‘We don’t exactly know what to do with it’: Marijuana tourism still confounds legalized states
Tourism officials in several marijuana-friendly states say they’re watching the industry closely while others are champing at the bit to make a move.
Alicia Wallace is a business reporter who specializes in covering the cannabis industry for The Denver Post and, formerly, for its web vertical The Cannabist. In her 15 years as a business news reporter, her coverage has spanned topics such as the economy, Sports Authority, craft beer, airlines, biotech, technology and natural foods.
Tourism officials in several marijuana-friendly states say they’re watching the industry closely while others are champing at the bit to make a move.
This pro-legalization business magnate is the biggest billionaire contributor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid.
MassRoots Inc. has cut more than 40 percent of its workforce and recently defaulted on debt payments, the Denver-based firm disclosed.
The National Fire Protection Association is steps closer to adding a chapter on marijuana grow and processing facilities to its NFPA 1, Fire Code.
Montel Williams, the former TV talk show host, spoke with The Cannabist about his new medical marijuana company, LenitivLabs.
A Globe and Mail investigation revealed that government officials did not act after receiving tests showing tainted retail pot being sold.
In its quest to invest a half-billion dollars in the marijuana-centric hydroponics space, gardening giant Scotts Miracle-Gro is one of the first corporate behemoths to gamble on America’s burgeoning legal cannabis industry.
Adult-use and medical marijuana legalization ballot issues could equate to $7.8 billion in legal cannabis sales by 2020, according to a new report.
Hemp soap company Dr. Bronner’s plans to contribute upward of $660,000 to marijuana legalization campaigns in five states.
Colorado tourism officials are not actively going to promote the state’s legal marijuana industry any time soon, but they are ramping up educational and informational efforts around the issue, the state’s tourism director said Friday.
In Massachusetts, a group of beer distributors tossed in $25,000 to anti-legalization efforts, the Intercept reported this week.
An Oakland-based startup just announced that its marijuana breathalyzer successfully completed roadside field testing by law enforcement officers. But there are still hurdles to clear before the product goes wide. Here are the latest developments.
The latest poll shows that marijuana legalization is trending favorably among California voters, the Orange County Register reported this week.
Colorado’s monthly marijuana sales notched an all-time high in July as shops sold nearly $122.7 million of medical and recreational cannabis.
California legalizing marijuana could create a $6.5 billion industry in 2020 and serve as a “watershed moment” for the industry, according to a study released Tuesday.
Medical marijuana advocates say the industry could generate upward of $69 million in annual revenue for Puerto Rico, which is in an economic crisis.
Marijuana proponents have been highlighting the government-owned Patent No. 6,630,507. But the issue and the patent itself aren’t black and white.
The Cannabist provides a breakdown of how the four leading 2016 presidential candidates view the issue of marijuana.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration filed documents with the Federal Register on Thursday outlining its denial of petitions to reschedule marijuana.
The National Conference of State Legislators passed a resolution recommending that marijuana be removed as a Schedule I substance to allow for banking.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will deny requests that it change the legal classification of marijuana and reject arguments that marijuana has medical value, according to multiple news reports.
Scotts Miracle-Gro is hiking its holdings in hydroponics by shelling out $136 million for Gavita and inking a deal for Arizona’s Botanicare.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer is continuing a push to allow Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss medical marijuana with their patients.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is still considering whether to reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.
Puerto Rico, which started drafting its framework in January, could see its first sales under the new program in a matter of months, the general counsel for the U.S. territory’s Department of Health told The Cannabist.
A lawmaker is making an eleventh-hour push to get marijuana legalization on the ballot this November in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
Talks are underway to legalize cannabis in Italy, and they’re coming with plenty of contention from the likes of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Boston Globe found that dispensaries are shelling out loads of money to be able to operate in Massachusetts towns and cities.
Colorado residents seeking the use of medical marijuana to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are taking their case to the state Court of Appeals.
Despite the public policy adoption of medical marijuana as a treatment for PTSD, questions loom for some in the medical and mental health communities.
Veteran Stephen Otero’s PTSD symptoms led to a suicide attempt. Otero, now with a healthy lifestyle and marijuana as medicine, hopes to help other vets.
Boulder’s Terrapin Care Station has landed in Denver proper by acquiring Denver Relief, one of the longest operating dispensaries in Colorado.
Employment is growing faster in Colorado, housing is hotter and incomes are higher, according to a report by the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business.
A state-by-state rundown of the recreational and medical marijuana ballot initiatives going before voters in November 2016.
California’s pot-legalizing Proposition 64 comes four years after Colorado’s successful pot-legalizing Amendment 64.
In the first five months of the year, Colorado marijuana sales already were starting to flirt with the half-billion mark.
Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn tells Forbes he plans to invest $500 million to lure more customers who are growing marijuana at home or commercially.