In a desolate industrial zone of this capital city, a cannabis grow house is under construction that, when finished, will span 178,000 square feet, about the size of a Walmart superstore. At full capacity, 17 tons of marijuana a year, worth about $50 million, will be harvested. Among the planned offerings is an American strain […]
Legal Marijuana
Legislators discuss legalizing medical marijuana in effort to keep out of Constitution
By the time competing proposals to legalize medical marijuana appear on Mississippi’s November general election ballot, it could already be the law of the land – of the state anyway. Earlier this year, legislators passed a medical marijuana alternative to put on the ballot alongside the citizen-sponsored initiative. Supporters of the citizen-sponsored initiative cried foul, […]
Michigan recreational marijuana sales increase 34% in February, prices down slightly
Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry continued its steady ascent in February, based on the latest monthly statistical report released by the state Marijuana Regulatory Agency. Monthly recreational marijuana sales hit $14.8 million, a 34% increase over the nearly $9.8 million in January sales. The first full month of recreational sales, which began Dec. 1, logged $7 million […]
‘The legal stuff is garbage’: why Canada’s cannabis black market keeps thriving
Cannabis may be legal in Vancouver but visitors looking to score are likely to run into a seemingly counterintuitive suggestion: try the black market. Recreational marijuana was legalised across Canada in October 2018. And yet on Reddit, the specialist forum website used by millions every day, many of Vancouver’s cannabis connoisseurs still swear by their underground supply. This […]
Medical marijuana expo shows Missouri ready to meet demand
At first glance, the trade show at Union Station in St. Louis last week looked like any other home-and-garden show or perhaps a farm-equipment expo with vendors lining the exhibit hall with displays of irrigation equipment, greenhouse supplies and fertilizer products. But it wouldn’t have taken a visitor long to realize this was no ordinary […]
Slow Going For Efforts To Diversify The Massachusetts Marijuana Industry
One big complaint about Massachusetts’ legal marijuana industry: Who is getting all those profits? Efforts to change have been slow moving. Opening today, in Boston, is the first marijuana business in the state to apply through what’s called the social equity program. It was designed to give a leg up to people and communities disproportionately […]
Colorado Flags Old THC Vapes That Could Contain Banned Substance
Seven brands of marijuana vaping products in Colorado could contain MCT oil, a recently banned additive to THC vaping liquid, according to a health advisory from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. Officially banned by the MED along with the more-notorious vitamin E acetate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) at the start of 2020, medium chain triglycerides (MCT oil) […]
Illinois recreational marijuana sales totaled $35M in February, a decline from January
Recreational marijuana customers spent almost $35 million at Illinois dispensaries in February, a decline from the previous month, but an industry analyst said the market still holds promise. In January, recreational weed sales totaled more than $39.2 million, one of the strongest showings among states that have legalized marijuana. With two fewer shopping days than January, February […]
Utah’s first marijuana pharmacy opens in Salt Lake City
Utah’s first medical cannabis pharmacy opened Monday, giving patients a long-awaited legal option for buying marijuana treatments without venturing outside the state and sneaking the products back to their homes. The debut of Dragonfly Wellness at 711 State St. in Salt Lake City marks a milestone for the state’s medical marijuana program, which has been germinating for about […]
Who’s profiting off the millions that Illinois’ marijuana business is bringing in? State officials are keeping that secret.
Marijuana entrepreneurs are starting to rake in millions of dollars a month in Illinois as customers line up to buy newly legal weed, but who’s profiting from those sales remains secret. Regulators say state law bars the release of almost all the information businesses have to submit to get lucrative licenses to grow or sell […]
