Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested
Dec 29 2017 // The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company to deliver pot only to have state police arrest two employees who were...
Pot-Infused Fare from Wine to Tacos on California’s Menu
Dec 28 2017 // The sauvignon blanc boasts brassy, citrus notes, but with one whiff, it’s apparent this is no normal Sonoma County wine. It’s infused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that provides the...
Unions Sees Worker Growth Potential in California’s Marijuana Industry
Dec 27 2017 // Unions have caught a whiff of a rare opportunity to organize a whole new set of workers as recreational marijuana becomes legal in California. The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers are...
California Pot Sold Jan. 1 Could be Tainted
Dec 18 2017 // That legal weed you’ll be able to buy in California on New Year’s Day may not be as green as it seems. Any marijuana sold when recreational sales become legal Jan. 1 in the nation’s most populous state...
Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Busy Rolling Out the Rules for Legal Pot
Dec 18 2017 // From “cannabis cafes” to “craft cooperatives,” regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar recreational marijuana industry might look like when retail sales...
Cheech of Cheech & Chong Heralds New Tool for California Pot Businesses
Dec 14 2017 // Comedian and legendary stoner Cheech Marin doesn’t want your pot business to go up in smoke. That’s why he’s in a new public service announcement publicizing a California Secretary of State website for...
Coffee Shop Seeks to Become Denver’s First Legal Marijuana Club
Dec 13 2017 // Colorado’s largest city is reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs, a step that comes more than a year after voters approved a bring-your-own...
California Opens Online System to License New Marijuana Businesses
Dec 12 2017 // California has began accepting applications from businesses that want to operate in the state’s legal marijuana industry next year, a milestone for the emerging market. After months in development, an online system...
Lawyers Handling Marijuana Business Operate in Hazy Legal Zone
Dec 12 2017 // Just as entrepreneurs getting into the retail pot industry need a good lawyer, some of those lawyers might be wise to consult an attorney of their own. Lawyers in the burgeoning business are entering a legal gray zone...
Note to the Insurance Industry: Marijuana Is a Thing
Dec 4 2017 // It’s high time the insurance industry embraces marijuana. That’s because pot has entered the mainstream. To date, 29 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana, eight states (plus...
Lawsuit Claims Florida is Ignoring Medical Marijuana Law
Nov 29 2017 // A Florida nursery and a man who suffers from epilepsy filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that contends that state officials are flouting the state’s new medical marijuana law. It’s...
Some Massachusetts Towns Going to Pot, After All
Nov 21 2017 // They may not be mad about reefer, but a growing number of Massachusetts communities are leaving their borders open to commercial marijuana businesses, bucking a wave of bans and moratoriums that followed voter approval of...
Filing Approved for First Admitted Insurer in California to Sell Cannabis Insurance
Nov 20 2017 // The California insurance commissioner has approved the first filing by an admitted commercial insurance company to sell cannabis business insurance. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early November announced the...
New Hampshire House Committee Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill
Nov 16 2017 // A bill that would legalize marijuana in New Hampshire has been rejected by a House committee. The Concord Monitor reports the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday voted not to recommend the bill to the...
California’s New Pot Market Brings Sticker Shock
Nov 7 2017 // California’s legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it’s grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just...
New Insurance Lines Will Help Emerging Marijuana Market
Nov 5 2017 // The end of Prohibition in 1933 was greeted with celebrations, as newspapers slapped large-type headlines on their front pages declaring, for instance, that “Prohibition Ends At Last.” President Franklin Delano...
Filling Approved for First Admitted Insurer in California to Sell Cannabis Insurance
Nov 2 2017 // The California insurance commissioner has approved the first filing by an admitted commercial insurance company to sell cannabis business insurance. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced the approved...
Admitted Carriers, CanaBOP Coming to California’s Cannabis Industry
Oct 20 2017 // The first admitted insurance carrier has filed to provide coverage to California’s legal cannabis industry and several more carriers have stated their intent to file products, according to state Insurance...
California Fires Pose Grave Risk to Marijuana Growers
Oct 12 2017 // For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. For many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be insurmountable. At least six marijuana...
Voters in Alaska Reject Local Marijuana Ban Efforts
Oct 5 2017 // Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation’s largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the...
