As marijuana becomes less socially controversial, the industry grows. While 27 states have yet to make medical marijuana legal, states like Oregon are leading the way for those that have, and two marijuana bills that Oregon Governor ...
March 14, 2016
In many states, the costs to obtain and maintain a business-related marijuana license are very high. For example, in Connecticut, a marijuana grower has to pay a $25,000 application fee, a $75,000 registration fee, and a $75,000 annual renewal fee.
March 4, 2016
The law of supply and demand is at work in the marijuana industry with the price of acquiring a business that has a marijuana license rising to a premium. That’s because in most of the states where marijuana has been legalized for medical ...
February 26, 2016
Alaska is one of only four states that have legalized commercial marijuana for recreational use. At this point, all four states run their marijuana retail industries like their liquor retail industries.
February 17, 2016
While marijuana businesses wait for new laws to be passed, there is no shortage of suggestions for how to solve the marijuana banking problem.
February 15, 2016
According to a new study by HelloMD, 84% of medical marijuana patients strongly agree that medical marijuana relieves pain and symptoms from a variety of ailments with few to no negative side effects. Furthermore, 94% of patients with medical ...
February 4, 2016
Every January since 2012, a report has been submitted from the Colorado Revenue Department to the chief clerk of the state’s House of Representatives and with the Secretary of the Senate. These reports include information about medical ...
January 28, 2016
Under a merger agreement, marijuana-focused agriculture company Terra Tech Corp. will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of retail medical marijuana dispensary Blum Oakland, which is located in Oakland, California.
January 25, 2016
In many states where marijuana has been legalized in some manner, the people’s voices really do matter, and those voices are playing a significant role in marijuana regulations. In fact, some states aren’t just talking the talk when ...
January 14, 2016
When you think of the marijuana economy, the first types of businesses that you’d expect to link with the industry are the primary players—growers, producers, dispensaries, and even testing labs. But the marijuana industry ...
January 7, 2016
The New Year is almost here, so naturally, it’s time for all kinds of predictions, including marijuana legalization predictions. Full-scale legalization (meaning marijuana is legalized for both medical and recreational use) has only come to four states ...
December 29, 2015
If you thought marijuana licensing was slow in Florida, then you’ll think the licensed marijuana economy in Maryland is moving at an absolutely glacial pace. In Maryland, medical marijuana was legalized in 2013.
December 24, 2015
Washington State has one of the most progressive licensed marijuana economies in the country. Never has that been more obvious than it was this past week when the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) heard recommendations ...
December 22, 2015
It’s not just the weather and thousands of miles that separate Florida from Colorado. Adding to the list of differences between the beach lover’s paradise and the skier’s dream is the marijuana industry.
December 18, 2015
Businesses want in on the growing marijuana industry. This fact was obvious at the Fall 2015 Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas last month when over 5,000 people gathered to listen to over 70 speakers and over 230 exhibitors talk about the marijuana industry.
December 16, 2015
There are approximately 8,000 businesses, products, and individuals participating in the Connecticut marijuana economy in 2015, and every one of them needs to pay for some type of license or registration to test, grow, produce, sell, or buy marijuana.
December 9, 2015
Getting any type of marijuana license is challenging, but Connecticut certainly wins the prize for one of the most rigid marijuana licensing systems. In Cannabiz’s new free report, Tracking the Connecticut Licensed Marijuana Economy:
December 3, 2015
