What a New Cannabis Business Should Focus on to Grow
The cannabis industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. As more states legalize both medical and recreational cannabis, the market for this plant is expanding. This has led to a variety of new consumption methods, some of which are better than others. Vaporizers...
Russian Oligarch Who Invested In U.S. Politics, Marijuana Industry Is Indicted
A Russian “oligarch” who invested more than $1 million in the U.S. cannabis industry—and funneled some of that cash through associates of Rudy Giuliani, who in turn made illegal political donations meant to curry favor with lawmakers and regulators in order to win...
Last chance to join N.J.’s top cannabis business conference, networking event
For many in New Jersey’s cannabis business community today, March 15, marks a special day. The state began accepting applications to operate dispensaries — the retail stores permitted to sell legal weed. There are no deadlines to file applications. The state’s...
Cannabis company Akanda raises $16 million in IPO
© Marketwatch MARKET PULSE Akanda Corp. has priced 4 million common shares at $4 per share for proceeds of $16 million in its initial public offering for trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq. Boustead Securities LLC, the lead underwriter for the offering, will raise capital...
Novato approves new round of cannabis business applicants
Novato’s second round of prospective cannabis business owners received unanimous approval from the City Council. The council voted last week to conditionally approve three businesses, including a new cannabis delivery business, a 7-year-old cannabis testing laboratory...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
Stanislaus County is preparing a cannabis tax for the March ballot. What are the rates?
Ken Carlson October 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM Stanislaus County leaders are working on a measure for the March ballot that would set tax rates for permitted cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas. County staff have recommended that cannabis businesses pay up to an 8%...
Wider Attempts at Cannabis Lounges Struggle
Nearly six years since the implementation of Prop 64, the fact that the social cannabis use scene in California still operates in mostly a gray area is garbage. Essentially, we’ve gotten to the point now that the farther you get from West Hollywood, the worse...
Is marijuana banking reform on the way?
Stephanie Liebergen October 19, 2023 at 11:34 AM Customer shops for marijuana at a dispensary. In an age where it seems like you can buy anything with the swipe of a credit card or the tap of a phone, the marijuana industry stands out. Thanks to federal banking rules,...
Bad News For Marijuana Prohibitionists In Texas, Oregon’s New Cannabis Coalition & Other Updates
Loading… Loading… Loading… Bad News For Prohibitionists As Support For Marijuana Decriminalization Grows Cannabis activists in Lubbock, Texas, have garnered enough signatures to put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot. On...
The Nee Jersey Cannabis Market Looks Promising for Investors
By Martin Tillier The three states that make up the New York tri-state area, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, are all in the process of implementing adult-use cannabis laws. All have some kind of procedure that allows local authorities and municipalities to opt...
Adams should keep focus on public safety and business —not marijuana, video gamers
Contrary to our previous mayor, New York is not a tale of two cities. Rich or poor, black or white, Asian or Hispanic — all are united against skyrocketing violent crime. The city is shaping up to be a tale of two mayors. The future depends on which Eric Adams emerges...
The legal pot business is coming soon. People who dabbled in the illegal one could benefit
As soon as the end of this year or early 2023, you’ll be able to walk into legal cannabis dispensaries in many New York communities to buy marijuana produced in the state. And those dispensaries will be owned by someone with a prior conviction related to cannabis or...
Santa Barbara County Projects $6 Million Cannabis Revenue Shortfall for Current Fiscal Year
Because of a glut of marijuana on the market, Santa Barbara County’s tax revenue from cannabis cultivation is projected to be only $12.4 million this fiscal year, or $6 million less than the $18.4 million that was forecast last June when the county budget was adopted,...
4 years after voters OK’d it, there’s no legal marijuana in most of the state
It’s been four years since the cannabis industry began the transition from medical to legal adult-use in California. Yet, in almost 70% of localities throughout our state, consumers still don’t have access to the regulated market. Proposition 64’s intent was...
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