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Weedmaps makes good on pledge to drop rogue cannabis shops
IRVINE — Facing massive fines from state regulators, Irvine-based Weedmaps has taken major strides toward fulfilling its pledge to drop ads for illicit cannabis shops from its online directory, cutting about 2,700 rogue stores from its site since the start of this year. The company’s long-awaited move to follow state law is drawing praise from […]
U.S. leads in cannabis innovation, but cedes global market to Canada
American marijuana has a reputation for being the best in the world. But the federal prohibition on marijuana makes shipments across state lines or overseas a pipe dream.
New Colorado laws include red flag gun measure and insulin cost cap
Law enforcement has gained a controversial new gun-seizure tool, transgender people can change their birth certificates more easily and the minimum wage rose in Denver as new laws took effect Wednesday in Colorado. More than a dozen new measures that impact workers, patients, gun owners, people awaiting release from jail and marijuana consumers became law […]
California agency recommends major overhaul to state’s cannabis taxes
California’s struggling cannabis industry didn’t get the recommendation many hoped for — a call to sharply lower the industry’s tax rate — but a long-awaited state report did suggest a marijuana tax overhaul. The report from California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office, released Tuesday, Dec. 17, says lawmakers should ditch the way the state currently taxes […]
Cross-pollination between marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict at outdoor grows
Outdoor marijuana growers are reporting an increase in cross-pollination from hemp farms, a development that could mean marijuana cultivators might lose upwards of tens of thousands of dollars if their plants become unmarketable as flower products.
Veritas Farms makes more inroads with its CBD products, launches skin-care line
Veritas Farms has added Southeastern Grocers to the chains now selling its full-spectrum CBD products.
Pot or not? Busts highlight growing confusion over hemp
The CBD craze might be leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused.
Colorado’s Green Solution marijuana chain bought by multi-state operator Columbia Care for $140 million
By buying The Green Solution, Columbia Care’s US. empire grows to 74 marijuana dispensaries either open or under development in 13 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and 19 cultivation and manufacturing facilities.
Pot companies, developers taking sides in contentious Lakewood election
Lakewood’s municipal election is awash in developer and marijuana money — two issues that voters in Colorado’s fifth-largest city have already taken stands on at the ballot box. That has some wondering if it’s an attempt to pack the Lakewood City Council with members favorable to the cannabis industry and more robust development in this city of 155,000.
CBD boutique opens in Boulder as sales of cannabidiol move out of dispensaries and into general retail
Infused, A CBD Marketplace opened in downtown Boulder as cannabidiol shifts from dispensaries to general retail.