Alaska’s mountainous terrain is the state’s biggest obstacle (literally) to getting everyone in the marijuana industry online and registered. Not only is Alaska’s population a sparce 740,000 — the residents are spread out to a degree unimaginable in most states, with only 40 percent of population centers accessible by roads. The only way to get […]
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More Than 80 Apply to Operate Marijuana Dispensaries in Detroit
Companies like Dank House, Motown Meds and Your Grass Station were among 82 businesses that applied to operate medical marijuana shops in Detroit on Tuesday, when the city’s new marijuana regulations went into effect. Of the first 79 businesses that applied for zoning approval, 23 were from Detroit, 11 were from Howell, six were from Bloomfield Hills […]
On Day 1, Alaska Gets 68 Applications For Commercial Cannabis Licenses
In its first day accepting materials, the state’s Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office received 68 applications for commercial cannabis licenses. In a release sent out Thursday, the office said the roll out of its new online application system has gone smoothly, for the most part. However, reports of a wide-spread snag led AMCO to issue a […]
Alaska Marijuana Board Debating Whether to Allow “On-Site Consumption”
With less than two weeks to go before the first entrepreneurs can apply for an Alaska marijuana license, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday approved the forms and documents that await those who seek to grow, test, sell and make products from Alaska’s newest legal crop. That bit of bureaucratic business was overshadowed, however, […]
Hawaii’s Medical Marijuana License Procedures Shrouded in Secrecy
The state Health Department’s selection process for medical marijuana license applicants is layered in secrecy. The department won’t identify the people who are deciding who will get the coveted licenses, and it also won’t say who appointed those people to a selection committee. Questions regarding how many members there are on the application review panel […]
Denver Council OKs 120-Day Moratorium on New Cannabis Industry Players
A shortened four-month expanded moratorium on new players in Denver’s legal marijuana markets won easy approval Monday night from the City Council. After longer discussions in a committee late last month, the council passed the ordinance changes quietly as part of a block vote. The city’s existing two-year moratorium — set to expire Jan. 1 […]
New York State Finally Awards 5 (and Only 5) Medical Marijuana Licenses
ALBANY — Mirroring a national trend toward an acceptance of marijuana, the New York State Department of Health announced the names of five organizations on Friday that will be allowed to sell the drug for medical use in the state. The organizations will be registered with the state, and each will be allowed to open […]
Golden Opportunities Surround New York’s Emerging Cannabis Industry
The winners of the five golden tickets are about to be announced. No, not for a chocolate factory tour, but entry into the Wild West of New York’s emerging cannabis industry. But even if you don’t have a winning ticket, you don’t have to be left out in the cold. Business opportunities abound. To be […]
New York Growers Ready and Waiting to Start Growing Marijuana
The nine-acre greenhouse outside Rochester leased by the Compassionate Care Center of New York is fully operational: It has temperature control and irrigation, and produces flowers, vegetables and, soon, with any luck, marijuana. It will be no trouble to produce carefully engineered strains of medical marijuana by January, said Lewis Goldberg, a spokesman for the […]
Will Investment Bank’s Support Help Win a New York Marijuana License?
The state of New York is expected to name the five winners of its coveted medical-marijuana licenses any day now, but one bidder thinks he has a leg up over the competition thanks to an influx of cash from an unusual source: a major investment bank. Ari Hoffnung, a 2005 Bronx City Council candidate whose […]
