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As we close out the first month of 2017, it’s a good time to reflect on how far marijuana licensing has come in the past 12 months—and what a year it’s been!Throughout 2016, a few topics dominated the marijuana licensing conversation ...
February 1, 2017
Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states, but the amount of research that has been conducted related to the medical benefits of marijuana is still limited. That is because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.
January 21, 2017
Nearly every business relies on technology in some way to operate. Without it, many businesses will have to stop operations entirely. It’s a very real problem that we’ve seen often in the news, and now, technology risks are affecting the marijuana industry on a large scale.
January 12, 2017
In November 2016, Massachusetts was among four states whose residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana, but a new bill signed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on December 31, 2016 will slow things down considerably.
January 7, 2017
In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Cannabiz Media’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Ed Keating, shared some of the strangest marijuana laws on the books across the 29 states that have legalized medical and/or recreational marijuana.
December 28, 2016
In the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition, Cannabiz Media identified the four most important conditions that a state has to cover in its medical marijuana program in order for businesses operating in the industry to have the greatest potential for success.
December 8, 2016
This month, Cannabiz Media launched the Cannabiz Media Database and the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition. Throughout the development of the database and the research and writing of the reference guide, ...
December 3, 2016
I spent the past week at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo (MJBIZCON) in Las Vegas, Nevada where Cannabiz Media launched our new Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition as well as the Cannabiz Media Database and Directory.
November 25, 2016
Every day, business owners and operators, investors, business professionals, financial experts, regulators, lobbyists, government officials, journalists and more look for reliable and up-to-date information about the rapidly growing and changing marijuana industry.
November 16, 2016
Cannabiz Media officially launched the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo (MJBIZCon) today with its publishing partner, Business Valuation Resources (BVR)—the leading ...
November 16, 2016
November 8, 2016 will go down in history as a big day for marijuana. Voters in eight out of nine states with marijuana-related questions on Election Day ballots said “Yes” to approve recreational or medical marijuana.
November 10, 2016
2016 is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for cannabis legalization, with voters in nine states seeing ballot measures as they vote next week. Voters in five states with existing medical marijuana programs—Arizona, California, Maine, ...
November 8, 2016
New York isn’t the only state with overly restrictive medical marijuana regulations, but it is the state in the news about it during the past week. As USA Today reports, counties in the state of New York are experiencing huge gaps between ...
November 3, 2016
A total of six cultivators were awarded licenses to grow, process, and sell marijuana in Florida in November 2015, but as Crain’s Orlando reports, a year has passed and only two dispensaries are up and running in the state so far.
November 1, 2016
The November vote is almost here, and five states will be voting on whether or not to legalize marijuana – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada. If all five states end up legalizing marijuana, that would mean a total of 10 states ...
October 21, 2016
It’s not easy to cross state lines in the marijuana industry. Cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, and as we outline in detail in Cannabiz Media’s upcoming Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition (click here to be notified when the ...
October 13, 2016
It took eight years, but a regulatory framework for growing and selling medical marijuana in Michigan has been finalized at last. Unfortunately, the regulations favor over-regulation — something that Cannabiz Media reveals as a factor that limits ...
October 7, 2016
The November election is almost here, and for many local communities around the country, it’s an opportunity to weigh in on the medical and recreational marijuana industries. You see, there is only one constant in the marijuana industry –
September 23, 2016
Marijuana might still be illegal at the federal level but for the country’s top bankers and investors, it’s part of an industry they can’t resist. In fact, investors’ interests in the marijuana industry have been growing steadily, and with five states ...
August 25, 2016
Minnesota’s medical marijuana economy isn’t booming, and there’s one primary reason for the industry’s struggle – regulations. According to information obtained by The Associated Press and reported by CBS, the two licensed medical marijuana ...
August 20, 2016
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