Legal Affairs

Minnesota Awards 249 Cannabis Business Licenses in State’s First Lottery

LOS ANGELES- Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) held its inaugural lottery on June 5, 2025, awarding 249 provisional licenses for social equity and general applicants across four categories: cultivator, manufacturer, mezzobusiness, and retailer. The ...

Ukraine Advances Medical Cannabis Access with Support from Soros-Affiliated NGOs

LOS ANGELES- Ukraine’s State Service for Medicines and Drug Control issued its first license for importing medical cannabis on June 2, 2025, following the enactment of a law in August 2024 that authorized the use ...

Trump Administration Proposes Elimination of Federal Protections for State Medical Cannabis Programs

LOS ANGELES- The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal includes the removal of a longstanding provision that prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from using federal funds to interfere with state-legal medical cannabis programs. ...

Growing Craft with Scott Vasterling: A Fresh Perspective on Sungrown Cannabis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES — A fresh voice is breaking into the cannabis media space, and it's set to change the way we think about craft cannabis forever. The highly anticipated debut of "Growing ...

Planet 13 Grants Restricted Stock Units to Leadership and Staff

LOS ANGELES- Planet 13 Holdings Inc., a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis company, has allocated 13,776,345 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) to its officers, directors, and employees. The distribution, executed on March 31, 2025, aligns with the ...

Mississippi Dispensary Owner Challenges State’s Medical Cannabis Advertising Ban in Supreme Court

LOS ANGELES- In March 2025, Clarence Cocroft, owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis in Olive Branch, Mississippi, petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the state's prohibition on advertising for medical cannabis businesses. This ...