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On August 1, 2017, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced The Marijuana Justice Act, an unprecedented bill that, if passed, would legalize marijuana nationwide. Although most regard the bill as "unpassable", current cannabis industry entrepreneurs should have at least been prompted to consider...

If you want to see the problems facing women in business, look no further than the cannabis industry. Not long ago the marijuana business was way ahead of U.S. business overall in the leadership positions held by women. But as the industry has become more mature and more mainstream, instead...

In what may be another sign of marijuana's growing mainstream appeal, two experienced marketing and public relations professionals have started a new business aimed at providing communications for marijuana businesses. With changes coming in how medical marijuana is regulated in the state and...

With Washington State's recent moves to allow owners of marijuana retailers to have ownership interests in up to five licensed retail stores and to allow owners of licensed producers to have an interest in up to three licenses, the acquisition market in Washington remains extremely active...

Nevada's gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state's latest legal vice — recreational marijuana — and they've made it clear that pot doesn't belong in casinos. In the first of a series of policy discussions, the Nevada Gaming Commission reiterated that as long as...

Nevada's gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state's latest legal vice – recreational marijuana– and they've made it clear that pot doesn't belong in casinos. In the first of a series of policy discussions on Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission reiterated that as...

The industry's first black master grower Aaron McCrary says he's worked in every role in marijuana cultivation, from "the street corner now to the boardroom." The co-owner and operator of Zion Gardens cultivation facility in North Las Vegas, McCrary spoke with the Las Vegas Sun about his...

Denver’s voter-authorized program to allow social marijuana use at some businesses is ready for launch, city officials said Thursday as they announced they were ready to accept applications. But the initial batch of license requests for the first-of-its-kind program may not come in immediately...

When recreational marijuana stores opened in July, thousands took advantage of its legalization. And that created confusion in the gaming industry. Let's start with a few basic premises. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission are vested with exceedingly broad discretion...

The Nevada City Council approved the application procedure and fee structure for medical cannabis businesses – excluding dispensaries – Wednesday night, with a slight tweak to the price tag. An initial staff report said prospective business owners would have to pay up to $4,500 in fees. The...

Further spurred by the recently enacted Prop 64 legalizing recreational marijuana State Treasurer John Chiang is convening the final in a series of events geared to enable the cannabis industry to do its banking publicly. Scheduled for tomorrow in Los Angeles is the last of six meetings that...

In November 2016, Dan Osborne voted "no" to Proposition 64 in California, the measure to legalize marijuana for recreational use. He smoked pot in high school, but that was a long time ago, and his perspectives have changed. "I'm a dad and a grandpa. So we've got a responsibility," says...

Three years ago I made the most difficult decision of my life. I decided to start a cannabis business with my best friend, Cindy. It was terrifying for so many reasons: neither of us had any business experience, cannabis is federally illegal, and I had never even tried cannabis. Cindy and I...

Vermont Business Magazine A Vermont startup in Quechee is the recipient of funding to support development of the cannabis industry. Its branding employs Vermont's most famous political name: Redfield Proctor. The investor, Canopy(link is external) of Boulder, Colorado, is a venture fund and...

Future cannabis business owners can now apply for cannabis business licenses from the Department of Revenue and Taxation after Gov. Eddie Calvo signed Bill 69-34 into law last week. Public Law 34-24 allows DRT to collect fees and issue business licenses for the commercial cultivation...

The owners of a now-closed "luxury smoke lounge" on Trinidad's dispensary-clogged Main Street have filed suit against the city's mayor, police, city council and district attorney, claiming that shifting local policies about pot consumption and weed-related signage doomed their business. But...

Though I very much want states (and our clients) to follow the federal government's "robust regulation" directives in the 2013 Cole Memo, I can't help but bemoan when "robust" state cannabis regulations take the fun and creativity out of cannabis business operations. Over the years, clients...

SoDo pot shops have already begun changing out signs and billboards — bracing for the impacts of a new law that goes in effect on Sunday. "No sandwich boards, no flags, no sign spinners — the things people are putting value judgments on that they find unappealing or gross," said Oscar...

When the co-owners of Happy Harvesting Co., Eleanor Sauerborn and Jessica Thornhill, needed general liability and workers compensation insurance for their Bend-based bud-trimming business, they found it through Oregon Cannabis Insurance, a Medford-based company with offices in Portland and Bend...

Women have moved into the marijuana industry in impressive numbers, making up a large segment of both customers of the product and the entrepreneurs producing it. One study showed that women make up 36 percent of the executives in the marijuana industry, with the numbers especially high in...