Nevada's Adult-Use Launch Reshaped Who Walks Into a Dispensary
When Nevada opened adult-use cannabis sales on July 1, 2017, the first customers through dispensary doors in Reno weren't the demographic many operators had anticipated. They were, in many cases,
How to Choose a Cannabis Dispensary Point of Sale System for Inventory Management and Retail Checkout
Running a cannabis dispensary without a purpose-built point of sale system is like managing a pharmacy with a cash register and a spiral notebook. It might technically work - until it doesn't. A
Stiiizy's License Compliance Failure Puts Upstate New York Revival at Risk
A village of roughly 3,800 people in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains was counting on a cannabis company to replace the factory jobs that had defined its economy for generations. That plan is
Flowhub Rebuilds Its Core POS Platform to Give Dispensaries Faster, More Configurable Operations
Flowhub has launched Maui, a rebuilt point-of-sale and dispensary management platform designed to replace its legacy system with faster backend architecture, no-code compliance configuration, and
Maryland Fines RISE Joppa $100,000 After Fake METRC Transactions and Repeat Oversales
The Maryland Cannabis Administration has levied a $100,000 civil fine against MESHOW, LLC, operator of the RISE Joppa dispensary in Harford County, after a series of inspections spanning October 2024
Fire Station Cannabis Opens Eighth Upper Michigan Location in Ishpeming
A familiar name in Michigan's Upper Peninsula cannabis market has claimed a new address. Fire Station Cannabis Dispensary cut the ribbon Monday on its Ishpeming location - the chain's eighth outpost
Trump's Cannabis Rescheduling Order Reshapes Federal Policy, but Falls Far Short of Legalization
When President Trump signed an executive order in December 2025 directing the Attorney General to expedite the rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances
Trump's Cannabis Reclassification Lifts Red Tape but Leaves Big Banks Unmoved
The Trump administration's executive order reclassifying marijuana under federal controlled substance law offers cannabis companies genuine regulatory relief - lower compliance costs, fewer research
Federal Government Moves Medical Marijuana Out of Its Most Restrictive Drug Category
For more than half a century, the federal government treated marijuana the same as heroin. That just changed - at least partly. An order signed April 23 by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
Federal Cannabis Rescheduling Finally Arrives - But Only for Medical Operators
On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice placed state-licensed medical cannabis into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, ending decades of uniform federal prohibition for an industry