Are N.J. towns that welcomed legal weed getting higher property values? September 10, 2022 Rob Meagher New Jersey 0 Comments Towns that embraced New Jersey’s shift to legalized marijuana sales may have helped to boost home real estate values, according to a study conducted by Rutgers New Jersey State Policy Lab. Those municipalities have seen average home sales prices increase… Read More→
NY issues first licenses for 52 marijuana farmers April 14, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state Cannabis Control Board issued the first licenses to 52 local farmers to grow marijuana for adult recreational use— a major step in launching the seed to sale industry in the Empire State. The cannabis grown by farmers or “cultivators” awarded… Read More→
New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans’ reach April 1, 2022 AggregatedNews New Mexico 0 Comments SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West. As of midnight Friday… Read More→
What’s ahead for recreational pot in New Mexico March 26, 2022 AggregatedNews New Mexico 0 Comments SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Marijuana aficionados and entrepreneurs across New Mexico are bracing for the April 1 start of state-regulated retail marijuana. New Mexico joins 17 other states that have legalized recreation marijuana without significant legal challenges. The start… Read More→
New York cannabis in 2021 in review: Marijuana industry finally gets rolling December 31, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments March 31 marked an end to recreational cannabis prohibition in the Empire State, and the beginning of the painstaking task of establishing what will likely become one of the nation’s largest regulated marijuana markets. That was the day then-Gov. Andrew… Read More→
Big money and a big stumble mark first year of Illinois’ recreational weed law January 27, 2021 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments A year after legalization, social equity remains a pipe dream. CHICAGO — Illinois’ coffers have enjoyed a boost in tax revenue approaching the amount generated by booze sales thanks to the year that recreational marijuana has been legal there. But… Read More→
The Resilience of the Massachusetts Adult-Use Marijuana Market July 22, 2020 Jacques Santucci CBE Week, Marketing, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, Opinions, Resources, Retail 0 Comments Now in July 2020, two months into the reopening of the Massachusetts adult use marijuana industry, it is time to take a step back and look at the numbers. The second adult use retail store in Boston opened this past… Read More→
Marijuana advocates race to qualify for the ballot June 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The pandemic forced some legalization campaigns to fold, but others are still fighting to make it before voters in November. The coronavirus pandemic may have upended marijuana advocates’ plans for a banner year of legalization ballot initiatives. But advocates in… Read More→