Cannabis platform LeafLink raises $250M in debt financing
LeafLink, a marijuana industry wholesale inventory and ordering platform, raised $250 million in a credit financing deal to help provide liquidity to […]
Category: United States Cannabis Industry & Marijuana Business News
California’s marijuana social equity program, rife with corruption, lives or dies at local level
California’s social equity programs for cannabis companies vary widely in effectiveness by municipality. California’s marijuana social equity program, rife with corruption, lives […]
Anticipated FDA guidelines fall short of cannabis sector’s expectations
A new guidance document released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally addresses the topic of clinical research as it relates to […]
California cannabis energy mandates add undue cost burden to growers
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is proposing new energy mandates that raise efficiency standards for indoor and greenhouse agriculture facilities by 75% […]
Arizona lawsuit seeks to bar recreational cannabis legalization
A group opposed to legalized recreational marijuana in Arizona filed a lawsuit to halt an initiative that would allow adults in the […]
Nevada regulators levy fine, strip marijuana company of 14 licenses
The newly installed Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board took swift action at its first meeting by penalizing vertically integrated operator CWNevada for a […]
Divide opens over L.A. cannabis social equity licenses, management contracts
Months of anger over prized marijuana social equity licenses in Los Angeles boiled over recently, when the California Minority Alliance (CMA) accused […]
Oklahoma fines medical cannabis processor $500,000 for pesticide use
Oklahoma regulators levied a $541,000 fine on a medical marijuana business and ordered it to cease operations after allegedly exceeding pesticide limits […]
Proposed LED mandate could cost California’s indoor marijuana growers millions
Many California marijuana growers are up in arms over a recent proposal before the state Public Utilities Commission that would require all […]
Massachusetts eyes end of medical marijuana vertical integration
Regulators in Massachusetts are considering eliminating the vertical-integration requirement for medical cannabis operators, a move that would open up the industry to […]