January 18, 2012

Marijuana Raids Target Four San Diego Dispensaries as DEA Continues to Close California Pot Shops

The federal Drug Enforcement Agency has raided several medical marijuana businesses in San Diego over the past week, highlighting the Obama administration’s efforts to conduct a sustained crackdown on California [click to read more...]

January 16, 2012

Weekly Wrapup: Crackdown in Colorado + Dispensaries to Launch in Arizona

Two very different developments emerged in the MMJ industry at the end of last week, one immensely negative and one immensely positive for medical cannabis. First, the bad news: The [click to read more...]

January 13, 2012

Crackdown Comes to Colorado: Feds Forcing 23 Dispensaries Near Schools to Close Shop, Relocate

A federal medical marijuana crackdown that started in California and then spread to Washington and Montana has now made its way to Colorado, threatening what many see as the most [click to read more...]

January 2, 2012

5 Important Questions for the Medical Marijuana Industry in 2012

What will 2012 bring to the medical cannabis industry? Here are the top five questions MMJ Business Daily is focusing on: #1. Will the federal crackdown continue and grow in [click to read more...]

December 23, 2011

Memo Outlines Top Triggers for Federal Prosecution in California Medical Pot Crackdown

What is the federal government looking for when determining whether to bust a medical marijuana dispensary or grow operation? That’s the $1 million question in California, where the Obama administration [click to read more...]

December 22, 2011

Attorney General to Lawmakers: Clarify CA Medical Cannabis Laws, Decide if Dispensaries are Legal

Talk about making a mockery of Swiss cheese. While Michigan’s attorney general used that phrase when talking about all the holes in the state’s medical marijuana laws, those words could [click to read more...]

December 19, 2011

Weekly Wrapup: Colorado in Federal Crosshairs, Arizona Chooses Side in MMJ Lawsuit

Medical pot dispensaries in Colorado have had a relatively calm fall, operating under the radar while watching the federal cannabis crackdown on the West Coast from afar. The winter might [click to read more...]

December 15, 2011

Feds to Target CO Cannabis Dispensaries Next Year as Part of Widening MMJ Crackdown?

Maybe Colorado’s well-regulated and tightly controlled medical pot industry isn’t so sheltered from federal prosecution after all. The U.S. government is either considering or has already decided to move forward [click to read more...]

December 1, 2011

San Diego’s Medical Pot Industry Going Up in Smoke as Feds Force Dispensaries to Close

The worst-case scenario is playing out for the MMJ industry in San Diego, which has become a focal point of the federal government’s war on medical weed. In the past [click to read more...]

December 1, 2011

Federal Judge: Crackdown on California Marijuana Dispensaries Justified

Efforts by California’s medical pot industry to prevent federal and state officials from closing dispensaries have fallen short. A U.S. District Court judge in Oakland rejected a motion asking for [click to read more...]

November 22, 2011

Pot Dispensaries Not the Only MMJ Businesses Ensnarled in Recent Raids

Much of the media coverage surrounding the recent raids in Washington State and Montana focused on how federal agents targeted medical marijuana dispensaries, as they are the most visible part [click to read more...]

November 21, 2011

Weekly Wrapup: West Coast Raids, East Coast Progress and Pot Reality Show Debut Date

Given the avalanche of negative news surrounding medical cannabis last week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the industry was crumbling at its very foundation. At least in the western [click to read more...]

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Aaron Smith: 5 Ways Marijuana Businesses Can Secure a Future for the Cannabis Industry

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