Laws & Politics

Published 4 hours ago | By Maggie Cowee While medical marijuana is legally available in 36 states and Washington DC, the fragmented nature of the industry – each state creates its own set of rules – means each market grows at a different…

Harvest Health & Recreation is in high-stakes clashes with medical marijuana regulators in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the disputes could potentially offer other MMJ firms cautionary lessons around the necessity to maintain extremely…

In a time when giant multistate marijuana companies dominate the U.S. cannabis landscape, legitimate concerns exist that they will drive craft and small cultivators out of the legal cannabis industry. But Michael Steinmetz, who founded…

Published 1 min ago | By Bart Schaneman (This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the August issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Not everyone likes the aroma of marijuana. Many municipalities, in fact, have laws requiring…

Published 1 min ago (This is an abridged version of a story that appears at Hemp Industry Daily.) Stanley Brothers Holdings plans to go public in Canada, the latest in a growing list of U.S. firms looking north of the border to raise…

The FDA signs off on a cannabis-derived drug to treat epilepsy, an Arizona court says marijuana extracts are illegal in the state, and a bill that would deschedule MJ is introduced in Congress. Here’s a closer look at some notable…

Published 5 hours ago | By Alfredo Pascual Years after legalization, supply issues continue to hinder the growth of the adult-use marijuana market in Uruguay, according to a new report by the Institute for the Regulation and Control of…

Cannabis extracts, which account for almost half of Arizona’s medical marijuana sales, are illegal, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. The court’s 2-1 ruling is a blow to one of the nation’s largest, fastest-growing MMJ markets,…

Published 4 hours ago | By Eli McVey Increased attention by lawmakers, regulators and the general public regarding lack of diversity in the cannabis industry prompted a growing number of states to include social equity provisions in their…

CBD products are often marketed as having similar health benefits to medical marijuana without the psychoactive properties – essentially all of the medicine but none of the high. That growing mainstream appeal has some cannabis business…