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Emerald Intel Acquires Cannabiz Media: Uniting Two Leaders in Cannabis Market Intelligence
Emerald Intel has acquired Cannabiz Media, uniting two of the cannabis industry’s leading data and intelligence providers. This acquisition brings together Emerald Intel’s global license, compliance, and sales data with Cannabiz Media’s robust database of licensed businesses and key decision-makers. The result is the most comprehensive, reliable, and actionable view of the licensed cannabis market—empowering sales, marketing, finance, and compliance teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
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State News
Massachusetts Delays Recreational Marijuana Sales – Sneaky or Smart?
In November 2016, Massachusetts was among four states whose residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana, but a new bill signed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on December 31, 2016 will slow things down considerably.
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Cannabiz Media’s Ed Keating Talks Strange Marijuana Laws with Yahoo Finance
In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Cannabiz Media’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Ed Keating, shared some of the strangest marijuana laws on the books across the 29 states that have legalized medical and/or recreational marijuana.
State News
Marijuana Qualifying Conditions Expand in New York and Minnesota but Don’t Expect Big Growth Yet
In the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition, Cannabiz Media identified the four most important conditions that a state has to cover in its medical marijuana program in order for businesses operating in the industry to have the greatest potential for success.
Industry News
Best Practices for State Disclosure of Marijuana License Information
This month, Cannabiz Media launched the Cannabiz Media Database and the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition. Throughout the development of the database and the research and writing of the reference guide, ...
Industry News
Marijuana Industry Trends and Factors Influencing Growth
I spent the past week at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo (MJBIZCON) in Las Vegas, Nevada where Cannabiz Media launched our new Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition as well as the Cannabiz Media Database and Directory.
Company News
Access Detailed Data on over 10,000 Marijuana Licenses Updated Daily
Every day, business owners and operators, investors, business professionals, financial experts, regulators, lobbyists, government officials, journalists and more look for reliable and up-to-date information about the rapidly growing and changing marijuana industry.
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Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition is Now Available
Cannabiz Media officially launched the Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide: 2017 Edition at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo (MJBIZCon) today with its publishing partner, Business Valuation Resources (BVR)—the leading ...
State News
Restrictive Laws Limit Medical Marijuana Program Success in New York and Beyond
New York isn’t the only state with overly restrictive medical marijuana regulations, but it is the state in the news about it during the past week. As USA Today reports, counties in the state of New York are experiencing huge gaps between ...
Industry News
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opening Delays by the Numbers
A total of six cultivators were awarded licenses to grow, process, and sell marijuana in Florida in November 2015, but as Crain’s Orlando reports, a year has passed and only two dispensaries are up and running in the state so far.
State News
November Vote Could Bring New Tax Schemes for Recreational Marijuana
The November vote is almost here, and five states will be voting on whether or not to legalize marijuana – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada. If all five states end up legalizing marijuana, that would mean a total of 10 states ...