2024 Marijuana Legalization Review: A Guide For Employers In A Complex Legal Landscape
Understand marijuana legalization’s impact on employers. Stay informed on state laws, accommodation requirements, and pending legislation for effective policy management.
Why it’s not a happy 420 for many California cannabis dispensaries
Today, cannabis is big business. California saw $4.9 billion in legal cannabis sales in 2022, down from $5.35 billion in 2021 but higher than $4.26 billion in sales recorded in 2020, according to …
Kentucky Plans Lottery for First Round of Medical Cannabis Business Licenses
Gov. Andy Brashear moved up the timeline for licensing medical marijuana dispensaries by six months, and businesses should be open by the start of 2025.
Inside The Top Cannabis Business Conference In America: High Expectations For Reform, The Future Of Banking And Taxes
Former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner told a panel on the first day of the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Florida that several ranking Congress members are intending to attach the SAFER Banking Act …
Breaking Boundaries: These Minority Cannabis Entrepreneurs Are Overcoming Years of Exclusion
While detailed public data on racial or gender diversity within the roughly 30,000 to 40,000 cannabis businesses in the U.S. is scarce, a 2017 survey showed that 81% of marijuana business owners were …
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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.
Former Commerce, Baldwin Park officials plead guilty in sprawling cannabis bribery scheme
Two more former Southern California city officials have admitted to participating in a cannabis corruption ring where bribes were funneled to a Baldwin Park City Council member in exchange for his …
‘Huge Demand’: Portugal Dreams Of Becoming Medical Cannabis Hub
“We should be the new El Dorado of medical cannabis production,” said agronomist Jose Martins as dozens of workers harvested marijuana in bright sunshine at a farm in southeastern Portugal.
The Price Is Right: This Weed Real Estate Stock Proves Conservative Strategies Bring Returns
New Lake Capital Partners (OTC:NLCP), a real estate company focused on cannabis properties, offers an attractive investment with a 9.1% dividend yield, well above the return on 10-year government …
Immigration agency can’t use drug laws to deny cannabis worker visa, judge rules
Federal immigration authorities improperly used federal drug laws to deny a visa to a worker at an ancillary cannabis business, a judge ruled.
Kentucky to use lottery for medical marijuana business licenses. Here’s how it will work
Gov. Andy Beshear filed emergency regulations establishing a lottery system to award business licenses for the state’s new medical marijuana program.
Decline in demand for marijuana in Colorado leads to tough decision for Frisco business
After it became one of the first states in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana, Colorado saw a huge boom in business from the companies that suddenly had a new market to dive into and new …
‘It doesn’t smell right.’ Michigan councilman linked to $69,000 marijuana real estate sale
A Menominee councilman is linked to a company that made $69,000 flipping a property sold to a marijuana company.
Ypsilanti changes regulations on marijuana businesses in the city
The Ypsilanti City Council is making changes to its marijuana business regulations. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.
Rising From The Ashes: Two Cannabis Entrepreneurship Stories Take Center Stage At Benzinga Conference
During the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference‘s second-day fireside chat, panelists Dreka Gates and Quawntay “Bosco” Adams shared insights into how cannabis has shaped their journeys of …
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