Day: August 23, 2019 (Page 2)

Guam, a U.S. territory, reminded businesses and consumers that recreational cannabis sales remain prohibited until the new rules to govern the industry are completed.  The Western Pacific island approved the creation of an adult-use cannabis market earlier this year.  The Cannabis Control Board has until April 2020 to finalize aContinue Reading

Regulators in New Mexico will cap licensed medical marijuana cultivators to 1,750 mature cannabis plants starting next week, a 30% drop from the 2,500 plants allowed under an expiring emergency state rule. Some cultivators such as Ultra Health, the largest MMJ operator in the state, said the plant limit willContinue Reading

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is bringing back a marijuana advocate to the state cannabis regulatory board, a move welcomed by an industry that successfully fought his attempt to install an MJ critic. Dunleavy’s office said he appointed Bruce Schulte to the Marijuana Control Board. Schulte was involved in the 2014Continue Reading

Adult-use cannabis sales through regulated channels in Canada reached a new high in June after meandering for much of the first half-year of legalization, according to the latest, seasonally adjusted data from Statistics Canada. Sales of regulated adult-use cannabis surpassed 85 million Canadian dollars ($63 million) in June, an improvement overContinue Reading

Weedmaps plans to cease advertising unlicensed cannabis retailers, the FBI looks into public corruption in the legal marijuana industry, Missouri receives more than 2,000 medical marijuana applications – and more of the week’s top cannabis business news. Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed businesses The influential marijuana site Weedmaps, which isContinue Reading