Garett Fortune is facing charges of securities violations in relation to investments he allegedly collected to launch what prosecutors describe as a cannabis candy company.

MMJ International Holdings spent the better part of a decade fighting the DEA to develop cannabis medicine the FDA way. Now it's in court trying to undo the rescheduling that gave state operators an easier path, a move that could drag the whole industry back to Schedule I.

“These Republican members of Congress appear to be hoping to undermine President Donald Trump’s position…by preserving punitive tax treatment for licensed cannabis businesses, regardless of their classification under federal law.” By Michael Cooper, National Cannabis Industry Association Sometimes you have to wonder what some congressional opponents […]

Following up on last week’s story, The Marijuana Mafia: How McKee, Ahern, and the CCC protect the cannabis retailer oligopoly, this morning, I filed the following complaint with the Rhode Island Board of Elections: Recent reporting by Steve Ahlquist (me; cited below) documents a history of backroom meetings between cannabis industry insiders and McKee […]

At the June 23 meeting of the Fillmore County Board, a public hearing on a proposed amendment to an ordinance regulating cannabis businesses was held. Commissioner Larry Hindt was absent. There was only one public comment made during the public hearing. Steve Duxbury, a member of the Planning Commission, urged the commissioners to leave the