Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alaska Marijuana Tax Revenue Hits $1.5M in August
Oct 8 2018 // Monthly marijuana tax revenue in Alaska hit $1.5 million in August, another new high. The state says the only time this year that tax revenue was below $1 million was in February. Cultivators pay the tax, imposed when...
Prosecutor Says Colorado Marijuana Laws Too Loose, Jeopardize Safety
Oct 5 2018 // Colorado’s system for regulating marijuana has too many loopholes that disguise illegal activity and jeopardize public safety, a federal prosecutor said, detailing his motivation for boosting scrutiny in the first...
Canada’s Intact Financial Not Planning to Insure Recreational Cannabis Industry
Oct 3 2018 // Don’t expect Intact Financial Corp., Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, to insure the recreational-cannabis industry anytime soon. “It’s not seen as the pot of gold that we should chase...
Lloyd’s U.S. Chief Says They’re Ready to Get into Canadian Cannabis Market
Oct 2 2018 // Lloyd’s is set to get into Canada’s cannabis market when recreational marijuana becomes legal there on Oct. 17, according to Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd’s America Inc. Watkins was speaking today at...
Federal Prosecutor Threatens Law-Breaking Pot Businesses in Colorado
Oct 1 2018 // Colorado’s top federal prosecutor says his office may take legal action against licensed marijuana businesses that violate state law or use their status under state law “as a shield” while selling their...
Rural Nevada Areas Not as High on Recreational Marijuana
Sep 26 2018 // Despite more marijuana licenses available from the state, parts of rural Nevada continue to shun the business. But in other parts of rural Nevada, seeds of industry might be sprouting. Las Vegas dispensary Acres Cannabis...
NutraRisk Adds Program for Recreational, Medicinal Cannabis Operations
Sep 26 2018 // NutraRisk, a division of Worldwide Facilities, has expanded its cannabis offering to include an exclusive cannabis program providing general and product liability for medicinal and recreational operations. NutraRisk can...
Limits on Doctors’ Marijuana Patients Tossed in Louisiana
Sep 19 2018 // Amid concerns about bottlenecks to access, Louisiana regulators have agreed to loosen limits on how many medical marijuana patients doctors authorized to dispense cannabis can treat. Louisiana’s State Board of...
Cannabis: Striking a Balance Between Federal and State Laws
Sep 17 2018 // Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of cannabis in some form. Some states restrict use to medically necessary uses, while other states have legalized recreational use. Still other...
New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
Sep 17 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early September announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance...
Cherokee Nation Official: Medical Marijuana Illegal on Tribe Property
Sep 13 2018 // A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won’t be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe’s property even though the state’s voters approved use of the plant. The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee...
Deadline for Medical Marijuana Business Licensing Extended in Michigan
Sep 13 2018 // Michigan regulators have again extended the deadline for medical marijuana businesses to be licensed, allowing 108 facilities to continue operating while warning that 98 others will be issued cease-and-desist letters if...
Marijuana Use Suspected in Fatal Colorado Crash
Sep 13 2018 // The Colorado State Patrol says a woman killed in a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 70 is suspected of being under the influence of marijuana at the time. KMGH-TV reported that the crash occurred Monday afternoon near...
Ohio Misses Sept. 8 Deadline to Launch Medical Marijuana Program
Sep 12 2018 // While Ohio blew past the deadline Saturday for rolling out its medical marijuana program, the pot industry is confident greener days are coming soon. It’s not uncommon for states’ marijuana programs to be...
Numerous California Marijuana Products Failing Safety Tests
Sep 12 2018 // Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic...
Marijuana Advocates Urge New York to Make It Legal, Affordable
Sep 7 2018 // Marijuana advocates told a New York panel considering legalization that it should be affordable and accessible to everyone rather than enriching corporate producers and state tax coffers. Of about 30 people who spoke at...
California’s 1st Cannabis Insurer Expands Coverage
Sep 3 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a filing from Golden Bear Insurance Co. amending its California Cannabis program product to lower rates, expand coverage options, and expand the classes of business...
The Lowdown: Cannabis…Your Next Niche Market?
Aug 31 2018 // This week’s Lowdown features the 3rd annual State of the Industry Report: Examining the Cannabis Cultivation Market. This report is timely as our sponsor, Vertafore, has launched a great webinar outlining the...
New Workers’ Comp Program for California’s Cannabis Industry
Aug 30 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry. The program was created by Atlas General Insurance Services to...
Atlas General Insurance Services Launches Workers’ Compensation Program for the Cannabis Industry
Aug 30 2018 // San Diego, CA, August 30, 2018– Leading national program administrator, Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, announced today its new workers’ compensation program for the cannabis industry in California. This...
