Washington, D.C. Shutters Suspended Cultivator
Washington, D.C.'s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration shut down a licensed cultivator on Feb. 27, marking the first time a...
2025 U.S. & Canadian Cannabis Business Licensing Activity
2025 marked another period of significant recalibration and transition for the regulated cannabis industry in the United States. While the...
MA Regulators Consider Cultivation Freeze
Massachusetts cannabis regulators are considering a freeze on new cultivation licenses, just as their total possible canopy-to-resident ratio approaches levels...
CRB Monitor Securities Update | January 2026
Once again, cannabis-related equities began 2026 with weakness, extending CRBs’ multi-year underperformance relative to global, broad market indexes. Cannabis-themed benchmarks...
BREAKING NEWS
Ohio AG Sues 9 MSOs for Anti-Competitive Collusion
Ohio Attorney General David Yost sued nine multi-state organizations (MSOs), calling them...
Straw-Owner, Diversion Enterprise Shut Down in OK
A multi-state criminal investigation led to the arrest of 19 people, including...
Denver Officials Revoke 4 Licenses for Suspected Diversion
Denver regulators revoked four cannabis licenses held by Blazin OG following the...
2025 Cannabis Legislative Roundup
Just when it was looking like another stagnant year for cannabis legal...
Tier 1 Cannabis-Related Business records: 95,206 1A CRBs + 5,211 1B CRBs = 100,417 total
Pre-licensing refers to licenses in application. Approved/pending licenses are approved but pre-operational pending additional conditions.
Tier 1A businesses literally touch the cannabis plant at some point along the supply chain from seed to sale, and are licensed by a government agency or regulator.
Tier 1B businesses are highlighted as red flags by FinCEN in its marijuana banking guidance.
