Category Archives: Industry News

The Mormon Church Increases Opposition to Medical Marijuana Proposal

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is ramping up its opposition to a [...]

Alarmed By Large Marijuana Purchases, Oregon Imposes Strict Temporary Limits

By Chris Roberts Oregon state regulators have reduced the amount of medical marijuana that can be [...]

Cannabis Supply Chains Coming Out of the Shadows

A nascent network of distributors is sprouting in California, taking marijuana business ‘from backpack to [...]

Smoking Pot is Becoming the Least Preferred Method of Consumption

Is smoking pot considered old-school, given the rising popularity of more discrete alternatives? While cannabis [...]

How Trump’s trade battles are affecting the marijuana industry

The Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on China is expected to have a direct impact [...]

Senate could soon vote on Gardner’s marijuana banking legislation, making it a states’ rights issue

The marijuana industry’s financial regulations should be a state issue, not federal, says Sen. Cory [...]

Cannabis Cultivation Compliance and Management

Cannabis is not your ordinary business. Written by Heather Ritchie The California Gold Rush is [...]

Legalizing Marijuana Brings Illicit Consumers To The Legal Market, Study Says

Marijuana consumers prefer legal dispensaries over the unregulated market when purchasing their cannabis—even if that [...]

Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, A Presidential Hopeful, Calls for Federal Legalization

In an op-ed piece on Friday, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) declared that “Marijuana should [...]

Oregon’s cannabis business is going through some growing pains

Oregon has some issues. It has been 20 years since it became (with Washington in [...]

One of Nation’s Biggest Booze Associations Endorses States’ Rights to Legalize

The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America has endorsed states’ rights to legalize recreational/adult-use cannabis. [...]

Oregon Health Authority Admits to Mistakes In MMJ Program

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the agency tasked with regulating and overseeing the Oregon Medical [...]

The Cannabis Industry is Attracting More VC Investment

NEW YORK, July 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — According to data published by Marijuana Business Daily, [...]

State Legislatures Address Hemp Policies During 2018 Sessions

It’s, so far, been a banner year for hemp policy as Alaska, Kansas, Arizona, and [...]

Marijuana growers in southern Oregon prevail in court

The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by county commissioners in a prime marijuana-growing [...]