PRESS RELEASE Doug Francis steps aside as CEO to serve as Chairman; President Chris Beals to Assume Role as CEO IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Weedmaps today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Chris Beals as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 6, 2019. In addition to assuming day-to-day leadership of Weedmaps, Beals will serve as a […]
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Cashed And Counting: California Starts Crackdown On Gray Marijuana Marketplace
By Hilary Bricken The state will try to limit illegal cannabis operators in California. Here’s what else we should expect in the coming months. For state-by-state legalization to succeed, state and local governments often need to take significant enforcement measures against “gray market” cannabis operators to ensure an even playing field for licensed operators who […]
California threatens Weedmaps over promotion of illegal cannabis shops
California’s cannabis czar issued a cease and desist order to Weedmaps, directing the Irvine internet company that maps marijuana dispensaries to immediately stop promoting businesses that don’t have state licenses. “You are aiding and abetting in violation of state cannabis laws,” states the letter from Lori Ajax, chief of the Bureau of Cannabis Control. If […]
Weed Billboards Popping up in Boston Show Strong Changes for Area
A budding new pot company is planting 80 billboards around Greater Boston, launching an app and hiring “student ambassadors” at MIT, Harvard, Northeastern and Boston University to help spread the word about its weed work. California-based Weedmaps is trying to get ahead of the “green rush” before pot shops are set to open in the […]
10 Questions With Chris Beals, Penn Grad Building the ‘Google of Marijuana’
It’s 4/20…the unofficial holiday celebrating the biggest illegal (yet legal) drug known to man: marijuana. This year’s high holiday is even more timely since Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize the plant for medical use just this week. The Keystone State now joins New Jersey and Delaware who have been in the process of […]
