Every new business operating in a legal market must obtain a marijuana license, much like a liquor license. License types range from producer/processors to retail and dispensaries and may vary depending on your state. Below are articles and news that touch on cannabis licensing.
Mon / Jan 29th
Aurora Cannabis Inc. has received a cultivation license from Health Canada for its under-construction, 800,000-square-foot facility at the Edmonton International… Read More
Thu / Jan 25th PODCAST
Darcy Bomford is the CEO of True Leaf Medicine International, a Canadian company with one department in the national medical… Read More
Thu / Jan 25th
The California Growers Association is suing the state, contending that the Department of Food and Agriculture defied the will of… Read More
Wed / Jan 10th
Detroit, Michigan’s medical cannabis licensing process is on hold after a business group filed suit against the state claiming they… Read More
Thu / Jan 4th
Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection is seeking applications for at least three new medical cannabis dispensaries by Apr. 9. Applicants… Read More
Thu / Dec 21st
The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program has received 104 applications for 40 processor licenses, including 19 of the 24 companies… Read More
Thu / Dec 21st
Canadian officials have nearly doubled the number of cannabis production licenses since May – from 44 to 80 – as… Read More
Wed / Dec 20th
The California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Cannabis Licensing, Enforcement and Reporting Project has issued more than 50 temporary industry licenses… Read More
Fri / Dec 15th
Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is now accepting applications for medical cannabis cultivators, processors, transporters, dispensaries, and testing… Read More
Fri / Dec 15th
Twelve more dispensaries in Maryland were given the green light to sell to patients yesterday, but Medical Cannabis Commission Chairman… Read More
Fri / Dec 15th
Eight Sweet Leaf stores in Colorado have had their licenses suspended and 12 people have been arrested as part of… Read More
Thu / Dec 14th
A would-be medical cannabis cultivator in Ohio is suing the state over the racial-equity provisions included in the licensing process… Read More
Tue / Dec 12th
California’s Secretary of State has launched an online portal for would-be cannabis business owners – CannaBizFile – and enlisted Cheech… Read More
Tue / Dec 5th
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has approved the state’s emergency medical cannabis rules which allow current dispensaries approved by their municipality… Read More
Mon / Dec 4th
Maryland’s first medical cannabis dispensaries opened Friday in Rockville and Cumberland – after nearly five years of bureaucracy and delays,… Read More
Fri / Dec 1st
Ohio regulators have chosen the final 12 medical cannabis cultivators rounding out the 24 firms approved by the state out… Read More
Mon / Nov 13th
Members of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus are drafting a bill that would award 10 new medical cannabis grower and… Read More
Wed / Nov 1st
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission is being sued by a group of industry applicants who claim that the regulators were… Read More
Thu / Oct 19th
Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority has granted its first approvals for the nation’s medical cannabis industry, as Everything Oily Labs Limited… Read More
Tue / Oct 17th
Regulators in Arkansas received 95 medical cannabis cultivation applications and 227 dispensary applications, according to state Department of Finance and… Read More
Fri / Oct 13th
Prospective Michigan medical cannabis industry licensees and their affiliates will be subjected to a full background check, including their criminal… Read More
Thu / Oct 5th
Michigan’s legislative changes to the state’s medical cannabis program are starting to shape the state’s industry as law enforcement officials… Read More
Tue / Oct 3rd
Medical cannabis regulators in Florida will not meet today’s legislatively-mandated deadline to approve five new licenses for the state’s expanded… Read More
Mon / Sep 25th
Vermont regulators have awarded the state’s fifth medical cannabis dispensary license to PhytoScience Institute, LLC., who will open shops in… Read More
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