Best practices for marijuana firms to recruit – and retain – diverse talent
Many businesses are being challenged to advance racial diversity and social equity in their communities—and cannabis companies are no exception. Best practices […]
Category: United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News
A new Arizona adult-use cannabis market may offer limited business opportunities
Even if Arizona voters back recreational marijuana legalization on Nov. 3, don’t expect a wide-open cannabis market with lots of new business […]
Green Thumb’s sale-leaseback cannabis deal in Ohio valued at $32.2M
Marijuana multistate operator Green Thumb Industries announced an amended sale-leaseback deal valued at up to $32.2 million for a facility in Ohio, […]
Maryland awards three marijuana cultivator licenses, eight for processors
Maryland regulators handed out 11 long-awaited cultivation and processing business permits. The state’s Medical Cannabis Commission licensed three cultivation and eight processing […]
Michigan completes phase-out of medical cannabis caregivers
Michigan regulators finished phasing out all medical marijuana caregivers as part of the state’s retail cannabis supply chain, leaving all responsibility for […]
Marijuana MSO Green Thumb faces trademark lawsuit over edibles brand
Chicago-based multistate marijuana operator Green Thumb Industries (GTI) is being sued over its “Incredibles” cannabis edibles brand by Edible Arrangements, a franchisor […]
Week in Review: Wildfire smoke impact, cannabis market transitions, curbing illicit sales & more
Smoke and ash from the record wildfires in the western U.S. are slowing the growth of outdoor marijuana plants and forcing cultivators […]
Product shortages, rising prices hit Arkansas medical marijuana market
A leading Arkansas medical marijuana dispensary says it’s facing a product shortage that can be resolved only by additional cultivation capacity. Dragan […]
Schwazze backs out of deal to acquire marijuana R&D firm MedPharm
Denver-based Schwazze said it has terminated its planned acquisition of MedPharm, a medical marijuana company in the same city that landed Colorado’s […]
Cannabis product testing lab in Oregon forced to halt operations
Oregon regulators suspended the license of a marijuana testing lab for a series of violations, most of which predate the facility’s destruction […]