Cultivation

Florida’s top marijuana regulator said his agency “would hope” to issue 22 new medical cannabis licenses within the next six months, a move that would nearly double the number of license holders in the state. Christopher Kimball, director of...

Pennsylvania state lawmakers this week approved a bill that would end what they call a “near-monopoly” in the state’s medical cannabis market currently controlled by major multistate operators. The bill now goes to Gov. Josh Shapiro, according to The...

Earl Blumenauer was a 25-year-old “child legislator” in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1973, as he recalled it, when he realized there was something wrong about marijuana. Not that he knew this firsthand. “At that point, I don’t think...

A Mississippi marijuana laboratory alleged that cannabis products sold in gasoline stations and convenience stores in the state contain potentially dangerous contaminants and far more delta-9 THC than is legal. Steep Hill Mississippi representatives said at the lab operator...

(This story has been updated to reflect the status of Red White & Bloom’s acquisition of Aleafia Health.) Financially distressed cannabis companies continued to seek refuge in Canadian insolvency law in 2023, although such insolvency filings under one statute...

Marijuana sales in Arizona surpassed the $1 billion mark for 2023 in September, despite some month-over-month sales declines earlier this year. From January to September, total medical cannabis sales were $267 million and adult-use sales were $797 million, according...

Canadian cannabis producer Organigram reported a loss of 248.6 million Canadian dollars ($185 million) in the 2023 fiscal year, postponed its free cash flow guidance and appointed a permanent chief financial officer. The Toronto-based company also reported paying a massive...

Item 9 Labs Corp., the parent company of marijuana retail franchise business Unity Rd. and Arizona cultivator Item 9 Labs, has retained Sharp Capital Advisors to help sell its business. Phoenix-based Item 9 entered receivership in July. Item 9 includes...

Canadian sales of recreational cannabis rose to 448.6 million Canadian dollars in October ($336 million), marking a small increase from the previous month and a 15% increase over the same period last year. By comparison, sales fell 6.2% in...

A letter from California Attorney General Rob Bonta to state regulators all but ended marijuana industry hopes of interstate cannabis commerce. In a 36-page letter sent Dec. 19 to the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), the state’s chief cannabis...