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California Issues First Legal Marijuana Business Licenses

December 16, 2017
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California's legal marijuana market is finally, fitfully, taking shape. The state on Thursday issued the first batch of business licenses to sell and transport recreational-use pot, just 18 days before legal sales will begin on Jan. 1, 2018. The 20…

Michigan Releases Rules For Medical Marijuana Businesses

December 5, 2017
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Michigan
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With applications for medical marijuana licenses becoming available in less than two weeks, the state finally released the rules Monday that will govern the newest industry in the state. Everything from how much medical marijuana a registered patient can buy…

Africa Could Look to Cash in With Green Rush

Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource. More than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent each year, according to a UN survey, which advocates believe could be worth billions of dollars in a rapidly expanding…

Nevada Votes in Favor of Issuing Marijuana Distribution Licenses Outside of Liquor Wholesalers

August 14, 2017
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CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming demand since legal recreational sales began July 1. The Nevada Department of Taxation voted…

‘Brave New Workers’: A Burning Desire To Get A Medicinal Marijuana License

California native Malcolm Mirage's dream was to own a legal cannabis dispensary. For years, he had grown marijuana and sold it on the black market, while working a day job as a personal trainer. But in his late 20s, Mirage…

Australia Issues First License to Grow Medical Marijuana

Australia has issued its first licence to grow medical marijuana to Cann Group. The permit issued by the Office of Drug Control (ODC) allows Cann to legally cultivate medicinal cannabis and conduct research on the use of cannabis for medicine,…

Oregon Marijuana Business Applications Clock in Far above Predictions

January 10, 2017
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In another sign that cannabis could be bigger business than previously forecast, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission says it received 1,907 recreational marijuana license applications in 2016 — far outstripping a projected 800 to 1,200, the agency said. Seven hundred…

Denver Marijuana Grow Becomes First to Be Denied License Renewal

Neighborhood push-back against a northeast Denver marijuana grow operation culminated Thursday in the city’s first-ever denial of a routine cultivation license renewal. Starbuds, a marijuana chain that grows plants on the second floor of its recreational shop at 4690 Brighton Blvd., plans…

Alaska Marijuana Control Board Overwhelmingly Approves Licenses in Historic Meeting

Alaska's Marijuana Control Board ended its historic June meeting Friday afternoon after approving most of the grower licenses on its agenda and voting to open up future discussions about advertising and out-of-state investment. On Thursday, the state's first-ever commercial marijuana businesses were…

Alaska Regulators Approve First Marijuana Licenses For Growing and Testing

Alaska regulators were applauded Thursday as they approved the first licenses for legal marijuana growing and testing facilities — another milestone for the fledgling industry. Priority was being given to growing and testing operations to ensure that retail stores will…

Oregon Approves First Licenses For Recreational Marijuana

Oregon is one step closer to fully implementing its recreational marijuana industry by January 2017. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission approved its first recreational marijuana licenses Friday, approving eight growers under the new regulatory system. The agency was tasked with overseeing…

8 Hawaii Companies Win Licenses to Grow and Sell Medical Marijuana

Former CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple David Cole’s Maui Wellness Group LLC is among eight companies that have been selected to receive licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana. Hawaii Department of Health’s Virginia Pressler announced the names of the winners…

Former Trailblazer, Current Broadcaster Antonio Harvey Set to Get Oregon Pot License

Oregon expects to issue its first batch of recreational marijuana licenses Friday to an eclectic mix of entrepreneurs including longtime marijuana growers and others new to the industry like former Trail Blazer forward Antonio Harvey who still works for the…

Getting a Medical Marijuana License in Pennsylvania May Be an Expensive Proposition

Following Sunday's passage of the medical marijuana bill, future prospective dispensary owners are preparing for an application process, which one cannabis educational organization says will be an expensive proposition. Russ Cersosimo, director of strategic alliances for the Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis…

Cannabis Business Licenses in Alaska Held Up by Legislative Gridlock

Prospective marijuana business owner Bryant Thorp was the very first person in Alaska to get word that his cannabusiness application was complete, except for one thing -- a background check that the state doesn't have the legal authority to conduct. In…