Pueblo to nix excise taxes on retail marijuana following 4-2 vote by city council
The city of Pueblo is eliminating retail marijuana excise taxes for the next three years following a 4-2 vote by Pueblo City Council on Tuesday. An 8% excise tax on retail marijuana cultivated within city limits has been collected by the city since 2016. Proponents of...
California new laws for 2024: Employees get protection for using cannabis
Starting in the new year, California employers will be barred from asking workers about their use of cannabis outside of work, and from discriminating against them because of it. Two bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in the past couple of years aim to strengthen the...
New Report Projects Global Recreational Cannabis Market To Nearly Double by 2027
A new report projects that the global recreational marijuana market will nearly double over the next four years, with legal sales of adult-use cannabis climbing to almost $50 billion per year by 2027. The report, from U.K.-based cannabis data, media and tech company...
Spread of pop-up, homegrown marijuana markets sparks debate over regulation
Erin Heffernan Paul Kirklin, of The Stash Glass, left, shows off a pipe with ultraviolet-reactive paint on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at the St. Louis Christmas Canna Expo in House Springs. Vanessa Abbitt, Post-Dispatch HOUSE SPRINGS — A skunky smell wafted through a...
A hot sauce shortage, tough times in the pot market and other top business stories of 2023
Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series highlighting The Star’s top stories of the year. Listed in no particular order, these news events were chosen by the staff and organized by topic. The biggest Ventura County business stories of 2023...
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.
Maryland cannabis company gets $41M investment
An expert in cannabis financing called the deal one of the largest transactions so far this year in the cannabis industry.
Tulsa Community College launches new cannabis industry education programs
Tulsa Community College (TCC) is starting up a new cohort of classes designed to prepare students to work in the cannabis industry.TCC partnered with Green Flow …
Police in Moorestown may soon have a new neighbor: a marijuana dispensary.
MOORESTOWN — On Oct. 3, the Moorestown Planning Board approved the opening of the town’s first marijuana dispensary.
Marijuana businesses seek alternatives to debt financing in slow capital market
Cannect Wellness raised $7 million in its second equity funding round; capital raises have been slow due to the expense of debt financing.
The King Of Cones: Inside The Cannabis Industry’s $75 Million Pre-Roll Empire
Bryan Gerber’s Hara Supply produces more than 100 million cones a month for mainstream brands such as Jeeter and Zig-Zag in one of the fastest-growing segments of the marijuana market. By Will Yakowicz, Forbes Staff When Bryan Gerber grinds cannabis to roll a joint,...
Broken promises: How marijuana legalization failed communities hit hardest by the drug war
In the long and contentious fight for marijuana legalization, lawmakers across the country won over skeptical colleagues by promising social justice: The economic benefits of cannabis sales would be targeted at communities marred by decades of racist drug enforcement...
‘Good for the industry’: What Biden’s pardons may foreshadow for Oregon’s cannabis distributors
Cannabis industry leaders say these types of decisions are helpful, but just the beginning in terms of destigmatizing and expanding the business. PORTLAND, Ore. — On Friday, President Joe Biden pardoned people convicted of certain federal marijuana offenses. The...
Oregon cannabis leaders optimistic about future after Biden pardons some federal marijuana offenses
Cannabis industry leaders say these types of decisions are helpful, but just the beginning in terms of destigmatizing and expanding the business. PORTLAND, Ore. — On Friday, President Joe Biden pardoned people convicted of certain federal marijuana offenses. The...
How Australian Cannabis Brands Can Enter Europe
Loading… Loading… Cannabis has long been trending as a global product, providing regional players opportunities to reach outside their home countries and expand to international markets. Australia has fantastic cannabis growers, producers, brands, and...
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