One of the cannabis industry’s leaders in data repository has managed to bag a rather sizeable investment of $3.5 million. The Boulder-based company is BDS Analytics. With an investment of this magnitude,...

A group of California lawmakers has introduced a bill to reduce state cannabis taxes in an effort to compete with the illicit market. Taxes would be reduced for growing and selling cannabis for a three-year...

Weedmaps, a longtime cannabis advertiser that posts map listings of dispensaries on their website, has told California's cannabis czar she does not have the authority to punish them for listing unlicensed...

The price per pound of legal cannabis has been plummeting for a year and a half, and it isn't stopping, according to a new report. Analysts at Cannabis Benchmarks, an independent price reporting agency,...

The chief of California's Bureau of Cannabis Control sent Weedmaps a cease and desist letter last month, telling the company to stop promoting and listing businesses in the state that do not have licenses. The...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor One group was left out when California drafted Prop. 64, which legalized cannabis in the state: Native Americans. Until emergency regulations were drafter...

Just last week, a measure to reduce the local cannabis tax in Berkeley, California from 10 percent to 5 percent was approved by Berkeley City Council, making the recreational tax rate in city lower than...

Last week, the Berkeley city council voted unanimously to become a sanctuary city for social cannabis – the first of its kind. What does a cannabis sanctuary city entail? City employees and agencies...

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper intends to follow California's footsteps to dismiss non-violent cannabis offenses. In an interview with news network Cheddar, the Governor discussed how he's looking...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor It’s well known that the War on Drugs has disproportionately targeted people of color, and unfortunately, that doesn’t immediately change when a state...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor California recently became the nation’s largest legal cannabis market, and it’s already facing a major problem: Supply. According to the Associated Press,...

California might have experienced a revolutionary moment after social cannabis was legalized in the state. However, the new laws allowing social cannabis are taking a toll on compassionate care programs...