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The Oregon Health Authority may announce changes today to the regulations on pesticide testing to address widespread discontent within the legal marijuana business community. Thursday, spokesman Jonathan Modie said he did not know specifically what the changes would address. "These are growing...

When: Wed, April 12, 2017 - Thu, April 13, 2017 Where: Phoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 Contact: info@imperiousexpo.com (903) 595-0633 Imperious expos focus on developing business for medical and industrial cannabis while not excluding recreational trade. Take home...

Cannon Beach - Inquiries yes, but applications have yet to be filed in Cannon Beach for a retail cannabis outlet. Voters knocked down a retail cannabis prohibition at the polls on Election Day. By voting "no" to prohibition, they green-lighted the retail licensing of cannabis dispensaries in...

In an anonymous industrial park in North Sacramento, the seeds for a potentially lucrative business are being planted, but you'd never know it just driving by. "We are interested in a business that is discreet," said Nasser Azimi, 57, who used to run computer systems for the state but now...

Staying ahead of the marijuana tourism curve, weed fans are about to be able to take advantage of new rules in Denver that ease restrictions on where you can smoke. "A new law in Denver, Colorado, that allows legal weed in certain bars and restaurants could give the state's "canna-tourism"...

Sales of legal marijuana in Washington State since the opening of the first legal store have officially topped $1 billion, with more product sold every year since legalization. While many wondered what the effects of legalizing marijuana would be, with those kinds of sales, one outcome is...

Uncertainty. That's the easiest way to summarize the legal climate for cannabis entrepreneurs after Donald Trump's election as president, according to a panel of political experts Wednesday at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. While those on the panel generally agreed the...

Four more states have legalized marijuana this year, making the nascent cannabis industry that much more profitable. While a handful of conferences dedicated to the cannabis space have already seen success, those who want to get involved can expect a rush of opportunities in the near future...

Four more states have legalized marijuana this year, making the nascent cannabis industry that much more profitable. While a handful of conferences dedicated to the cannabis space have already seen success, those who want to get involved can expect a rush of opportunities in the near future...

An Anchorage marijuana business that ran afoul of state regulations will be let off with a warning. On Thursday, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board heard from director Cindy Franklin, who said the owners of Arctic Herbery will not be prosecuted for the first alleged violation of Alaska's...

Marijuana is serious business. It's not just that sketchy brown bag handed off under a high school lunch table (à la every '90s after-school special ever) anymore - it's a legitimate market, and local businesspeople are ready to start treating it that way. On Nov. 7, cannabis farmers and...

Fear that a new, Republican occupant of the White House next year will crack down on legal marijuana in Oregon is misplaced, said some in the business Wednesday. Instead, they see in Donald Trump, the president-elect, an advocate for states' rights and small business. "I think we have a...

Opponents of Question 4 paint it as a measure that will bring marijuana to Massachusetts, make it available to minors, and create a large marijuana industry in the state. In fact, we have marijuana, it's readily available to minors, and there's already a large marijuana industry. The only...

Kimberley Council received another application for a medical marijuana dispensary last week. The city became the first municipality in the province to grant a business license to a medical marijuana dispensary in June of 2015. Since that time, Tamarack Dispensaries has operated in Marysville...

Kimberley Council received another application for a medical marijuana dispensary last week. The city became the first municipality in the province to grant a business license to a medical marijuana dispensary in June of 2015. Since that time, Tamarack Dispensaries has operated in Marysville...

The future of the Desert Hot Springs business community is bright, at least according to residents and business owners who attended the city's business summit. While the event Wednesday didn't focus exclusively on the cannabis industry, it certainly stood out as cultivators talked about the...

Several times per month someone will ask me how can they break into the cannabis industry. They've heard how lucrative dispensaries are, and often people believe that that's the only place to enter. Not true! Any of your existing skills and expertise can be aligned with the cannabis industry...

California's state capital region could reap 20,000 jobs and generate $4.2-B in business if it becomes a hub for a legalized marijuana industry, a study released Monday showed. The report from the University of the Pacific in Stockton was commissioned by the cannabis investment company Truth...

Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy people...

Initiative 300 on the Denver city ballot would create a mechanism to allow use in public at businesses that obtain a license from the city, similar to a liquor license. This would give tourists, people who live in federally subsidized housing, people whose landlords or HOAs don't allow smoking...