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The legal-marijuana industry faces many challenges to doing business. Most companies in the space are frozen out of bank, cannot use credit cards for transactions, and cannot get loans, huge headaches for the industry. And marijuana is like any other commodity: when there's a supply glut, the...

A trio of entrepreneurs hopes to cultivate the growing passion for local-grown and sustainable foods with a new Hilliard gardening supply store. But there's another potential market out there that spurred the recent opening of Hygrowponics - marijuana. "I can see the potential," said...

More than a year after Colorado became the first state to allow recreational cannabis sales, the marijuana industry is growing and evolving further. Entrants, who often have loads of cash and product on hand are taking cues from the gambling industry, which knows a lot about managing bricks of...

Dozens of people signed up for a free clinic in Portland Saturday that offered to help clear marijuana convictions from their records. Oregon law allows some people who've been convicted of drug crimes to have their criminal records sealed and set aside, if at least three years have gone by...

The owners of Strawberry Fields disagree with anyone who says the heavily-regulated marijuana industry plays a part in the black market for pot. In the words of co-owner Richard Kwesell, "There is zero ability for someone to act nefarious" in their stores or in their grow houses. Running a...

The owners of Strawberry Fields disagree with anyone who says the heavily-regulated marijuana industry plays a part in the black market for pot. In the words of co-owner Richard Kwesell, "There is zero ability for someone to act nefarious" in their stores or in their grow houses. Running a...

Bend, Ore. - Deschutes County commissioners have given cannabis businesses in rural areas the green light. The board recently lifted the opt-out moratorium that banned marijuana businesses in rural Deschutes. Beginning Sept. 1, Deschutes County will accept land use applications for recreational...

The Business, Understanding and Development Summit (BUD Summit) will be at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Ave., N.W.) on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The summit will focus on marijuana policy, taxation, industry and business. Speakers will include...

The Business, Understanding and Development Summit (BUD Summit) will be at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Ave., N.W.) on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The summit will focus on marijuana policy, taxation, industry and business. Speakers will include...

If one looks at the top line, the legal marijuana business may very well be the stuff that entrepreneurial dreams are made of. As of this writing, some 25 states in the U.S. have passed laws that allow for some degree of medical or legal use of the cannabis plant. This trend toward growing...

A group of east Boulder marijuana companies located on county land the city plans to annex fear the move will put them out of business because they would be forced to comply with the city's stricter pot laws. The city is looking to annex 15 properties along 55th Street and Arapahoe Avenue in...

Penticton city council still isn't ready to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate within the city limits. Councillors expressed support for the concept in general, but said they needed to follow the city's existing business licence bylaws, at least until staff return with portions on...

Three medical marijuana firms have received preliminary approval to do business on the Lower Shore. A state commission tentatively approved Monday the applications of 30 companies, representing 15 growers and 15 processors. The list includes two businesses in Worcester County: the grower...

Montego Bay, St James - At least two Government ministers are expected to be among speakers, including international and local cannabis experts, at the Cannabis Business Conference and Symposium to be hosted by CANEX, Jamaica at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Friday, September 2...

Two more Penticton medical marijuana distributors are appearing before council Monday to appeal the city's suspension of their business licences. Avitas Pharmaco and Green Essence have both asked for the chance to appeal business licence suspensions, as Jukka Laurio, owner of the Rush In and...

Two more Penticton medical marijuana distributors are appearing before council Monday to appeal the city's suspension of their business licences. Avitas Pharmaco and Green Essence have both asked for the chance to appeal business licence suspensions, as Jukka Laurio, owner of the Rush In and...

Legal marijuana has become such a big business locally that the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce dedicated its monthly lunch forum to the topic, filling ballroom space at a west Olympia hotel and inviting two of the biggest players here to talk about their businesses. Wednesday's gathering...

Columbus, Ohio - Lawyers cannot provide legal services to establish, operate, or help someone do business with a medical marijuana business in Ohio, even though the state is about to legalize its use, according to an Ohio Supreme Court board. That's because marijuana is still banned under...

Columbus, Ohio - Lawyers cannot provide legal services to establish, operate, or help someone do business with a medical marijuana business in Ohio, even though the state is about to legalize its use, according to an Ohio Supreme Court board. That's because marijuana is still banned under...

Olympia - It's a one billion dollar business. And it's largely cash only. To crooks, that makes pot shops big targets. Tuesday, members from the banking industry, law enforcement, and pot shop owners gathered to find a solution. "It's an absolute magnet for criminal activity of all types,"...