North Macedonia Awaits Marijuana Laws to Become a ‘Cannabis Superpower’ March 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Europe 0 Comments In a desolate industrial zone of this capital city, a cannabis grow house is under construction that, when finished, will span 178,000 square feet, about the size of a Walmart superstore. At full capacity, 17 tons of marijuana a year,… Read More→
Aurora Cannabis Marijuana Peak Production Leaps Higher April 13, 2019 AggregatedNews Cultivation 0 Comments Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) is Canada's second-largest marijuana company by revenue behind Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), but expansion projects could catapult it into first place someday. Aurora Cannabis went into this week with funded expansion projects targeting over 550,000 kilograms annually and exiting this week, its… Read More→
Michigan’s medical marijuana dispensaries could run out of pot to buy November 16, 2018 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The 40 newly licensed medical marijuana dispensaries around the state are facing a shortage of pot from licensed growers, meaning some may have to shut their doors until spring. Michigan so far has licensed only 12 marijuana growers. From the time of… Read More→
Ohio’s new medical marijuana industry has a big problem: What to do with its money. October 19, 2018 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments When Ohio's medical marijuana dispensaries finally open their doors later this year or early next year, they're expected to rake in a ton of cash. But they're unlikely to head straight to the bank with it. Most banks and credit unions… Read More→
Mandatory Testing Costly For Colorado Marijuana Growers August 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Colorado, Compliance and Regulations 1 Comment New mandatory marijuana pesticide testing in Colorado is putting a financial squeeze on local cultivators to the tune of thousands of dollars in increased costs. The added expense is the latest financial blow to hit the state’s cultivators, which are… Read More→
Oklahoma’s Medical Marijuana Industry Will Be Cash-Only August 6, 2018 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments Oklahoma’s adoption of medical marijuana will be green in more ways than one: Retail dispensaries, processors, growing operations and tax agencies will have to work within a cash-only industry. With marijuana still illegal at the federal level, businesses involved in… Read More→
Boston Approves Zoning Regulations For Marijuana Businesses April 12, 2018 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Recreational marijuana businesses are welcome to set up shop on the main streets of Boston, but cannot cluster near one another, under new rules approved by city zoning officials Wednesday. Approved by the Boston Zoning Commission on an 8-1 vote,… Read More→
California Considers Cutting Marijuana Taxes To Draw Legal Customers March 16, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Less than three months after California launched legal marijuana sales for adults, the state could consider temporarily slashing hefty tax rates that some say are driving buyers into the black market. Growers and sellers in the nation’s largest legal… Read More→
Oregon Marijuana Prices Plummet As More Producers Appear February 16, 2018 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments The retail and wholesale prices of pot in Oregon are falling with the proliferation of producers and recreational marijuana shops, according to an analysis by a state economist. “The biggest thing is just competition,” said Josh Lehner, an economist with… Read More→
Northern California County Turns Back On Growers – Votes To Ban Marijuana January 17, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments A previously pot friendly rural Northern California county has reversed course and banned commercial marijuana farms, paving the way for lawsuits from growers who previously received permits and paid taxes. A newly constituted Calaveras County board of supervisors last week… Read More→
Nevada Marijuana Growers Worry As New Regulations Arrive January 17, 2018 AggregatedNews Nevada 0 Comments Nevada marijuana growers are fearful of going out of business as the state moves forward with a set of permanent regulations that some cultivators say give dispensaries an economic advantage. Cultivators before the Nevada Tax Commission on Tuesday lamented the number… Read More→
Aurora Cannabis Looks To Make $3 Billion Merger With CanniMed Therapeutics November 18, 2017 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments Look out, Canopy Growth Corporation. Your reign as the pure-play marijuana stock with the highest market cap might not last for long. On Tuesday, Aurora Cannabis announced that it had submitted a proposal to acquire all shares of another Canadian marijuana grower, CanniMed Therapeutics. Aurora is… Read More→
Majority of Canadians Say Cannabis Should Be Available via Private Retailers October 11, 2017 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments Two-thirds of Canadians would allow licensed marijuana growers to open their own retail outlets to sell the product, according to a new poll. The survey of 5,000 Canadians from Oracle Poll found 65 per cent of respondents would support retail marijuana outlets… Read More→
With Legal Cannabis on Its Way, California Growers Continue to Operate in the Dark September 11, 2017 AggregatedNews California, Cultivation 0 Comments LAYTONVILLE, Calif. — From the sky they look like citrus groves, neat rows of lush emerald-colored plants set amid the hills of Northern California. But as a police reconnaissance helicopter banked for a closer look on a recent afternoon, the… Read More→
Maryland Adds Eight New Medical Marijuana Growers August 16, 2017 AggregatedNews Maryland 0 Comments Maryland’s medical marijuana regulators approved final licenses for eight growing companies on Monday, allowing them to start cultivating the drug. Several companies said they are ready to begin growing immediately, while others say they will take weeks to get started.… Read More→