Following two recent successful Native American cannabis dispensary openings in Washington, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will vote today on its potential $26mm per year project in Oregon....
The State of Washington moved today to increase in the number of retail licenses by 222 to a total of 556. The rules governing the move will be announced in early January....
Following up on a recent article about selling licenses in Nevada, Canna Law Group attorney Robert McVay discusses a pickup in activity in Washington. His observations about the market...
Last week I introduced the conflict between federal income tax law and state-sanctioned cannabis enterprises here and here. In brief, the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) section 280E proscribes state-sanctioned...
Brandon David interviews Julianna Carella of Auntie Dolores, the San Francisco based edibles company that also has Treatibles, a line for pets. The interview covers: Origins of the name...
Dixie Brands’ Flagship Product, the Elixir, Storms into California with New 200MG Format Dixie Adds New CBD Products to its California Line Up, and Brings the Leader in THC-Infused...
Shay Castle regularly documents what’s happening in the cannabis industry from her prime vantage point in Boulder, Colorado. She recently shared her views on some big trends as we enter...
Access to banking remains a major hurdle for cannabis business operators. In Colorado, the first state to fully legalize and one with a long history of regulated medical cannabis,...
David Downs reports on a different kind of “raid” that took place at the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa, California this weekend. California’s State Board of Equalization sent five...
While the number of dispensaries open in Nevada remains quite low at just 7 despite 55 provisional licenses being issued, one promising sign for the state’s medical cannabis program is...
Mike Parnes, Attorney at Barth Daly LLP With the recent legalization of recreational cannabis sales in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, the writing is on the wall for the...
The phrase “Rocky Mountain high” took on new meaning two years ago when recreational cannabis stores opened their doors. Many of them, especially the ones near downtown Denver, the...
When New York awarded five licenses to manufacture and sell medical cannabis extracts in July, one of the big questions was the ability of the companies to have product...
This evening, Regulate Florida, the organization behind a signature campaign to get a constitutional amendment to legalize adult use of cannabis on the state’s ballot next November, has thrown...
Dispensary 33 opened its doors today, making history as the first location in the city of Chicago where one could purchase cannabis legally (with a medical cannabis card issued...
Following the debut in November of Elevation, the first retail dispensary in the nation owned and operated by a Native American Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe has opened Agate Dreams...
Phil Silvestri posted his views on the Canna Law Blog, suggesting to license holders in Nevada that they consider the strong near-term demand for licenses in the state and...
Award-Winning Chef Launches Marijuana Edible Products Please don’t call these ‘pot brownies’ CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Illinois medical marijuana patients will soon have a line of decadent...
New Research Firm to Evaluate Impact of Medical Cannabis on Illinois Patients Revolution Cannabis Analytics Launches First-of-its-Kind Statewide Study DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Revolution Cannabis Analytics...
Colorado reports a total of 508 medical marijuana centers and 408 retail stores in the state, some of which overlap, but until the opening of Simply Pure, none were...
L.A. dispensary SpeedWeed, which operates a delivery service with 50 drivers, is now helping its customers obtain medical cannabis authorizations from doctors by video conferencing. To offer this feature, SpeedWeed...
Etain, one of the five companies awarded a medical cannabis license by New York State in late July, is a women-owned business operated by Amy Peckham, CEO, and her...
Despite the tight window following the July approvals for the five companies licensed by New York State, it appears that they will be able to begin selling cannabis extracts...
Each week, New Leaf Data Services publishes a weekly assessment of cannabis prices by evaluating the legal prices for a standardized potency across a variety of markets. From an...
So you want to open a medical cannabis dispensary? Depending upon which state in which you reside, the chances can be zero and are typically pretty low. In most cases, the...