Last year, customers went into Canna Provisions stores with lists, buying marijuana products as holiday gifts for friends and family. “As the whole gift-buying season was rolling out, we definitely saw people come in with their shopping lists. ‘I’m going to get grandma a topical and I’m going to get Uncle Bill a pre-roll,’” recalled Canna Provisions […]
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Nevada marijuana workers can’t get permits amid backlog
Laura Simes started getting nervous in July when her new agent card allowing her to legally work in the cannabis industry hadn’t arrived in the mail. It’d been a month since her card expired. She’d sent in the fees and all the needed information to the Cannabis Compliance Board, a relatively new state regulatory agency […]
Insomnia denied as qualifying condition for Pa.’s medical marijuana program
The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted against adding insomnia to the list of qualifying conditions and tabled discussions on adding traumatic brain injuries at its latest meeting. The state’s program is experiencing record enrollment and significant growth. More than 460,000 residents are registered and sales have surpassed $1 billion since the program launched in […]
Michigan marijuana agency helps establish Cannabis Regulators Association
Michigan is among 19 states whose marijuana regulatory agencies have collectively created a new cannabis-related organization. The Cannabis Regulators Association — CANNRA — is billed as a newly-formed, non-partisan group established to share institutional knowledge and regulatory best practices with federal, state and local jurisdictions who’ve approved legalization of marijuana or are considering it. “The Cannabis […]
Colorado Marijuana Sales Up Nearly 25 Percent From Last Year
Marijuana sales are experiencing their annual fall dip in Colorado, but they’re still comfortably outperforming last year, according to figures from the state Department of Revenue. Dispensaries tallied almost $206.5 million in sales during September, state data shows, a slight drop from August and nearly 9 percent less than the monthly marijuana sales record set in July of […]
Pa. medical marijuana advisory board nixes new qualifying conditions as industry booms
Medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is more popular than ever, this month surpassing $1 billion in all-time sales from dispensaries to patients. The state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board noted the landmark at its quarterly meeting Tuesday before debating whether to add new medical conditions to the list of reasons Pennsylvanians can buy legal pot. The board […]
House will vote on cannabis legalization bill in December
A bill to remove federal penalties on marijuana and scrap some cannabis-related records will receive a vote on the House floor in December, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. In a letter to colleagues Monday, Hoyer outlined the legislative schedule for the lame-duck session in November and December. “The House will vote on the MORE Act to decriminalize […]
N.J. should stop marijuana possession arrests now that voters have OK’d legal weed, top lawmaker says
New Jersey’s most powerful lawmaker asked the state’s top cop Monday to halt all marijuana possession arrests since residents voted overwhelmingly for legalization. “No one should be arrested and face criminal charges for possession of minimal amounts of marijuana now that the people have spoken,” state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, said in a statement. State […]
What States Will Make From Marijuana Legalization
Tuesday’s election was a landslide win for marijuana. Five states: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota voted in support of legalizing cannabis in some fashion. All the states, with the exception of Mississippi, approved recreational cannabis, while Mississippi has only approved marijuana use in a medical capacity. South Dakota made the most significant […]
Conditions ‘Ripe’ For NY Marijuana Sale Legalization In 2021, Cuomo Says
Cash-strapped New York state is “ripe” for the picking when it comes to legalizing marijuana for public sale and distribution, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday morning. During an interview with WAMC radio’s Alan Chartock, Cuomo was asked about New Jersey’s successful Election Day referendum permitting the sale and recreational use of cannabis — the third […]
