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California marijuana grower voluntarily recalls tainted flower

(This story has been updated to delete two inadvertent references to an incorrect pesticide.) An indoor marijuana grower in California has alerted regulators and the state’s track-and-trace system that a certain batch of its flower in the market contains...

Why was the Ontario Cannabis Store sitting on CA$500 million cash stockpile?

Ontario’s government-owned marijuana wholesaler was sitting on more than 500 million Canadian dollars ($367 million) in cash earlier this year, but officials have declined to spell out why the Ontario Cannabis Store held on to that much money...

‘Buyer’s market’ forcing Massachusetts marijuana businesses to shutter

Low wholesale cannabis prices are behind the closures of Massachusetts marijuana retailers and producers in 2023. At least 17 marijuana businesses have either lost or returned their licenses to operate in the state, according to MassLive.com. Not all shuttered entirely,...

Landmark Netherlands cannabis experiment set to begin this week

The Netherlands’ cannabis cultivation and distribution experiment is set to kick off Friday in what executives are calling a milestone for the industry in Europe – even though the supply-chain trial is starting years later than originally planned. In...

Scotts Miracle-Gro’s Hawthorne seeks marijuana M&A deals

Scotts Miracle-Gro’s audacious $1.7 billion foray into the marijuana business over the past decade is a sensitive topic for the father-son team whose family helped build the lawn and garden giant. Scotts CEO Jim Hagedorn told MJBizDaily the hundreds...

Israeli cannabis patients surge, but new rules face delay

The number of new medical cannabis patients in Israel surged in November, according to the latest available data from the Ministry of Health. However, important regulations facilitating access for new patients are facing a potential three-month-long delay because of...

Judge denies injunction to halt Alabama medical cannabis licensing

A circuit court judge in Alabama denied a request to halt the issuance of medical cannabis licenses in the state. Judge James Anderson denied the temporary restraining order request by Alabama Always, an MMJ company seeking one of the...

Cannabis firm Canopy Growth set to consolidate shares

Canopy Growth Corp. is set to become the latest cannabis producer to consolidate its shares to maintain its listing on the Nasdaq exchange. The Canadian company’s board approved the share-consolidation plan on the basis of one post-consolidation common share...

Alabama issues integrated licenses to 5 medical marijuana firms

Alabama regulators issued five integrated licenses to medical marijuana companies, finalizing the state’s small batch of initial permits for MMJ retailers, suppliers and processors. After hearing presentations last week, according to AL.com, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) on...

Assessing 5 state cannabis markets launched in the past year

Four states in the Northeast and Midwest launched adult-use marijuana sales in the past year, while one in the Deep South began medical cannabis sales. This roundup highlights key developments in the past 12 months in New York, Connecticut,...
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