As Thailand greenlights cannabis, patients welcome cheaper supplies June 20, 2022 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments For Jiratti Kuttanam, Thailand's relaxation of cannabis restrictions meant one thing above all - a cheaper supply of the products she uses to manage the pain and sickness caused by her breast cancer treatments. Thailand last week became the first… Read More→
Why cannabis prices are plunging – unlike just about everything else in Canada May 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments As Canadians deal with the highest inflation in decades and broadening price hikes, one industry remains locked in a lengthy trend of discounting and bargain rates: cannabis. Laden with inventory, producers and retailers of marijuana have been slashing the prices… Read More→
Pa.’s top marijuana regulator decries stubbornly high retail prices for medical cannabis March 23, 2022 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments The average wholesale price for a gram of medical cannabis leaf in Pennsylvania has fallen 36% since the beginning of 2020. But the average retail price that patients pay is down only 14% over the same period, a state official… Read More→
Marijuana prices plummet in Michigan. Customers are happy, farmers worried February 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s marijuana prices hit all-time lows in January, which is great for retailers and customers but has smaller growers sounding alarms. Record marijuana supply is driving down prices so much customers are buying it at record rates. There’s 55 times more… Read More→
Patients line up for Louisiana’s first smokable medical marijuana; balk at prices January 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Louisiana 0 Comments Medical marijuana patients packed Louisiana's nine cannabis pharmacies on Monday, the first day of the expansion of the state's program to include the raw, smokable form of the medicine as an option, though many complained about the cost of the… Read More→
Wholesale Marijuana Prices Fall Hard Amid Sales Decline In Colorado December 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Colorado marijuana sales and prices are both dropping, in what may be more than a seasonal trend. The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division's latest average market rate (AMR), a set of median prices for different categories of wholesale marijuana, fell across the… Read More→
Marijuana bill could cut prices, increase access in Ohio November 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Medical marijuana could get cheaper, be more widely available and used to treat more conditions in Ohio under a bill written by state Sen Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City. Medical marijuana costs Ohio patients about $310 an ounce, “which is much… Read More→
After nearly three years, dissatisfaction over Ohio’s medical marijuana prices is widespread October 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Nearly three years after the first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Ohio, slightly over half of the state’s marijuana card holders say they are dissatisfied with the program. Those are the results of a late September report prepared by the Drug Enforcement… Read More→
Why medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is some of the most costly in the U.S. December 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Bill Cobb uses medical marijuana to treat PTSD and chronic back pain. “I’m a 50-year-old Black man who’s been a civil rights worker,” said Cobb, now a criminal-justice activist in Philadelphia. “I smoke to have my brain slow down. But to be honest, I also smoke… Read More→
Patients, caregivers say Ohio medical marijuana prices too high, and acquiring it compounded by coronavirus December 1, 2020 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments A majority of patients and caregivers in the Ohio medical marijuana program – 58.4% -- are dissatisfied with product prices, according to a recent survey. The results of the survey, which the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program sent to all registered… 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→
High prices holding back Ohio medical marijuana sales September 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments A new study shows about half of Ohioans surveyed are dissatisfied with the medical marijuana program because of high prices. About 62% of people surveyed are “somewhat dissatisfied” or “extremely dissatisfied” with the program. The study, conducted by the Ohio… 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→
Your NJ medical marijuana is about to get cheaper: Here’s why June 29, 2020 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments The New Jersey sales tax on medical marijuana will be cut to 4% on July 1, down from 6.625%, the first step in a three-year plan to phase out state taxes on medicinal cannabis purchases. On July 1, 2021, the… Read More→
Marijuana is disproportionately expensive at Michigan dispensaries, study finds January 31, 2020 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Cannabis dispensaries are convenient because they’re legal and offer a wide selection, but they’re often more expensive than your illicit drug dealer.A new study by LeafLink, a wholesale marketplace for the cannabis industry, sheds some light on the costs of marijuana… Read More→