An Oregon adult-use marijuana producer must surrender its license after state regulators found it committed three violations. In a Dec. 16 “stipulated settlement agreement,” the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission said that Jackson County-based Oregon Expedition will give up its license…
Welcome to The Data Point, a series from the NBC News Data Graphics team that explains a slice of the latest news through charts and visuals. Legal, recreational-use marijuana sales boomed across the United States in 2021, reaching new levels in nearly…
The House sponsor of a bill to protect banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses announced on Friday that he is seeking to attach an amendment containing the reform to a broader bill dealing with research and innovation in the…
Cannabis cultivators must consider the price of HVAC and lighting systems when designing their grow rooms with sustainability in mind. (This is the second installment in a series examining sustainability in cannabis cultivation. Read Part 1 here.) Environmental sustainability in cannabis…
Washington state is rolling out its own marijuana seed-to-sale traceability system after having relied on the private sector for years, but so far, the government-run platform’s debut this month has been less than smooth. Business owners say the new system…
Ten years after Washington voters approved one of the nation’s first recreational marijuana programs, the state’s cannabis industry has become among the country’s largest, with annual sales of roughly $1.5 billion and more than 11,000 employees. Yet as Washington state…
Roughly 10 years after the passage of I-502, state lawmakers will consider a series of bills aimed at modernizing Washington’s legal recreational marijuana industry. 10 years later, industry says Washington’s legal marijuana needs an update Among those bills is a…
Washington state’s adult-use marijuana industry directly employed 11,330 workers and generated more than $1.4 billion in revenue in 2020, according to a first-ever economic analysis of the market. The study – conducted by Seattle-based High Peak Strategy and commissioned by the Washington…
