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State regulations make it hard for cannabis companies to focus on sustainability. That doesn’t mean they’re not trying.
If there's any marker that the cannabis industry isn't slowing down, it's just how many people are now working in it.
The legal cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth over the past few years, and it continues to improve each day.
Figures Statistics Canada released last month show that cannabis sales topped $43 million during the two-week period following legalization.
The state’s first and largest medical marijuana provider, Trulieve, signed an exclusive deal to bring high-end edible marijuana products to Florida, the company announced Wednesday.
As more states legalize marijuana, companies are betting big on people wanting to sip, rather than smoke, their weed.
Through November, the state brought in just over $1 million from the gross receipts tax alone, according to state Department of Revenue data.
New average market rates for products grown for retail purposes help state calculate excise tax collections.
What is believed to be Maine’s first marijuana convenience store, one of only a handful in operation in the country, will open Thursday in Portland.
There’s “still a really strong need” for specialty insurance to cover cannabis businesses as well as medical professionals prescribing cannabis, according to an attorney who specializes in the sector.
The two Massachusetts marijuana retail stores pulled in $2.2 million in gross sales, according to data released by the state Cannabis Control Commission.
Recreational marijuana sales in Oregon will be nearly $543 million this year, up 29 percent from 2017 and well above economists' expectations, forecasts show.
Cannabis retailers are pushing "Green Wednesday," the day before Thanksgiving, as the Black Friday for marijuana users.
The future of cannabis cultivation isn't in massive grow facilities with high-tech lights and complex temperature control systems. It's out in the open air, according to proponents of the sun-grown movement.
The Nevada Department of Taxation reported on Wednesday that in August, the state collected $8.1 million in taxes alone from cannabis sales. That’s $3.2 million more than the same time last year.
With the passage of Proposal 1 in last Tuesday's midterm election, Michigan attorneys are gearing up for an influx of people interested in the business side of the budding marijuana industry.
Instead of creating a whole new system of specialized stores to distribute marijuana when it becomes legal, New York should just allow existing liquor and wine retail outlets to sell cannabis to adults. That’s the position of a new advocacy effort launched by owners of booze shops this month.