Colorado marijuana sales hit $2.2 billion in highest-selling year yet February 11, 2021 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Amid a global pandemic that disrupted many facets of commerce, Colorado’s marijuana industry experienced its most lucrative year on record with $2.2 billion in sales in 2020. According to figures released Tuesday by the state Department of Revenue, dispensaries sold… Read More→
Illinois’ First-Year Legal Marijuana Sales Boomed, But Challenges Remain January 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments The line outside the Metro East’s first recreational marijuana dispensary was already long hours before it opened for the first time last January. Hundreds of people packed themselves into a tight metal maze that could barely contain the growing crowd at Ascend in Collinsville.… Read More→
North of the border, Wisconsin cops are monitoring the impact of legal recreational marijuana in Illinois January 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Wisconsin 0 Comments Despite dispensaries quickly popping up along Illinois’ northern border after that state legalized recreational marijuana almost a year ago, local law enforcement officials say they have not yet seen any major impacts in Wisconsin. Officials with the Rock County Sheriff’s… Read More→
Marijuana milestone: more than 100 dispensaries open in Pennsylvania December 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Most Pennsylvanians don’t have far to travel to buy medical marijuana. The state’s 100th dispensary opened last week in Chester, quickly followed by the 101st in York and 102nd in Hazelton, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Patients have… Read More→
Haves, have-nots of Missouri cannabis industry in conflict as dispensaries open December 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments While scores of would-be entrepreneurs sit out, barred from participating in Missouri’s medical marijuana program, a select number of cannabis businesses are racing to cash in on the state’s newest industry. The Department of Health and Senior Services, as of… Read More→
Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Program Sees 67K Eager Customers Wanting More December 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Missouri’s fledgling medical marijuana program has approved nearly 70,000 patient and caregiver applications — so many, there is not yet enough legal cannabis in the state to serve them all. And for some patients, the prices seem pretty high. But… Read More→
Cash-strapped Illinois turning down $100M in pot taxes, industry says November 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments With Illinois facing a nearly $4 billion budget deficit next year, lawmakers and cannabis industry insiders have claimed the state is missing out on more than $100 million in tax revenue by blocking certain pot shops from relocating. While the… Read More→
What States Will Make From Marijuana Legalization November 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Sonics legend Shawn Kemp to open Seattle’s first Black-owned marijuana dispensary October 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Industry People, Washington 0 Comments Just a stone’s throw away from where he used to rattle rims and enthrall the green-clad fans inside KeyArena, Sonics legend Shawn Kemp is embarking on a new endeavor. The “Reign Man” is opening up a cannabis shop called “Shawn… Read More→
Kansas City’s first marijuana dispensary sells out in two days. When will more open? October 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments On Monday, patients celebrated the first legal sales of marijuana in the Kansas City area. But by the end of the day Tuesday, the dispensary was sold out. The Fresh Green dispensary in Lee’s Summit opened with long lines but… Read More→
Patients can’t ‘really put it into words’ as medical marijuana sales begin in Kansas City area October 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments It was fairly quiet as B.J. Works perused the available strains of medical marijuana inside Fresh Green on Monday. He smelled some tabletop samples and learned how they varied: Purple Punch is said to help with stress, nausea and minor… Read More→
Long lines as Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open October 19, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Missouri's first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines. The two dispensaries run by N'Bliss opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open Monday in the Kansas City area… Read More→
Mainers spent over $250K on cannabis during first weekend October 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Maine residents spent more than $250,000 on marijuana over the course of the first weekend of legal retail sales of the drug in the state. Voters in the state chose to legalize adult use marijuana in 2016, but retail sales… Read More→
Pot sales set to start: Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries just waiting for product October 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments In a nondescript strip mall on Manchester Road, across from a Starbucks, one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in the region prepared on Tuesday to make one of the first medical marijuana sales in the state. Staff stood ready.… Read More→
Why Ohio’s medical marijuana prices are so hard to figure October 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments The Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center caused some consternation last month when it released the results of a survey that, among other things, estimated the average price of medical marijuana in Ohio at more than $18 per gram.… Read More→