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 [click to read more...]
Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensaries on Edge With Voters Set to Reshape Nation’s Largest MMJ Market
(Update: The official results are in. See story here) It’s D-Day in LA. The estimated 700-plus dispensaries in Los Angeles will likely learn their fate sometime tonight after voters weigh [click to read more...]
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...]
San Diego Could Become One of Nation’s Hottest Medical Cannabis Markets – Again
The national medical marijuana spotlight has focused squarely on Massachusetts ever since the state legalized MMJ in November, with consultants, law firms and other ancillary cannabis companies scrambling to get [click to read more...]
San Diego Medical Marijuana Revival on Tap? Mayor Vows to Pave Way for Cannabis Dispensaries
San Diego’s battered medical marijuana industry is poised for a comeback after two years of turmoil that decimated the dispensary landscape. And locals can thank one individual in particular: the [click to read more...]
Key Hearing in Harborside Health Eviction Case Pushed Back, Possibly to December
The nation’s largest dispensary will have to wait a little longer than expected to learn its near-term fate. A federal judge has delayed a hearing in the landmark case involving [click to read more...]
LA Marijuana Dispensaries Get Reprieve as Medical Cannabis Referendum Qualifies for Ballot
The medical marijuana community in Los Angeles has successfully staved off a bid by the city to ban all cannabis dispensaries, at least for now. On Monday, the City Clerk’s [click to read more...]
Spooked By Federal Warning, Landlord Tries to Evict Well-Known Dispensary From San Jose Property
Another day, another challenge for Harborside Health Center. The beleaguered Oakland-based dispensary – which ranks as one of the largest medical marijuana centers in the country – is now at [click to read more...]
Feds Raid 2 California Cannabis Dispensaries, Order 66 Other MMJ Businesses to Close
The federal government’s crackdown on medical marijuana in California continues unabated, with agents raiding two dispensaries in Anaheim this week and threatening dozens of others in the area. Expect more [click to read more...]
Risky Business: Some LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Remain Open Despite Ban?
Scores of Los Angeles dispensaries are preparing to close on Sept. 6, when a new citywide ban on medical marijuana centers takes effect. But some cannabis centers are reportedly considering [click to read more...]
Expert Opinion
Rob Hunt: Massachusetts Dispensary Regulations Will Create Shotgun Marriages, Boost Risk
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