Tom Hymes
Washington State Bans Gummies, Hard Candies, Other Edibles (UPDATED)
The sweeping reclassification of allowable cannabis-infused edibles takes effect January 1; Existing inventory can be sold until stock is depleted or by April 3,...
Sweet Leaf No More; Owners Reach Deal with Colorado MED
DENVER, Colo. – The owners of Sweet Leaf, the vertically integrated cannabis company whose 26 Denver-based licenses were revoked earlier this year by Colorado’s...
The State of Cannabis Conference Gets an Official Long Beach Welcome
LONG BEACH - Compared with most industry trade events, The State of Cannabis Conference is very intimate, which is precisely the way founder and...
SB 1459 Extends Provisional License Lifeline to State’s Cannabis Operators
SACRAMENTO – Lost amid the flood of last-minute bills just signed by California Governor Jerry Brown was SB 1459, an “urgency statute” that went...
SEC Alert Warns Investors About Marijuana Investments and Fraud
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) and Retail Strategy Task Force has issued an...
U.S. Attorney Makes Case for Criminally Targeting Legal Cannabis Industry
DENVER, CO. – In an op-ed published Friday by the Denver Post, federal prosecutor Bob Troyer made the case for why “you may start...
California Expands Consumption, Sales Beyond County Fairgrounds
Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed into law AB-2020 and SB-1294. The first permits cannabis events beyond county fairgrounds; the second addresses local equity...
Weedpocalypse Now: California’s New Regs Are Taking a Toll
Display shelves in California’s cannabis shops experienced a sudden transformation July 1 as the deadline passed for companies throughout the food chain to reach...
2018 Puffco Art Show Attracts Diverse Crowd to Hybrid Event
LOS ANGELES — The weather was hot, but that did not stop hardcore fans of functional art and cannabis concentrates from traveling downtown to...
Acreage Holdings Closes $119 Million Private Round
Company plans a public listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange in Q3 2018.
NEW YORK – Acreage Holdings secured $119 million in capital and plans...
