As harvest season winds up, many cannabis companies prefer to grow outdoors, despite challenges
ColoradoMarijuana Industry News October 17, 2022 0
For cannabis growers who plant outdoors, turning leaves signify the fall harvest. During the month of October — colloquially known as Croptober — cultivators throughout Colorado cut down their marijuana fields, the first step in the plants’ journey to reach consumers at dispensaries. Growing outside is reminiscent of the... Read more
‘This can be done right’: how Colorado sparked a decade of marijuana reform
ColoradoMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana October 16, 2022 0
Ten years ago voters in Colorado approved a ballot measure called Amendment 64 that legalized cannabis for adult, recreational use. This not only created a booming avenue of tourism for Denver – which became the Las Vegas of legal weed – but sparked a domino effect of similar reforms across the... Read more
New details show sprawling web of corruption in Southern California cannabis licensing
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News October 16, 2022 0
As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared local government officials from the Inland Empire to the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles County. Federal... Read more
Mass. Cannabis Regulator Confirms It Learned About Workplace-Related Death in January
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusetts October 16, 2022 0
In response to an inquiry, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has confirmed that it first learned about the work-related death of Trulieve employee Lorna McMurrey “on or around January 10.” McMurrey, who worked at Trulieve’s cultivation facility in Holyoke, died January 7, 2022, of “occupational asthma due to exposure... Read more
Mass. cannabis commission rebuffs license applicant over ties to agency’s chairwoman
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusetts October 14, 2022 0
Cannabis Control Commission suggests Greenfield Greenery removed Shannon O’Brien without approval Just over a month into her tenure as the state’s new top marijuana regulator, former Massachusetts treasurer Shannon O’Brien is mired in an awkward controversy over her previous ownership of a pot company. The state Cannabis Control Commission... Read more
