A thriving Black woman-owned cannabis business meets suburban resistance April 16, 2024 AggregatedNews Maryland, Uncategorized 0 Comments Hope Wiseman is exactly whom Maryland leaders envisioned supporting when cannabis equity became a state initiative. In Prince George’s County, more dispensaries make some residents and lawmakers shudder. The former investment banker sometimes sits in the driver’s seat of her… Read More→
Foreign Investment in U.S. Cannabis: Five Key Considerations April 15, 2024 AggregatedNews Federal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Cannabis investments are difficult enough when the investor is a U.S.-based person or entity. But things can get immensely more complicated when foreign investment is on the table. Today I want to highlight some of the… Read More→
Marijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado April 15, 2024 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Nearly half of Americans live in a state that allows legal access to recreational marijuana. Eleven more states, including Wisconsin and Florida, are considering legalization in 2024. One of the most common rationales for legalizing marijuana is increasing state tax revenue. How much revenue… Read More→
Eaze cannabis delivery drivers threaten strike ahead of annual pot day April 13, 2024 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments California cannabis delivery company Eaze may face a work stoppage by April 20, a peak sales time for weed businesses. Nearly 600 cannabis delivery drivers and depot staff across California who work at Eaze and its subsidiary Stachs are represented… Read More→
Cannabis legalization bill passes N.H. House, but lacks governor’s support April 12, 2024 AggregatedNews New Hampshire 0 Comments A marijuana legalization bill that passed the New Hampshire House on Thursday, after months of workshopping and debate, lacks the support it would need from Governor Chris Sununu to become law. A spokesperson for Sununu said the governor has clearly articulated the… Read More→
The Battle Over Zaza Waza: A Lifelong Liberal Joins New York’s Weed War April 12, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments When an illegal smoke shop opened across the street, Gale Brewer, a local councilwoman, vowed to close it. What happened next was “like a Fellini movie.” The informal walking tour came to a pause on Amsterdam Avenue, outside a brick… Read More→
Recreational marijuana sales could start as early as June, Ohio policymakers say April 11, 2024 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Marijuana may be available to buy in mid-June, significantly earlier than anticipated, due to actions from Ohio’s rulemaking committee, their weed-enthusiast chairperson exclusively told WEWS/OCJ. Despite Ohioans voting to legalize recreational marijuana 57-43% in November, there is nowhere to buy… Read More→
Missouri Revokes Nine Social Equity Licenses April 11, 2024 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments By Aaron Kelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski The need for social equity in cannabis programs As adult-use cannabis legalization sweeps across the country and America confronts the toll of previous, draconian cannabis policies, one of the best attempts to right abject wrongs… Read More→
New York eyes crackdown on illicit weed shops. Will it work? April 10, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York’s elected officials can agree on one thing when it comes to the state’s troubled marijuana market: The state must do something about the thousands of unlicensed cannabis sellers. And they appear near a deal to give local governments… Read More→
Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill April 8, 2024 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments The Hawaii House of Representatives last week approved legislation to expand the state’s decriminalization of marijuana, only three days after a bill to legalize recreational cannabis in the state was killed for this year by House leaders. The House voted… Read More→
Minnesota marijuana law modifications are on tap before legal sales take root April 8, 2024 AggregatedNews Minnesota 0 Comments State lawmakers are working through a number of modifications to the law Gov. Tim Walz signed last year legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. There are dozens of mostly technical changes in the works at the Capitol. But there’s a… Read More→
No, a judge didn’t void all of New York’s legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some April 5, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York’s cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge’s ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake. The Wednesday ruling was amended… Read More→
Massachusetts becomes first state to blanket pardon low-level marijuana charges April 4, 2024 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Massachusetts is now the first state to pardon the crimes of offenders charged with simple pot possession — after President Joe Biden did the same two years ago. Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to issue a blanket pardon for simple marijuana possession… Read More→
Cannabis Contracts 101: Authority and Why it Matters April 3, 2024 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Cannabis contracts are – in the simplest sense – binding agreements between two parties. But how you get to something being “binding” can be complicated. And in the cannabis industry, where things move… Read More→
D.C. Delivers the First Round of Warning Letters for Unlicensed Marijuana Dispensaries April 3, 2024 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments Time has run out for Initiative 71 gifting shops that exist in D.C.’s marijuana gray market. As of last Friday, the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration delivered 13 warnings to unlicensed cannabis businesses in the city, ordering them to… Read More→