May 17, 2013

Breaking: Illinois Poised to Become 20th MMJ State as Legislature Passes Medical Cannabis Bill

The Illinois Senate has passed a bill legalizing the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana for medical reasons, a watershed development that puts the state on the cusp of joining [click to read more...]

May 17, 2013

Proposed Washington State Marijuana Rules Include Many Hoops, Challenges for Entrepreneurs

Labeling and dosage standards. Rules on waste disposal, ownership changes and third-party testing. Application fees ranging from $250 to $500 for marijuana retailer, producer and processor licenses. These are some [click to read more...]

May 16, 2013

GrowLife’s Acquisition Strategy Leads to Spike in Revenues, But Wider Net Loss, in Q1

GrowLife Inc., a publicly traded company that provides cultivation equipment and related technology to the medical marijuana industry, reported a sevenfold increase in revenues during the first quarter but also [click to read more...]

May 15, 2013

MMJ State Update: Maine Marijuana Climate Heating Up With New Proposals, Lawsuit

Note: Periodically, MMJ Business Daily will explore the marijuana business climate in smaller medical cannabis states that typically fly under the radar from a national perspective. In this post we’ll [click to read more...]

May 14, 2013

Credit Card Companies Barring Dispensary Owners From Opening Accounts for Other Businesses

Dispensary owners affected by credit card companies’ moves to cut ties with the medical marijuana industry in recent years could find it exceedingly difficult to open merchant accounts for other [click to read more...]

May 13, 2013

Weekly Wrapup: 100s of California Dispensaries to Close? + Final Marijuana Regulations in Colorado

If it isn’t one thing for California’s medical marijuana industry, it’s another. The MMJ business climate in the state is as turbulent as it gets, with dispensaries and related businesses [click to read more...]

May 10, 2013

Bright Marijuana Business Outlook: 80% of Ancillary Cannabis Firms Expect ‘Big’ or Moderate Growth

The future of the marijuana industry is extremely bright, at least if you ask those who have hitched their wagon to it. Roughly 80% of executives at ancillary cannabis companies [click to read more...]

May 9, 2013

Top 20 Business-Related Aspects of Colorado’s Recreational Marijuana Regulations

Colorado entered the cannabis history books yet again yesterday, becoming the first state in the nation to officially pass regulations covering the cultivation and sale of marijuana for adult use. [click to read more...]

May 8, 2013

Dispensary Raids, Warning Letters Stoke Fears of Renewed Crackdown on Cannabis Businesses

Raids. Civil forfeiture notices. Warning letters. The headlines coming out of California and Washington State over the past few weeks conjure up memories of last spring, when the medical marijuana [click to read more...]

May 7, 2013

Fallout From CA Ruling: More Dispensary Bans, Uncertainty…and Pressure for Statewide Regs

The California Supreme Court’s landmark ruling yesterday allowing cities to outlaw cannabis dispensaries leaves the local medical marijuana industry in disarray, ensuring that a confusing patchwork of bans continues to [click to read more...]

May 7, 2013

Nominate a Speaker for the National Marijuana Business Conference & Expo 2013

MMJ Business Daily is now accepting speaker nominations for the National Marijuana Business Conference & Expo 2013, the industry’s premier annual gathering for cannabis executives, business owners and professionals. The [click to read more...]

May 6, 2013

Weekly Wrapup: Medical Cannabis Funding Climate Improving Amid New Deals, Developments

The medical marijuana industry may have finally turned a corner on the financing front, as evidenced by two important developments last week: #1. Five ancillary cannabis companies received a combined [click to read more...]

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Rob Hunt: Massachusetts Dispensary Regulations Will Create Shotgun Marriages, Boost Risk

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By Robert E. Hunt So you want to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts? [click to read more...]

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