U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris announced a broad criminal justice policy overhaul as part of her presidential campaign Sept. 9, and cannabis legalization is a key component. Harris’ plan targets the war on drugs as an overarching concept—something she plans to end outright—and she homes in on cannabis legalization as... Read more

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris announced a broad criminal justice policy overhaul as part of her presidential campaign Sept. 9, and cannabis legalization is a key component. Harris’ plan targets the war on drugs as an overarching concept—something she plans to end outright—and she homes in on cannabis legalization as... Read more

Fall River, Mass., Mayor Jasiel Correia II was arrested Sept. 6 and charged with extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and campaign contributions out of local cannabis business owners by accepting bribes in exchange for license approval. Specific charges against Correia include: bribery, extortion conspiracy, extortion and... Read more

MedPharm, a Colorado-based cannabis research and formulation development company, announced Aug. 27 that it received word from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and has been selected to move forward in the application process to grow cannabis for research. This comes after the DEA’s Aug. 26 announcement that it will... Read more

Illinois will begin adult-use cannabis sales Jan. 1, 2020—a major Midwest story in its own right—but industry observers are pointing to the state’s suite of new energy standards as narrative to watch, a bellwether for what’s to come in the business.  Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the energy bill (H.B.... Read more

Editor’s note: This piece was originally included as a sidebar in Kenneth Morrow’s September 2019 column. I admire this simple example of sustainability done right… Anthony Myint is co-founder of several San Francisco restaurants, including Mission Chinese Food and Commonwealth. In April 2019, Myint and his partner Karen Leibowitz... Read more

Editor’s note: This piece was originally included as a sidebar in Kenneth Morrow’s September 2019 column. I admire this simple example of sustainability done right… Anthony Myint is co-founder of several San Francisco restaurants, including Mission Chinese Food and Commonwealth. In April 2019, Myint and his partner Karen Leibowitz... Read more

Fall River, Mass., Mayor Jasiel Correia II was arrested Sept. 6 and charged with extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and campaign contributions out of local cannabis business owners by accepting bribes in exchange for license approval. Specific charges against Correia include: bribery, extortion conspiracy, extortion and... Read more

Illinois will begin adult-use cannabis sales Jan. 1, 2020—a major Midwest story in its own right—but industry observers are pointing to the state’s suite of new energy standards as narrative to watch, a bellwether for what’s to come in the business.  Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the energy bill (H.B.... Read more

DENVER, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ PRESS RELEASE — Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. (OTCQX: MDCL) (“Medicine Man Technologies” or the “Company”), announced today that it has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire Colorado Harvest Company (“Colorado Harvest”), an operator of two leading cannabis dispensaries in Denver and one in nearby Aurora.  Under the terms... Read more