dissipates. Neither do the all-enfolding effects of the outsized hash bong rip I took at least three hours ago, but neither one bothers me, so I let it go. It’sContinue Reading
Rhode Island’s medical marijuana market is posting record numbers, with the state’s three MMJ retailers on track to total about $56 million in sales this year, up $17.8 million, or 46.6%, from last year. The Providence Journal reports area doctors, including those in nearby Massachusetts, have written recommendations for MMJ toContinue Reading
