Montana’s Medical Cannabis Industry Shrivelling After Rapid, Uncontrolled Growth
Yet another state with medical pot laws on the books is seeing its MMJ sector shrivel as the entire industry grapples with a federal crackdown, damaging court rulings, falling registered [click to read more...]
Pot Patient Numbers in Colorado Slide for Fourth Consecutive Month, Several Factors at Play
The number of patients on Colorado’s medical pot registry slid by 13% in October from the previous month, with 13,720 residents dropping off the list. It marks the fourth straight [click to read more...]
Webcast Series Takes In-Depth Look at Medical Cannabis Issues, Encourages Debate
HealthRadio.net and InsidersHealth.com will host the second installment of their four-part webcast series on medical marijuana today, featuring patients describing the medical benefits of pot and detailing their struggle to [click to read more...]
Colorado Health Board to Consider Lowering Patient Fees, Other MMJ Changes
Patients, doctors, dispensary owners and other medical pot professionals in Colorado will get a chance to provide some input on several MMJ-related proposals at a public hearing on Wednesday. The [click to read more...]
Latest Colorado Stats: Number of Registered Medical Pot Patients Plummets 20% Since June
Enrollment in Colorado’s medical marijuana program has tumbled since the state enacted tough new MMJ regulations this summer, with 26,106 patients dropping off the active registry in just three months. [click to read more...]
MMJ Advocates Fight Back Against Calif. Cannabis Crackdown, Sue Federal Gov’t
After getting smacked around over the past month, medical marijuana supporters in California are going on the offensive, filing several lawsuits against the federal government’s widely publicized crackdown on the [click to read more...]
Professionalism Key to Beating Out MMC Competition
Competition in the medical marijuana industry is fierce, particularly in California and Colorado. Many dispensaries are in a race to the bottom in terms of price, offering eights for as [click to read more...]
Oregon Patients Paying $100 More for Medical Marijuana Cards
Starting this week, patients in Oregon will have to pay an extra $100 to obtain or renew medical marijuana cards each year – a move that could restrict the industry’s [click to read more...]
New Mexico: 25 Dispensaries, 4,000 Active Patients, $744,079 in Q2 Sales
Following up on our post yesterday about New Mexico, we thought it might be useful to summarize some stats about the state’s medical marijuana industry, courtesy the Santa Fe New [click to read more...]
Arizona Expects 32,000 Card-Carrying MMJ Patients by April 2012: 80% With “Chronic Pain”
13,000 Arizona residents have successfully applied for medical marijuana patient cards since the program started in April of this year, netting the state nearly $2 million in annual application fees. [click to read more...]
Want To Better Serve Medical Pot Patients? Urge Them To Fill Out Our Questionnaire
In line with our mission of helping dispensary owners run their businesses more effectively, we’re looking for advice from those arguably in the best position to give it: patients. MMJ [click to read more...]
Several MMJ Events, Meetings in Pipeline for August
After a flurry of gatherings in late spring, the Colorado medical marijuana community has been relatively quiet on the event front. Blame it on the July 1 compliance deadline – [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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