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Last week, Maryland’s body of cannabis policymakers, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, unanimously decided to place multiple rigid regulations on advertisements for cannabis products and services. While the regulations are called “restrictions” in the official ruling, there are so...

Anyone who has ever been to a legal dispensary expects to see at least two things: a wide variety of cannabis products and a noticeable security presence. There are many reasons these cannabis businesses have security but chief amongst...

Cannabis retailer MedMen is facing a class action lawsuit from former employees who say the company has committed multiple violations of labor laws. The suit was filed on November 16 in California Superior Court in Los Angeles against two...

Tobacco giant Altira is investing $1.8 billion in Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group. That will give Altria a 45% stake in the company, with an option for Altria to increase its stake to 55% over the next five years. Reports...

Adult-use cannabis is officially legal in Michigan as of today, but there are not yet any legal retail outlets to buy recreational marijuana in the state. Voters legalized the use of cannabis by adults in a statewide initiative that...

This article is brought to you by 420 Cyber, offering cybersecurity solutions tailored to the cannabis industry. As legal cannabis, both medicinal and recreational, becomes more widely available throughout the United States, more and more businesses are getting into the...

This year’s Emerald Cup couldn’t come at a better time. After weeks of suffering from some of the worst wildfires in US history, Californians from Arcata to San Diego will congregate on the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif.,...

Altria Group—the biggest tobacco company in the world and owner of the Marlboro brand—is in active negotiations to either invest in, or outright acquire, the Cronos Group, a major Canadian cannabis producer. At this point, both companies have said, no...

by NORML December 5, 2018 Key provisions of the state’s voter-initiated marijuana measure, Proposition 1: The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, will take effect this Thursday, December 6. Michigan is the tenth US state to legalize and regulate...

A Montana hemp producer plans to go public in Canada via a reverse takeover, becoming the latest U.S. cannabis business to get its shares listed north of the border through an RTO. Vitality CBD Natural Health Products, a privately held company...