Published: Dec 8, 2017, 2:37 pm • Updated: Dec 8, 2017, 3:48 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A “blank check” company focused on acquiring ancillary businesses to the cannabis industry has filed registration documents for a future $50 million initial public offering, regulatory filings show. MTech Acquisition Corp., a newly formed firm headquartered […]
Published: Feb 12, 2018, 3:14 pm • Updated: Feb 12, 2018, 3:15 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The cannabis industry is in a unique position to reshape and redefine Corporate Social Responsibility by creating a better version of so-called “corporate citizenship”– and making it the new standard in a rapidly growing sector. Industry […]
Published: Sep 19, 2017, 7:51 am • Updated: Sep 19, 2017, 7:53 am By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — Many of the Massachusetts voters who opened the door to legal marijuana are closing the door to pot shops that want to operate in their communities, raising questions about how strong a foothold the […]
Published: Nov 1, 2017, 8:46 am • Updated: Nov 1, 2017, 8:57 am By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board The following editorial was published in the The Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2017: President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated announcement addressing the epidemic of opioid addiction was — ah, how to put this diplomatically — more […]
Published: Oct 23, 2017, 4:41 pm • Updated: Oct 23, 2017, 4:41 pm By The Associated Press A legislative effort to rewrite the Maine recreational marijuana sales law so far lacks enough votes in the House to become law. The Maine House voted 85-53 on Monday evening on comprehensive regulations backed by the Legislature’s marijuana […]
Published: Feb 26, 2018, 6:43 pm • Updated: Feb 28, 2018, 3:00 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit pitting a diverse cadre of cannabis advocates against Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The complaint filed in the Southern District of New York last […]
Published: Nov 7, 2017, 11:15 am • Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 11:19 am By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s county prosecutors remain vehemently opposed to any form of marijuana legalization and insist the plant “is not medicine.” That’s according to a letter the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys has sent to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s […]
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 8:05 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 8:11 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a preliminary report on Monday stating that its “first and most urgent recommendation” is for the president to “declare a national emergency under […]
Published: Aug 4, 2017, 2:35 pm • Updated: Aug 4, 2017, 2:35 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Herban Space founder Cliff Gordon. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • While Denver works out how to enact its first-of-its-kind voter-approved social marijuana use initiative, some spaces are finding ways […]
DENVER — A month after a Texas health agency proposed cracking down on CBD, the cannabis industry is actively trying to change the minds of health authorities about CBD to keep the products on shelves throughout the state. The confusion started in March, when the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced a draft […]