BOSTON — One of the biggest problems small entrepreneurs have had starting marijuana businesses in Massachusetts is a lack of money. Starting a business is expensive, and traditional loans and financing options are generally not available because of federal prohibition.
Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, told reporters at the state Capitol on Tuesday that she’s planning to introduce a bill later this week that would legalize marijuana and allow expungement of low-level marijuana-related criminal records.
The cannabis trade has tried to convince the public that legal weed is not only a creator of jobs and salvation’s wing for local economies but that it is also an industry wrecking machine with the power to snuff out all of the competitors within the inebriation market. Its arch nemesis in this nail-biting mission to contribute to the unsobering of America is none other than the alcohol industry.
The California Senate has voted to allow special banks to handle money from legal marijuana retailers. Recreational marijuana use has been legal in California since January 2018, but is still illegal under federal law.
A provision in one of the congressional spending bills would continue to protect state-legal medical cannabis programs from federal interference. It was included for the first time in the initial FY2020 Commerce-Justice-Science funding bill released by a House subcommittee.
The Global Medical Marijuana Market is forecast to reach USD 148.35 Billion by 2026, according to a new report by Reports and Data. Marijuana is used for treating chronic pain that affects millions of people each year across the globe, thus increasing the demand for the product as a treatment procedure for medical conditions.
The NFL has finally taken its first tangible step toward treating marijuana not as leverage for collective bargaining but as a potential treatment for players who need pain relief.
A new study reveals the impact legalizing marijuana has on local housing markets.
Green Growth Brands, Inc. (CSE: GGB) (OTCQB: GGBXF) has raised gross proceeds of US$45.5 million (C$61,233,100)
Organigram Holdings Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OGI) (OTCQX: OGRMF), announces that its common shares will commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "OGI" on Tuesday May 21, 2019.
The Proposed Acquisitions Further Solidifies SOL Global's MSO Strategy Which Would Include Robust Operations in 3 of the Top 10 Cannabis Markets by Revenue in the U.S., Florida, Michigan and California
Blissco to complement Supreme Cannabis growing brand portfolio and accelerate its growth as a premium wellness-focused cannabis company.
The growth of the marijuana industry looks likely to continue.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE:ACB) (TSX: ACB), announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter ended March 31st, 2019
For years, opponents of marijuana legalization have voiced the same arguments whenever the subject of dispensaries comes up: having legal cannabis vendors, they say, promotes the spread of crime, brings property values down in the neighborhood and encourages teenage marijuana use.
