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Banking institutions are in a race to allow cannabis businesses ahead of imminent changes in the way cannabis is classified at the federal level, according to…

Minnesota’s newly appointed head of its Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), Erin DuPree, estimates that it will take about two or three years before the state…

A study conducted by Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) found 45% of medical cannabis samples subject to the same testing as adult-use products would have…

Photo: Grasslands Conferences and trade shows are excellent ways for professionals to learn, engage, and find new opportunities. But everyone knows the real business happens after…

Payments processing firm Square announced this week that it was partnering with cannabis e-commerce company Jane Technologies to enter the Canadian cannabis market. Square — which…

A crackdown by authorities in Kay County, Oklahoma led to the confiscation of 4,800 pounds of cannabis and five businesses shut down, KOCO reports. The operation…

Cannabis technology firm Leafly is suing cannabis regulators in New York over the state’s third-party marketing ban included in its recent regulations package, Spectrum News reports.…

Longtime Michigan cannabis activist Dale “Rick” Johnson died on Monday following a battle with cancer, MLive reports. Johnson was 57-years-old.  Johson began full-time activism for cannabis policy…

In a video previously posted online of its September 12 meeting, New York’s Office of Cannabis Management scrubbed the public comment period, which included complaints about…

Photo: Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock For many operators in the industry struggling to survive, marketing has become all but an afterthought. It’s easy to play the…