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Cannabis legalization has hit a turning point. No longer are the most exciting conversations about whether to legalize; today they’re about how best to go about it. As legal cannabis evolves from an abstract concept to a fully fleshed-out...

The next wave of attacks on cannabis companies is likely to shift from short raids to traditional activist campaigns focused on better governance. That’s according to Patricia Olasker, Partner at Toronto-based Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, which ranked...

Michigan regulators keep trying to shut down the state’s unlicensed medical cannabis businesses. But Court of Claims Judge Stephen Borrello keeps blocking them. On Thursday, Judge Borrello signed his latest restraining order against the enforcement of a dispensary licensing...

To succeed in capitalism, you need capital. Unfortunately, women and people of color historically don’t have equal access to large sums of money. Investment capital isn't spread equally. That's where Treehouse Global finds its financial advantage. That makes it difficult to build...

Lawmakers' solution to the cannabis industry's all-cash operations problem is called the SAFE Banking Act, and on March 28, 2019, the proposed legislation took a big step forward, clearing the Financial Services committee by a wide margin. U.S. Democratic Rep....

Laguna Woods Village is an age-restricted retirement community in Southern California where, until recently, it was legal to sell medical cannabis. That changed on the first day of 2019, though, when an ordinance passed by the City of Laguna...

Because the cannabis industry and landscape changes at a rapid pace, many have predictions about the next big thing in weed. That doesn't mean we'll have the flying car of dispensaries anytime soon, but weed-trimming robots are right around...

A New Hampshire House of Representatives committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would legalize the use of cannabis by adults. The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14-6 to recommend passage of the measure, House Bill 481. The full...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayor Eric Garcetti said this week that Los Angeles is considering a major crackdown on illegal marijuana shops that have been bedeviling the city’s legal marketplace. The move that could pump tens of millions of dollars...

As state legalization measures in New York and New Jersey stumbled near the finish line this week, better news emerged from Washington, DC, as Congress made progress on two of the most prominent federal reform measures. The House Rules Committee...