MMJ Business Daily

Two new marijuana markets – AR and MA – encounter obstacles

Arkansas’ medical marijuana program and Massachusetts’ adult-use industry have encountered stumbling blocks that could slow their full-fledged launches.
According to Talk Business and Politics, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission said…

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Two new marijuana markets – AR and MA – encounter obstacles

Arkansas’ medical marijuana program and Massachusetts’ adult-use industry have encountered stumbling blocks that could slow their full-fledged launches.
According to Talk Business and Politics, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission said…

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Marijuana banking confusion snags WA hemp clothing company

A Washington state clothing company has lost its bank account – even though it doesn’t work with marijuana – because of the use of hemp in its products.
Owners of the natural-clothing company Rawganique in Blaine say they were shocked…

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Another trademark marijuana lawsuit – this involving a hot sauce

(Correction: An earlier version of this report mistakenly called the lawsuit a copyright case, instead of a trademark case.)
The maker of Tapatio hot sauce is the latest to sue a marijuana company for alleged trademark infringement.
Tapatio Foods LLC h…

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Nevada tribe launches large Las Vegas cannabis store

The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe has launched what it calls the “largest marijuana store on the planet” in downtown Sin City.
The tribe has a medical cannabis dispensary that’s technically located on tribal lands but happens to be just nort…

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California wildfires a bump in the road for state’s marijuana industry, insiders say

By John Schroyer
The wildfires that have ravaged Northern California over the past week have burned tens of thousands of acres of land, torching more than 30 marijuana farms and adding a new wrinkle to the January rollout of the state’s regulated…

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New stock rules good news for Canada’s marijuana companies, industry executives say

Matt Lamers
A fog of uncertainty hanging over Canada’s cannabis sector was lifted this week after a securities regulator and the operator of the country’s largest stock exchange clarified the listing rules for marijuana companies doing busi…

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Aphria digs in over TMX dispute; inks deal for CA$92M in funding

On the same day Aphria shares slid more than 13% over delisting fears, the Leamington, Ontario-based company announced a deal to raise up to 92 million Canadian dollars ($73 million) in capital.
The new financing, announced Tuesday, came a day after th…

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Sessions backs marijuana research, but balks at expanding it

During testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he supports “more competition” in cannabis research but that he isn’t inclined to grant permits to everyone who applied for per…

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MassRoots makes it official: Dietrich out as CEO, Kveton in

MassRoots, the marijuana-centric Denver social media and technology giant, filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday morning confirming the ouster of the company’s founder and CEO, Isaac Dietrich.
In its Form 8-K filing…

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