Dec 1, 2018 | Colorado, Florida, Laws, Massachusetts |
A common thread among states that have approved medical and/or recreational marijuana relates to state governments which don’t entirely listen to the voices of their constituents. Time and again, the people vote for medical marijuana or adult-use marijuana, but what...
Sep 28, 2018 | Business, Colorado, Fees, Local Rules, Marijuana Licenses, Massachusetts |
Local marijuana license fees can have a significant impact in a state’s marijuana industry. Excessive local fees made the news last year when Mass Medi Spa failed to make a $100,000 community revenue sharing payment to the town of Norwell, Massachusetts. That fee,...
Apr 27, 2018 | Business, California, Colorado, Massachusetts |
Big marijuana might be closer to becoming a reality than you think. Over the course of the past year, we’ve seen Constellation Brands (a leading wine, beer, and spirits company around the world) acquire a stake in Canopy Growth to develop marijuana-infused products....
Jan 24, 2018 | Laws, Massachusetts |
Ahead of schedule, the Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) has filed draft regulations that will be the tentative framework for the regulatory system in Massachusetts. These rules are subject to change based on public comments in the following two months. A final...
Nov 28, 2017 | Arkansas, California, Canada, Florida, Marijuana Industry, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
The Cannabiz Media team attended MJBizCon in Las Vegas this month where we listened to a variety of insightful speaker presentations, spoke with a long list of people working in different sectors of the marijuana industry, and showed off the Cannabiz Media Database,...
Aug 4, 2017 | Arizona, Banking, Finance & Investing, Canada, Florida, Marijuana Licenses, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada |
A significant part of the value of a marijuana business is its marijuana license. This is a fact that Canadian investors and companies understand, and it’s prompting many of them to invest tens of millions of dollars into U.S. marijuana businesses. For example, in May...