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The Village of Cumberland is a step closer to implementing bylaws that will allow a medical marijuana dispensary business to operate in the community. Staff presented its report that outlines considerations for the review of applications for medical marijuana dispensaries, along with the...

The Village of Cumberland is a step closer to implementing bylaws that will allow a medical marijuana dispensary business to operate in the community. Staff presented its report that outlines considerations for the review of applications for medical marijuana dispensaries, along with the...

Denver - Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy...

Whether you grow your own marijuana, process the plant or run a cannabis shop, it's not like any other business. Conventional banking isn't possible. Tax credits and deductions aren't available. And investing in the new industry comes with significant risks. The Oregonian/OregonLive will...

Sacramento - California's state capital region could reap 20,000 jobs and generate $4.2 billion in business if it becomes a hub for a legalized marijuana industry, a study released on Monday showed, weeks before voters decide whether to allow recreational use of the drug. The report from the...

You won't find bongs like this at the modern-day marijuana business conference. This past weekend, medicinal marijuana patients, business folk, and "potrepreneurs" converged at the New West Summit, San Francisco's business conference related to all things marijuana. But there was something...

Former Hawthorne California mayor Chris Brown plays matchmaker between small cities looking for new tax revenue and cannabis companies that want to do business there. With recreational marijuana legalization looming on California's November ballot, those opportunities are about to increase...

Wailuku, Hawaii - One of the state's eight licensed medical marijuana dispensaries says it plans to begin selling its products by early next year. Maui Wellness Group LLC spokeswoman Teri Freitas Gorman said the business is in its final phase of permitting and will begin cultivating as soon...

Victoria's marijuana retailers lost no time in applying for zoning and business licence approvals after the city's new regulatory regime took effect Friday. Several applications for rezoning and business licences had been submitted by midday, said city clerk Chris Coates. An estimated 39...

The owners of Denver's Simply Pure marijuana dispensary want to stand out in the white, male-dominated marijuana industry. That's not hard to do considering they're among the few people of color nationwide to head a cannabis company. Wanda James and her husband Scott Durrah became one of...

The "times are a changing" and perhaps cotton will no longer be king in Kings County. Hanford is weighing a proposal by an Oakland company to use a 1 million square-foot vacant Pirelli Tire (Armstrong) plant building to cultivate medical marijuana indoors. The building, in Hanford's...

The "times are a changing" and perhaps cotton will no longer be king in Kings County. Hanford is weighing a proposal by an Oakland company to use a 1 million square-foot vacant Pirelli Tire (Armstrong) plant building to cultivate medical marijuana indoors. The building, in Hanford's...

Pennsylvania may still be shedding one of the most archaic wine and liquor systems in America, but Diane Czarkowski already has visions of marijuana dispensaries dotting the local landscape. These would be dispensaries for people with serious medical conditions, she is quick to point out, but...

Pennsylvania may still be shedding one of the most archaic wine and liquor systems in America, but Diane Czarkowski already has visions of marijuana dispensaries dotting the local landscape. These would be dispensaries for people with serious medical conditions, she is quick to point out, but...

Vancouver - A two day marijuana exhibition in Vancouver is giving people an idea of just how large and varied Canada's cannabis industry has become - and where it could grow next. More than 100 businesses set up booths to showcase their wares at the event, but not a single cloud of smoke...

Whether you grow your own marijuana, process the plant or run a cannabis shop, it's not like any other business. Conventional banking isn't possible. Tax credits and deductions aren't available. And investing in the new industry comes with significant risks. The Oregonian/OregonLive will...

Whether you grow your own marijuana, process the plant or run a cannabis shop, it's not like any other business. Conventional banking isn't possible. Tax credits and deductions aren't available. And investing in the new industry comes with significant risks. The Oregonian/OregonLive will...

The legal cannabis industry is smoking hot: sales are projected to reach $6.7 billion this year and to top $21 billion by 2020, according to research firm IBISWorld. Twenty-four states now allow medical use of the drug, four states permit adults to partake for fun, and eight more - including...

There was a time, I'm told, when sparking up a joint was just about the most subversive move one could make. That hasn't been true for a long time - certainly not since celebrities from Wiz Khalifa to Whoopi Goldberg have started launching marijuana products the way celebrities used to launch...

Vancouver — It's not hard to find pot shops in just about every part of Vancouver, but why are there so many still operating without a proper business license? We're taking a look at the legal process the city is using to force them to shut down and why it's taking so long for them to close up...