MMJ Business Daily

Online marijuana marketplace Tradiv to shut down at end of year

Online cannabis marketplace Tradiv is closing its doors on Dec. 31 after the once promising Colorado tech company stumbled badly. Co-founder Geoff Doran said in an email to Marijuana Business Daily the company is closing because of the “missteps …

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Sweet Leaf undercover sting targeted budtenders for recreational cannabis sales practices

The Denver Police Department’s undercover sting operation targeting Denver-area Sweet Leaf marijuana dispensaries netted 13 arrests involving the retail chain’s employees, some of whom may face felony charges for alleged improper sales prac…

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Marijuana Business Daily’s annual cannabis industry survey extended to Dec. 22

The deadline for executives and major investors in the cannabis industry to participate in Marijuana Business Daily’s annual industry survey has been extended until Friday, Dec. 22. Owners, founders and executives with dispensaries/retail stores,…

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Four arrested in Nebraska CBD case

A vaping shop in Nebraska has been shut down and the owners and two employees charged with crimes for selling cannabidiol, which Nebraska considers a controlled substance. The arrests in Herman, about 35 miles north of Omaha, come two months after Nebr…

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Denver marijuana tech firm Baker raises $8 million

Baker, a marketing automation software company serving marijuana dispensaries, has secured $8 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raises to $11.75 million. Denver-based Baker will use the money to fuel growth in California and Washi…

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California hands out first 20 temporary state cannabis business licenses

California has issued the first of what will likely be many temporary business permits, in advance of the Jan. 1 launch of the state’s regulated cannabis industry. The 20 licenses granted Thursday include temporary permits for nine different comp…

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Week in Review: CBD’s global nod, Ohio MMJ developments & Denver social use

An international health organization determines that CBD shouldn’t be a scheduled drug, Denver see its first applicant for a public consumption club, and Ohio’s medical marijuana licensing process comes under fire. Here’s a closer look at s…

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Push continues in Las Vegas for public marijuana consumption

Las Vegas is inching toward public cannabis consumption lounges, which would be a boon to marijuana businesses selling to tourists with no legal space to smoke. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Councilman Bob Coffin has proposed an ordinance …

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Breaking: Marijuana retail chain operator Sweet Leaf forced to shut down in Denver area

Sweet Leaf, one of Colorado’s largest marijuana retail chain operators, had all of its Denver-area stores shuttered by city authorities on Thursday. Twenty-six of the vertically integrated company’s licenses have been suspended, according t…

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Massachusetts advances recreational cannabis diversity plan

Massachusetts regulators have approved a draft proposal that would give priority review in the recreational marijuana licensing process to business applicants from economically disadvantaged communities. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission will vot…

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