A company that produces agricultural equipment for marijuana and hemp businesses filed a lawsuit in Seattle charging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with wrongly impeding imports from Canada of components needed by its Washington state subsidiar…
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Missouri pushes back deadline for medical cannabis businesses to open
Missouri regulators have extended the deadline for the state’s medical marijuana companies to open after the bulk of them failed to meet the one-year operating cutoff.
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Two Missouri medical cannabis applicants win permits after court battle
A pair of medical cannabis license applicants in Missouri will be able to do business in the state after winning a protracted court battle. The Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission awarded Heya Kirksville and Heya Excello medical cannabis cultiva…
Sales of cannabis pre-rolls up nearly 50% in 2020 despite pandemic
Marijuana pre-rolls are the second-fastest growing product category year-over-year despite conventional wisdom that the often-shared product would suffer during a global pandemic caused by a respiratory-related virus.
Sales of cannabis pre-rolls up nea…
Genetic editing offers marijuana and hemp companies a way to improve plant strains
The development of new genetic-editing technology offers cannabis companies a cost-effective way to make specific changes to marijuana and hemp plants – such as more disease resistance – without creating a genetically modified organism (GMO…
New Jersey recreational marijuana implementation law signed, setting stage for $1 billion market
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday finally signed a law to implement a projected $1 billion recreational marijuana market, hours after lawmakers agreed on a “clean-up measure” that had held up the process for months. Adult-use Sales could begin befo…
Green Organic Dutchman weighs sale of cannabis greenhouse in Quebec
The Green Organic Dutchman is considering the sale of its mammoth cannabis greenhouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, approximately two months after the Mississauga, Ontario-based licensed producer increased its stake in the property to 100%. “Mul…
Montana lawmakers weigh bill to separate marijuana, hemp production
Montana lawmakers are mulling legislation that would require medical marijuana cultivators to keep their operations confined to indoor facilities, leaving the outdoors for hemp production only.
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Mainstream businesses are bracing for minimum-wage hike, but many cannabis firms already pay more
Half the states across the country have increased – or will raise – the minimum wage paid to hourly workers this year, but many cannabis businesses, including retailers, are unlikely to feel much of an impact. That’s because most say they a…
Court ruling paves way for New Jersey to expand medical cannabis market
A New Jersey appellate court lifted a 2019 order preventing the state from issuing an additional 24 medical cannabis licenses. The decision could allow for expansion of the medical marijuana industry in the state, perhaps before the launch, potentially…