Medical marijuana and CBD sales rise sharply during COVID-19 pandemic September 29, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Florida is seeing a surge in sales of medical marijuana and CBD hemp products as more people turn to them to treat their anxiety, insomnia and pain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters in 2016 approved the state’s new medical marijuana… Read More→
Two weeks from opening, Maine adult-use marijuana stores are eager to sell September 26, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Businesses that have long waited to legally sell adult-use marijuana in Maine can finally open in just two weeks. A total of five businesses have secured retail licenses, according to the most recent Office of Marijuana Policy records. One of… Read More→
COVID-19 Ushering in Automated Future for Retail Pot September 26, 2020 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments The future of marijuana retail could mean more automation and shorter wait times as Colorado marijuana retailers change their business models during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Green Solution, one of the state's largest dispensary chains, has installed self-service kiosks in… Read More→
N.J.’s largest medical marijuana dispensary is expanding its footprint September 24, 2020 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments All eyes may have turned to the Nov. 3 ballot question seeking to legalize marijuana for those over 21, but the state’s decade-old medical marijuana program continues to grow and evolve. Curaleaf, the largest alternative treatment center in the state, quietly added… Read More→
New Record: Colorado Marijuana Sales Topped $226 Million In July September 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Marijuana sales continue to set new records in Colorado, eight years after recreational use was legalized in the state. Sales topped $226 million in July, according to the Department of Revenue. Marijuana dispensaries were deemed essential businesses during the coronavirus… Read More→
Average daily medical marijuana sales climb to $600,000 in Arkansas September 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Arkansas 0 Comments Medical marijuana sales from Aug. 21 through Wednesday ticked up compared to the last reporting period, according to the sales report the state revenue agency released Friday. Daily sales during the 20-day period that ended Wednesday were $600,000 on average.… Read More→
Oregon’s marijuana businesses face threat from devastating wildfires; 1 in 5 under some evacuation level statewide September 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Southern Oregon wildfires this week have plowed through small towns, leveled hundreds of homes and businesses and now threatens part of the state’s prized – and lucrative – outdoor cannabis crop. Statewide, an estimated 20 percent of state-licensed marijuana businesses… Read More→
Ohio medical marijuana users find bargains in Michigan September 8, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan, Ohio 0 Comments Ohio’s medical marijuana patients have found a cheap place to buy medicinal cannabis: Michigan. Ohio marijuana card holders have repeatedly told The Dispatch, both on the record and in private, that they travel to dispensaries north of the state line… Read More→
Availability of medical marijuana in Missouri expected soon September 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments When they awarded licenses last winter, administrators of Missouri's medical marijuana program anticipated products being dispensed during the summer. But only two dispensaries have opened (both in St. Louis), and they don't yet have products available for patients. Having medical… Read More→
Dispensary’s brisk sales continue in Arkansas August 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Arkansas 0 Comments Medical marijuana sales slowed slightly during the 16 days covered by the sales report the state revenue agency released Saturday, but daily sales continued to average close to $600,000. From Aug. 5 through Thursday, Arkansans spent $590,000 a day on… Read More→
Marijuana vending machines coming to Massachusetts August 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts, On the Move 0 Comments A new kind of vending machine is coming to Massachusetts — a self-checkout kiosk for cannabis dispensaries. Boston-based anna, which also has a presence in Colorado, announced this week that it would deploy its self-checkout products in two Colorado dispensaries… Read More→
Nearly two years later, why are Missouri patients still waiting for medical marijuana? August 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Suffering patients in Missouri who qualify for medical marijuana still can’t buy it at a store. Why has it taken nearly two years for voter-approved medical marijuana to become commercially available in Missouri? That question should be the focus of… Read More→
Canada Marijuana Dispensary Count Tops 1,000 For the First Time July 19, 2020 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments In less than two years after the country legalized recreational cannabis, Canada has reached an important milestone. According to a report in BNN Bloomberg, the country's dispensary count crossed the 1,000 mark as of July 17, landing at 1,010. Of… Read More→
Detroit Could Extend Recreational Marijuana Ban Through Next Year July 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments When Detroit City Councilmember James Tate led the push to temporarily ban recreational marijuana sales in the city last year, he said he wanted to ensure marijuana legalization would benefit the people who’d been hurt by prohibition. Detroit’s majority-Black residents… Read More→
Rhode Island opens application window for 6 new medical-marijuana dispensaries July 17, 2020 AggregatedNews Rhode Island 0 Comments Many of the 55 or so state-licensed cultivators who now grow medical marijuana for the three existing dispensaries have their eye on winning one of the licenses. The state Department of Business Regulation will begin accepting applications Friday from businesses… Read More→