Pot Industry High on Florida’s Marijuana Legalization Referendum April 18, 2024 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Voters will now get to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in a state that has a well-established medical pot marketplace. When the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month approved a November referendum on legalizing marijuana in the Sunshine State, it set off celebrations around the… Read More→
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→
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→
New York’s Marijuana Scorecard: 85 Legal Shops, 2,000 Illegal Ones March 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York, Retail 0 Comments The lack of legal dispensaries and the overwhelming proliferation of illegal ones are the biggest concerns of the rollout three years after legalization. After three years of fits and starts, the rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis market gained speed… Read More→
Pennsylvania’s path to legalizing cannabis faces numerous hurdles March 11, 2024 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments To the cannabis-curious, possibilities are bountiful in a nation increasingly supporting the legalization of marijuana. In some U.S. cities, nearly every block seems to boast cannabis dispensaries fashioned with a telltale green cross symbol. Inside, many resemble the modern minimalism… Read More→
Cannabis Corporate Playbooks February 29, 2024 Hilary Bricken Best Practices, News & Insights 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell If you’re in house counsel at any company, you’re likely looking to cut down on the day to day, high volume minutia posed by a variety of commercial agreements and transactions that come… Read More→
Why the number of dispensaries is concerning the NM cannabis industry October 12, 2023 AggregatedNews New Mexico 1 Comment There are more than 1,000 licensed dispensaries in New Mexico. Professionals in the cannabis industry speak on why it may worry them. In the most recent report from the state, New Mexico's cannabis industry brought in more than $30 million… Read More→
Expecting Cannabis Boom, New York Lays Down the Rules September 13, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The New York Cannabis Control Board approved a package of regulations that included licensing requirements for distributors, dispensaries and others. Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations Tuesday that laid the groundwork for an expansion of the… Read More→
Minnesota marijuana may be on South Dakota’s doorstep July 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Minnesota 1 Comment SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Adult use, aka recreational, marijuana will be officially legal in Minnesota as of August 1, 2023, but the first legal purchase of such a product will likely be around a year away. “It will take… Read More→
New York’s Adult Use Cannabis Processor Licenses March 16, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments By Simon Malinowski, Attorney at Harris Bricken Continuing our series on New York’s cannabis rules and regulations, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about New York’s cannabis processor licenses (check out our other posts in the series here,… Read More→
New York State Convicted Him. Now It’s Made Him a Weed Pioneer. January 25, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Roland Conner became the first person with a criminal conviction to open a licensed cannabis dispensary in New York with the state’s help. Roland Conner’s first foray into the weed business as a teenager in the early 1990s resulted in… Read More→
Europe’s First THC Adult-Use Cannabis Trial Set To Launch In January 2023 After Four Month Delay December 12, 2022 Ben Stevens Switzerland 0 Comments SWITZERLAND’s ‘Weed Care’ pilot, set to be Europe’s first ever THC adult-use cannabis trial, is now due to begin on January 30, 2023 following a four-month delay. The landmark study, expected to ‘open the door’ for more adult-use cannabis trials… Read More→
Operator’s Guide to Maryland and Missouri Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization November 23, 2022 Peter Murphy Maryland, Missouri 0 Comments By Peter S. Murphy, Attorney at Saul Ewing On November 8, 2022, Maryland and Missouri residents voted to legalize adult-use cannabis. Similar ballot measures failed in North Dakota, South Dakota and Arkansas, leaving some to wonder whether the overall result is… Read More→
Federal Injunction Halts New York’s Retail Dispensary Application Process November 10, 2022 Sean Mack New York 2 Comments By Sean Mack On November 10, 2022, a New York federal judge entered an order enjoining New York’s retail cannabis dispensary application process in five regions of the state. This decision follows similar decisions from federal courts in Maine and… Read More→
November Ballot Overview: What States Could Legalize Cannabis October 17, 2022 Sara Gullickson Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Sara Gullickson, CEO and Founder at The Cannabis Business Advisors The past two years have been milestones for cannabis legalization in the U.S., with Arizona, Montana, and New Jersey passing legislation in 2020, and New York, Virginia, New Mexico, and Connecticut,… Read More→