“Legislators must ensure the launch mechanics don’t inadvertently hand the keys back to the incumbents before independent operators can even get in the door.” By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys For years, the story of legal cannabis in America has been a rerun of the same bad movie: corporate lobbyistsContinue Reading
There’s significant uncertainty around how a pending federal hemp ban will ultimately be enforced, but “divergent federal and state marijuana laws may provide some guidance,” according to congressional researchers. With the recriminalization of most consumable hemp products set to take effect next November after President Donald Trump signed a spendingContinue Reading
Curaleaf Holdings will exit the hemp THC sector ahead of next year’s federal ban, Chairman and CEO Boris Jordan said. Marijuana MSO Curaleaf to exit hemp THC market ahead of federal ban is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Read More: MarijuanaContinue Reading
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New York Office of Cannabis Management Acting Director Felicia Reid quit Monday amid the failure of a major investigation into cannabis inversion. New York marijuana chief ousted as inversion investigation implodes is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Read More: New YorkContinue Reading
A Michigan judge denied a request to halt the state’s 24% wholesale excise tax on cannabis that would at finance road improvements. Massive new Michigan cannabis tax to take effect Jan. 1 after court hearing is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Continue Reading
Maine officials have cleared prohibitionist activists to begin collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. The measure, if approved, would also revise the regulatory structure of the medical cannabis program by imposing product testing requirements. The proposal—titled “An Act toContinue Reading
The Ohio Senate has voted to concur with a House-amended bill to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of hemp products that fall outside of a recently revised federal definition for the crop unless they’re sold at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The measure from Sen. StephenContinue Reading
“We’re just switching how we’re criminalizing the same exact plant. And it’s going to hit the same communities that the criminalization of marijuana did.” By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer When Minnesota lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2023, Democrats hailed it as the state’s most sweeping shift in drug policy inContinue Reading
Brands can win at cannabis marketing and advertising despite the many restrictions imposed on them. How cannabis brands win at advertising and marketing is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Read More: How cannabis brands win at advertising and marketingContinue Reading
