Calling it “another step in the wrong direction,” Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers last week vetoed legislation that would have created new, stiff penalties for certain cannabis convictions. The first-term Democrat vetoed a Republican-supported bill on Friday that would have established harsher and separate penalties for manufacturing and distributing cannabis... Read more
Colorado employers would be prohibited from denying employment to or firing workers because of their off-the-clock cannabis use – either medical or recreational – under a measure introduced last week at the statehouse. House Bill 1152 would also require employers to let their workers consume medical marijuana while on the... Read more
Hundreds of vape cartridges sold at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania have been recalled because they contain ingredients that weren’t approved for inhalation, state health officials said. The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday released a list of more than 500 vaporized marijuana products with some “added ingredients” that... Read more
Photo By CannabisCamera.com by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations It may only be February, but the NCIA government relations team has been busy at work this year advocating for you and your business! Just over the last month, the SAFE Banking Act passed the House... Read more
Schwazze Closes New Mexico Acquisition Achieves Regional Operator Status with Acquisition of: Reynold Greenleaf & Associates, R. Greenleaf Organics, Medzen Services, Elemental Kitchen & Laboratories DENVER, Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Schwazze, (OTCQX: SHWZ) (“Schwazze” or the “Company”), one of the largest vertically integrated cannabis operators in Colorado, is pleased to announced that it has closed the transaction to acquire substantially all the... Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued sweeping changes to the state’s medical cannabis program this month, banning hundreds of products it says have fallen short of federal regulations. Local television station WHTM reported that the department is “is banning the use of products that contain additives not approved by... Read more
The push to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in Pennsylvania follows legalization moves in neighboring New Jersey and New York. A Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate committee on Monday held what was billed as the first of a series of hearings on the potential legalization of recreational marijuana use for adults.... Read more
FARMACEUTICALRX Closes $34.0 Million In Debt Financing From Chicago Atlantic to Expand its Medical Marijuana Operations in Ohio CHICAGO and PITTSBURGH, Feb. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FARMACEUTICALRX, one of the largest producers of premium organic medical marijuana products in the US market, (“FARMACEUTICALRX” or the “Company”), today announced that... Read more
Red White & Bloom Closes Acquisition of PharmaCo with 21 Cannabis Licenses State transfers 21 medical and adult-use cannabis licenses to RWB Michigan, LLC. Acquisition includes: Eight fully operating dispensaries (five dually licensed); Two operational indoor cultivation facilities totaling over 30,000 sq. ft.; One municipally licensed 10-acre outdoor cultivation... Read more
Exclusive Interview with Glass House Brands Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Kyle Kazan Glass House Brands (NEO: GLAS.A.U) (OTCQX: GLASF) is pursuing the ambitious goal of rolling out the largest cultivation footprint in cannabis. The California-centric company may be a single-state operator, but it has an enterprise value of more... Read more
