Regulatory

The National Cannabis Roundtable, one of the industry’s leading advocates for federal marijuana reform, appointed Cresco Labs CEO Charlie Bachtell as its new chair. Bachtell replaces Acreage Holdings CEO Kevin Murphy, who had served as chair since NCR kicked...

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In a first-of-its-kind enforcement case in California, a judge ruled in late July that a licensed cannabis business must pay the state more than half a million dollars in penalties, legal fees and other costs after it lost...

Less than a week after pro-cannabis banking legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a parallel bipartisan measure was revived in the Senate – a move that drew applause from marijuana industry advocates. Sens. Jeff Merkley, a...

Published December 20, 2019 South Dakota voters likely will decide next year whether to legalize medical marijuana sales as Secretary of State Steve Barnett validated the signatures on a petition to place MMJ on...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation allowing banks to serve cannabis companies by wrapping the measure into a $3 trillion coronavirus economic relief package. The massive economic stimulus bill, proposed by House Democrats, includes language from the SAFE...

The attorney general of South Dakota is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from two state law enforcement officers that challenges an adult-use marijuana legalization measure passed by voters. South Dakota voters passed measures legalizing both medical and...

A number of cannabis businesses, associations and advocacy organizations have combined to form a nonprofit organization to unify their push for federal marijuana legalization. The creation of the U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC) comes at a time when major reform...

The United Nations narcotics enforcement agency president considers whether drug control treaties are outdated, experts share insights on how the coronavirus might affect the marijuana industry, MJ labs could see new opportunities in testing hemp – and more of...

The prospects for recreational cannabis legalization in New Mexico appear brighter after two key conservative Democratic state Senate leaders lost primary elections this week. Senate President Mary Kay Papen and Senate Finance Committee leader John Arthur Smith were defeated...