Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Filling Approved for First Admitted Insurer in California to Sell Cannabis Insurance
Nov 2 2017 // The California insurance commissioner has approved the first filing by an admitted commercial insurance company to sell cannabis business insurance. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced the approved...
Admitted Carriers, CanaBOP Coming to California’s Cannabis Industry
Oct 20 2017 // The first admitted insurance carrier has filed to provide coverage to California’s legal cannabis industry and several more carriers have stated their intent to file products, according to state Insurance...
California Fires Pose Grave Risk to Marijuana Growers
Oct 12 2017 // For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. For many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be insurmountable. At least six marijuana...
Voters in Alaska Reject Local Marijuana Ban Efforts
Oct 5 2017 // Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation’s largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the...
California Commissioner High on Marijuana Insurance, Sums up Trump Battle
Oct 2 2017 // It’s David vs. Goliath. That about sums up California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ feelings on his efforts to keep the remnants of Obamacare up and running in his state while President Trump does his best...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana
Oct 2 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...
Las Vegas Pot Testing Lab’s License Suspended by State
Sep 27 2017 // Officials confirmed a Las Vegas marijuana testing laboratory has been suspended. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Department of Taxation spokeswoman Stephanie Klapstein says the department on Aug. 24 suspended...
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Kentucky Medical Marijuana Ban
Sep 22 2017 // Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic...
California Commissioner Sums up Trump Battle, High on Cannabis Insurance
Sep 19 2017 // It’s David vs. Goliath. That about sums up California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ feelings on his efforts to keep the remnants of Obamacare up and running in his state while President Trump does his best...
Maine Supreme Court Weighs Issue of Medical Marijuana and Workers’ Comp
Sep 18 2017 // The Maine supreme court on Wednesday began considering whether a paper millworker left suicidal by narcotic painkillers should receive workers’ compensation for medical marijuana. It’s the first time the court...
Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide
Sep 18 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future. Many of the city’s biggest law firms — including Duane Morris, Fox...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana
Sep 15 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...
Massachusetts Pot Regulatory Board Set With Naming of Three More Members
Sep 6 2017 // The board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts is now in place after the selection of three more members. Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed Britte McBride, a former assistant...
Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos
Sep 4 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice — recreational marijuana — and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos. In...
Colorado Tells Sessions That Pot Industry Is Working And Can Be Better
Aug 29 2017 // Colorado’s legal marijuana industry is working – and can work better with federal collaboration, the state’s governor and Republican attorney general told U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter. Gov....
Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos
Aug 28 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice – recreational marijuana – and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos. In the...
Senator Flanagan First Appointee to Massachusetts Marijuana Regulatory Post
Aug 25 2017 // A state senator was named Wednesday by Governor Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts. Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee to the...
Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide
Aug 24 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future. Many of the city’s biggest law firms – including Duane Morris, Fox...
Denver Soon to Open Legal Marijuana Clubs
Aug 23 2017 // Colorado’s largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs. But Denver’s elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean...
Los Angeles Makes Packer Cannabis Czar over Legal Pot Industry
Aug 18 2017 // With recreational marijuana use just months away from being legal in California, Los Angeles has appointed a so-called cannabis czar tasked with regulating the local pot industry. The Daily News reported the City Council...
