Chart: Adult-use marijuana sales spike 7% on Valentine’s Day

Chart: Adult-use marijuana sales spike 7% on Valentine’s DayValentine’s Day isn’t just an opportunity to express love, it’s also an opportunity to spend – a trend that is reflected in retail marijuana expenditures in several adult-use markets....

Oregon recreational cannabis sales soar as prices continue to drop

Oregon recreational cannabis sales soar as prices continue to dropRampant overproduction in Oregon’s market for legal, recreational marijuana has produced a 50% drop in prices, according to recent estimates by state economists. The widely documented...

Oregon needs one separate agency to regulate cannabis, report finds

Oregon needs one separate agency to regulate cannabis, report findsOregon’s cannabis industry needs to be regulated by one independent agency instead of three separate bodies, according to a report drafted by the Oregon Cannabis Commission. The study concluded...

Chart: Dozens of marijuana licenses at risk after Oregon inspections

Chart: Dozens of marijuana licenses at risk after Oregon inspectionsMore than a quarter of Oregon’s outdoor recreational marijuana producers had deficiencies or potential compliance violations in their harvest processes, according to the results of Operation...

Washington state cannabis retailer charged with illegally offering free samples

Washington state cannabis retailer charged with illegally offering free samplesWashington state regulators claim that a marijuana store in Lacey gave undercover officers the opportunity to take free samples and try the product in an unlicensed portion of the building....

Lack of capital biggest barrier to entry for minority-owned cannabis firms: Q&A with NuLeaf’s Jeannette Ward Horton

Lack of capital biggest barrier to entry for minority-owned cannabis firms: Q&A with NuLeaf’s Jeannette Ward HortonTo help people of color gain entry into the cannabis market, one marijuana industry veteran has developed a grant-funding program to give them a leg...