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From South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to Spannabis in Spain, at least 15 conferences with ties to the cannabis industry have been postponed, canceled or rescheduled amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a list and links to some of the events impacted so far by...

The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a medical marijuana bill that would license 34 dispensaries across the state. The bill also would permit people with a doctor’s recommendation to use MMJ for 15 conditions. In addition, the measure allows medical cannabis in forms...

A key U.S. House committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would increase access to state-legal medical cannabis for military veterans, which could increase MMJ sales. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved the bill, the Veterans Equal Access Act, by a 15-11...

Questions are swirling around a well-known California marijuana vaporizer manufacturer after its facility was raided by state authorities for allegedly manufacturing illegal cannabis vape cartridges. The case involving licensed manufacturer Kushy Punch – which...

Prosecutors for a U.S. attorney’s office in California issued a grand jury subpoena for records related to 30 marijuana companies, including the parent of Weedmaps. Although the purpose of the investigation by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California...

A proposed overhaul of California’s marijuana regulatory and tax collection system could mean far less headaches for licensed cannabis companies in the state. It could also indicate there’s more legislative help on the way in 2020 for California’s struggling legal...

In a positive signal for the cannabis industry, lawmakers from both parties and three government witnesses told a U.S. congressional subcommittee Wednesday the federal government urgently needs more access to research around marijuana. But it remains unclear when that...

Large cannabis companies increasingly are selling their own cultivation, processing and storage facilities and immediately leasing them back as a way to instantly raise tens of millions of dollars at a time when outside financing is scarce. Unlocking the value of real...

Linx Card, which touts itself as a “primary provider” of debit merchant services to marijuana retail stores, has faced a flurry of lawsuits in recent months from cannabis businesses that allege the California firm owes them millions of dollars. Reef Dispensaries,...

The cannabis industry is at a crossroads where companies will need to differentiate themselves based on profitability, strong yet simple capital structures and investor communication. That’s the overall takeaway from Marijuana Business Daily‘s inaugural Investor...