How To Win A New Jersey Cannabis License With Gary George September 5, 2023 Pam Chmiel New Jersey 0 Comments New Jersey natives Gary and Marie George had no intention of entering the cannabis business until their son approached them asking for help applying for a dispensary license. Realizing the valuable knowledge they gained during the application process, they started… Read More→
Multiple lawsuits: Did the Cannabis Commission get it wrong again? August 15, 2023 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The commission is accused of engaging in illegal voting, holding illegal deliberations, and utilizing improper parliamentary procedures. Not surprisingly, multiple lawsuits are expected to be filed in Montgomery Circuit Court over the next few days, alleging the Alabama Medical Cannabis… Read More→
Wu administration backs effort to streamline marijuana licensing in Boston September 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments But neighborhood groups, councilors object to removing Zoning Board of Appeal from process Since the spring of 2020, marijuana companies trying to open facilities in Boston have been required to win approval from two separate city agencies: the relatively new… Read More→
Federal Appeals Court: Maine’s Cannabis Licensee Residency Requirement is Unconstitutional August 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments On August 17, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the the holding of the US District Court for the District of Maine that the residency requirements of Maine’s Medical Use Marijuana Act violate the Dormant Commerce Clause (“DCC”). The… Read More→
They Have Sold Pot for Years. Now They Want to Go Legal. Can They? May 11, 2022 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments For “legacy” cannabis entrepreneurs, becoming a taxpaying, regulation-observing business has its challenges. “I was always known as the guy that loved cannabis,” said Lou Cantillo, who grew up selling it to friends in Coney Island. That love came with a… Read More→
This Mass. city has more cannabis licenses than any other in the state August 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Once upon a time, Worcester had been forecast to be the cannabis capital of Massachusetts, as its number of licenses grew. The state's industry regulators even moved their headquarters from Boston to the state's second largest city. But now, a… Read More→
L.A. revamps rules for cannabis licensing, hoping to redress harm from war on drugs July 1, 2020 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Los Angeles is revamping its rules for handing out licenses to cannabis businesses, amid anger and disappointment over the tumultuous rollout of a program meant to address the damage done by criminalizing marijuana. The rules passed unanimously Wednesday by the… Read More→
Top 6 Growing Pains in California’s Cannabis Marketplace November 14, 2019 Hilary Bricken California 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Co-Founder, Harris Bricken Every state that’s legalized cannabis for adults 21-and-up has faced that moment or even series of moments that threatened to really derail or seriously stymie market development. California is at that crossroads and has… Read More→