Instagram Is the New Neighborhood Pot Dealer November 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Weed sellers find target audience on social media Social media sites like Instagram are popular platforms for advertisers looking to target a massive user base of young people. One unintended consequence for app owner Meta Platforms Inc., though, is that’s… Read More→
Michigan poised to ramp up efforts against black-market marijuana October 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Police and marijuana haven’t always been friends, so it’s somewhat unexpected that a former law man would be leading Michigan’s commercial marijuana industry. But that’s what’s happened. Brian Hanna, named acting director of the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) by Gov.… Read More→
California’s illicit marijuana market thrives as much of the state continues to restrict sales October 4, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments In 2016, Californians voted to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana. Proponents of Proposition 64, including then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, argued that it would generate massive revenue, while decreasing illicit cannabis and drug cartel activity in the state. Now, nearly six years… Read More→
The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal August 22, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments The Wild Cat Road skips along a ridge line, a narrow half-paved, half washed-out track that once carried much of the world’s finest marijuana to market. Even in mists that obscured its treacherous course as it bows toward the Pacific,… Read More→
Federal bill to legalize marijuana would help, not hurt, the illicit market July 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments During the next year, California officials said last week, the state expects to seize “more than $1 billion worth of illegal cannabis products.” That announcement came a few weeks after the U.S. Justice Department bragged about guilty pleas by 11… Read More→
As legal marijuana sales inch closer, NY’s weed pioneers question if they can ever go legit July 14, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments On a recent afternoon in Central New York, a legacy cannabis grower caressed the five marijuana plants growing in his backyard, and examined the leaves to assess their health. Erie – who asked NY Cannabis Insider not to publish his real name… Read More→
Dozens of shops told to halt sales of marijuana products in New York July 8, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments While the state has given the green light to possessing and consuming once-banned marijuana, regulators have yet to issue licenses to applicants seeking approval to open adult-use cannabis shops. But dozens of businesses have already begun to offer “untested” pot… Read More→
Unlicensed marijuana vendors pop up all over NYC as licensed dispensaries wait for the green light to sell recreational weed July 4, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York state legalized recreational marijuana last year but has yet to allow licensed dispensaries to sell it beyond medical use. As CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports, that hasn't stopped all kinds of unlicensed vendors from popping up all over the… Read More→
Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn’t killed illegal market May 24, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market 0 Comments Some cannabis users continue to buy the drug from illegal sources for years after it is possible to purchase it from regulated, legal shops, because the illegal sources can be cheaper or easier to access, a survey in Canada and the US… Read More→
Marijuana is still illegal to sell in Virginia, but that’s not stopping retailers (including a senator) February 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments The Lucky Charms cereal bars for sale at Sen. Louise Lucas’ cannabis shop in Portsmouth feature a stoned cartoon leprechaun and a warning that it “contains cannabis, a Schedule 1 controlled substance.” The label, it turns out, is only partially… Read More→
California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing January 13, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Nearly two decades ago, on a high desert road in San Bernardino County, Sara Rodriguez was pulled over and arrested with 10 small packets of cannabis in her car. She was convicted of a felony, possession of the drug for… Read More→
Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’ August 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, News & Insights 0 Comments MEXICO CITY — The most sought after marijuana being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border is now the weed entering Mexico, not the weed leaving it. Cannabis sold legally in California is heading south illegally, dominating a booming boutique market across… Read More→
NJ legalized weed but left out black market pot dealers. Now, they want in. March 1, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments This isn’t legal. Recreational marijuana, as of last week, is legal in New Jersey, but what Ed Forchion is pulling off at his restaurant on East State Street — or, rather, down the alley and behind the restaurant — is something entirely different. On a recent… Read More→
It may be legal, but high prices and inconvenience may drive black-market marijuana for years in Maine December 29, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Rufus St. Hillaire grew six marijuana plants with his husband behind their cabin on their 2-acre property in Poland this year. He has a medical card to purchase marijuana, but no longer needs it to legally buy weed and edibles… Read More→
Michigan to open access to the recreational marijuana market in March to help curb black market sales October 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Early next year, Michigan will eliminate a barrier to entry in the state’s recreational marijuana industry that has stifled growth and unintentionally complicated the fight against unlicensed, black market marijuana. As of March 1, certain newly licensed recreational marijuana businesses… Read More→