Prop D Prevails: New LA Cannabis Regs Will Have Many Business Implications, Positive and Negative
A measure to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles and limit the number of dispensaries to 135 beat out two competing proposals by a landslide, ushering in a new era for the nation’s largest MMJ market. More than 60% of voters cast ballots in favor of Proposition D – a measure crafted by the LA City Council as [click to read on...]
Take a Short Survey to Help Us Gather Business Data for Our 2013 Cannabis Industry Factbook
Cannabis professionals, we need your help. Medical Marijuana Business Daily is conducting an anonymous survey of cannabis business owners to help us gather data for our upcoming industry factbook. We want [click to read more...]
Strike Three: Arizona Medical Cannabis Opponents Whiff Again as Court Sides With MMJ
Another week, another loss for medical marijuana opponents in Arizona. A Court of Appeals panel has squashed an attempt by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to prevent dispensaries from opening [click to read more...]
2 Important Medical Marijuana Court Hearings Today in Arizona, California
The medical marijuana industry scored major legal wins in Arizona and California several weeks ago, when judges in two separate cases sided with MMJ. But the victories, while important, do [click to read more...]
SearchCore Strikes Deal to Sell Dispensary Listing Site WeedMaps, Plans to Exit Cannabis Industry
SearchCore – one of the few publicly traded companies involved in the medical marijuana industry – has signed an agreement to sell MMJ heavyweight WeedMaps Media Inc. to an undisclosed [click to read more...]
East Coast MMJ Update: DC Cannabis Program Advances, MA Cities Seek Delays of 6-9 Months
Some good and bad news regarding medical marijuana on the East Coast: The nation’s capital could get its first dispensary this spring, but Massachusetts might have to wait longer than [click to read more...]
Weekly Wrapup: Parsing the President’s Comments + More States to Follow CO, WA Lead?
After more than a month of silence on marijuana legalization, President Barack Obama finally addressed the issue last week in an interview with ABC News. Obama said that going after [click to read more...]
Obama Says Marijuana Users in CO & WA Not a Top Priority, But Still No Word on Cannabis Biz
President Barack Obama has indicated that he won’t target marijuana users in states that have legalized the drug, stoking optimism in the cannabis community. But he stopped short of giving [click to read more...]
US Going Green? More Than a Dozen States Could Consider Marijuana Legalization Next Year
The market for legal marijuana could expand well beyond Colorado and Washington very soon. As in next year. Lawmakers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont have already [click to read more...]
Business Bigwigs, Yale Grads & Wall Street Pros Eye Marijuana Industry in Wake of Legalization
Professionals from the world of big business are looking to tap the emerging marijuana market in Colorado and Washington, eyeing everything from private equity funds and financial services firms to [click to read more...]
Colorado Medical Marijuana Industry Braces for Changes as MMED Prepares to Rewrite Rules
Medical cannabis businesses in Colorado will have to adjust to significant changes yet again as the state prepares to rewrite rules governing dispensaries, cultivation sites and edibles companies. The Medical [click to read more...]
Weekly Wrapup: 5 Major MMJ, Marijuana Developments Light Up the Cannabis Industry
Last week was a remarkable one for the medical marijuana industry, with a handful of historic developments fueling optimism after a grueling year. Here are five of these milestones and [click to read more...]
Q&A With Jeffrey S. Kaufman, Lead Attorney in Watershed AZ Medical Marijuana Case
In the court decision heard round the medical cannabis world, a judge upheld Arizona’s MMJ law this week and stifled an attempt by local officials to derail the state’s dispensary [click to read more...]
Expert Opinion
Rob Hunt: Massachusetts Dispensary Regulations Will Create Shotgun Marriages, Boost Risk
By Robert E. Hunt So you want to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts? [click to read more...]
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