As 2022 legislative sessions have ended for roughly half of state legislatures in the U.S., adult-use cannabis legalization proposals have remained unfinished business.   Rhode Island is on course to change that. House and Senate lawmakers sponsoring companion legislation—Senate Bill 2430 and House Bill 7593—that aims to legalized the... Read more

As 2022 legislative sessions have ended for roughly half of state legislatures in the U.S., adult-use cannabis legalization proposals have remained unfinished business.   Rhode Island is on course to change that. House and Senate lawmakers sponsoring companion legislation—Senate Bill 2430 and House Bill 7593—that aims to legalized the... Read more

As 2022 legislative sessions have ended for roughly half of state legislatures in the U.S., adult-use cannabis legalization proposals have remained unfinished business.   Rhode Island is on course to change that. House and Senate lawmakers sponsoring companion legislation—Senate Bill 2430 and House Bill 7593—that aims to legalized the... Read more

Ohioans hoping to voice their opinions on legalizing adult-use cannabis via this election cycle will have to wait until next year. Ballot initiative organizers from the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) announced May 13 they will suspend their 2022 campaign and aim for 2023 instead, The Cincinnati... Read more

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect Newsom’s thanks of Sen. Steven Bradford, who introduced Senate Bill 1281 in February. Last updated at 3:48 p.m. ET, May 13. In the latest revision of his proposed 2022-2023 state budget announced May 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to address... Read more

Full Moon Farms  Another spring planting season for California’s legal cannabis growers is a time for optimism, an outlook curbed by a bevy of issues holding back the industry from its full potential. Operators interviewed by Cannabis Business Times pointed to an ongoing supply glut, ever-changing state regulations and... Read more

Full Moon Farms  Another spring planting season for California’s legal cannabis growers is a time for optimism, an outlook curbed by a bevy of issues holding back the industry from its full potential. Operators interviewed by Cannabis Business Times pointed to an ongoing supply glut, ever-changing state regulations and... Read more

Full Moon Farms  Another spring planting season for California’s legal cannabis growers is a time for optimism, an outlook curbed by a bevy of issues holding back the industry from its full potential. Operators interviewed by Cannabis Business Times pointed to an ongoing supply glut, ever-changing state regulations and... Read more

BUFFALO, New York, May 16, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – 22nd Century Group., an agricultural biotechnology company dedicated to improving human health with reduced nicotine tobacco, hemp/cannabis and hops advanced plant technology, announced the acquisition of privately held GVB Biopharma. As a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), GVB is... Read more

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-NV, announced last week that she led a bipartisan group of more than 20 of her colleagues to urge congressional leadership to act on banking reform for the cannabis industry. A group of 24 senators wrote a letter to Senate and House leaders May 12,... Read more