Potential medical marijuana dispensary owners in Ohio will have to shell out some green to sell some green if the latest round of suggested dispensary fees become law.
Prospective business owners may have to pay more than $75,000 in state fees, and that's before factoring in costs of a...
Calexico may soon have a thriving cannabis business, according to city officials.
Council member Bill Hodge told KSWT on Friday, "The cannabis option is no longer an option in Calexico. It is becoming a reality. We are moving at an appropriate but brisk pace to achieve our goals in...
Florida’s legalization of medical marijuana is trickling down to Marion County.
Both city of Ocala and Marion County officials have created ordinances establishing rules for dispensaries, should any ever set up shop here. Meanwhile, Medical Marijuana Doctors has opened its fourth Florida office...
In a unanimous vote during a special budget meeting this past Monday, the Patterson City Council moved a step closer to allowing certain types of cannabis-related businesses to operate within the city. The item passed on a 4-0 vote, with council member McCord having been excused from the...
In addition to Steep Hill and Herbal Compliance's unorthodox investment vehicles looking to enter Arkansas' medical marijuana industry that is projected to grow to nearly $70 million in the next seven years, a host of other local and out-of-state investors, entrepreneurs and speculators also...
Becoming a success in the Oregon cannabis industry isn't out of your reach. Like any business, it will take perseverance, courage, and commitment. However, you will also need to be willing to deal with continually changing regulations, unfair taxation, banking issues, and the ever-present...
Take a black-market business that relies on cash. Move the business out of the shadows by giving it government oversight. Hire new regulators to keep watch on the business, all without any experience regulating a brand-new industry.
The result can be a recipe for government corruption...
The alcohol folks said Question 2 – which passed 54 percent to 45 percent – gave them the right to be the middleman: the people who transport the recreational marijuana from the growhouse to the store.
First Judicial District Judge James Wilson agreed. His ruling, which prevents the Nevada...
Take a black-market business that relies on cash. Move the business out of the shadows by giving it government oversight. Hire new regulators to keep watch on the business, all without any experience regulating a brand-new industry.
The result can be a recipe for government corruption...
Carlisle Village Council may repeal its moratorium for cultivation of medical marijuana as well as sell land in the village's business park for a marijuana grow facility.
Council will meet at 6 p.m. today to continue a discussion from its June 12 meeting on the land purchase and the proposed...
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox put domestic cannabis industry leaders on notice Tuesday at a marijuana business conference in Oakland that his nation and Canada intend to take the lead in the booming market for medical and recreational pot exports.
Fox told attendees at the National...
A proposed "urban gardening" business in Quincy Point was shut down this week after neighbors, city councilors and zoning board members expressed concern that the business would end up selling marijuana and associated paraphernalia.
"It's going to be pipes and bongs," said Mike McKenna, one...
Janis Holloway talks a lot about marijuana these days. And pretty soon Holloway, who holds a degree in biology and runs her own marketing company, hopes to be selling more of it than anyone else in the city.
"This opportunity with marijuana coming to the state of Pennsylvania at this point...
Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. "While the national unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest since 2001, Colorado's jobless rate is the nation's lowest at 2.3 percent," CNBC reported Monday.
According to...
A bipartisan amendment is under consideration by Congress that would allow federally-regulated banking institutions to do business with marijuana companies without fear of federal repercussions.
The amendment, brought forth by Florida Republican Matt Gaetz and Florida Democrat Darren Soto...
After City of Grand Forks heard a presentation on the potential legal ramifications of having a dispensary bylaw last week, questions arose from the gallery on the city's involvement in the recent RCMP action towards dispensaries in the city.
Dave Smith from Smithplan Consulting presented the...
You know what they say: when you have lemons, make lemonade. Or as Ryan Shaw would say, when you have marijuana, make a marijuana business.
While working in e-commerce business in Florida, an investor asked him about his opinion on marijuana legalization in Colorado. For $2,000, Ryan said he...
For years, lawmakers have introduced marijuana banking bills that have gone nowhere. Now, comes a new bill -- this one has the backing of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner and Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet. But it also includes sponsorship from Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren and...
Elise Warren came to Washington because she is tired of counting tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars every morning before opening her store.
That may sound like a fine problem to have, but for Warren, the manager of a legal marijuana dispensary in Corvallis, Oregon, operating a...
There's a crowd of a few dozen people mingling about the Capitol grounds in dark suits, striped ties, power dresses and sunglasses on a summer-like spring day in the nation's steamy capital. They look like they're ready for a Republican fundraiser, but they're actually marijuana business owners...