Richard J. Greenlaw has agreed to return $340,000 in proceeds and pay a $50,000 fine after collecting about $500,000 by offering securities without being registered, the Securities and Exchange Commission says.
Marijuana
Workers at Mount Vernon estate highlight George Washington’s hemp ties
He had grown the crop, though smoking to get high would have been foreign to people of his era.
California could reshape pot rules as legal market struggles
With illicit sales still thriving and a patchwork of local laws creating confusion, anxiety and frustration has set in across much of the industry.
First year of Nevada marijuana sales exceeds expectations
Tax revenue from the state’s pot sales are surpassing expectations and will send $25 million in new funding to schools.
Rockland mayor wants council to consider moratorium on marijuana businesses in downtown
Valli Geiger proposes the move after learning that a third application has been taken out for a medical pot production facility on Main Street.
Willie Nelson marijuana brand coming to Canada
The move continues a trend of U.S. cannabis companies heading north, where federal laws don’t inhibit access to international markets.
Marijuana bills increasingly focus on social justice
Supporters see an opportunity to repair decades of harm done to poor and minority groups disproportionately arrested for pot use.
Lawmakers endorse sweeping medical marijuana reforms
By a wide margin, legislators override a veto by Gov. Paul LePage to push forward changes in the state’s medical marijuana industry.
Gov. LePage vetoes bill that would ease access to medical marijuana, listing 11 objections
About 42,000 Maine patients could benefit from legislation that revamps the caregiver system and removes some conditions for obtaining medical cards.
Vermont becomes ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana
But the law has no provision for pot shops, meaning users must either grow it themselves or buy it from illicit dealers.