Proposed rules for the operation of recreational marijuana shops in the city are expected to be introduced Monday, with a focus on giving priority to Detroiters. City Councilman James Tate is set to join Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and members of the community for a news conference at City Hall to detail the long-awaited ordinance […]
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Kansas City’s first marijuana dispensary sells out in two days. When will more open?
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 limited supply on Monday afternoon. With only a handful of patients allowed inside at one […]
Patients can’t ‘really put it into words’ as medical marijuana sales begin in Kansas City area
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 body aches. Drago, on the other hand, is supposed to help stimulate the appetite and […]
Long lines as Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open
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 nearly two years after Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow the sale of medical […]
Mainers spent over $250K on cannabis during first weekend
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 didn’t become legal until this month. The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy said the long […]
Pot sales set to start: Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries just waiting for product
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. Signs advertised gummies and oils and concentrates and beverages. Glass jars, capped with a magnifying […]
Colorado Marijuana Sales Top $1 Billion Since Pandemic Began
Colorado has seen over $1.1 billion in marijuana sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began in this country, according to figures from the state Department of Revenue. Legal marijuana sales topped $200 million in August for the second month in a row, reaching the second-highest monthly total since recreational sales started in 2014. Counting back to March […]
First day of recreational pot sales in Maine yields $9,464 in sales taxes
The six marijuana shops that opened Friday across the state reported $94,643 in sales, according to the Office of Marijuana Policy. A half-dozen pot shops reported $94,643.38 in first-day sales on Friday under Maine’s new adult-use marijuana program, resulting in $9,464.34 in sales tax for the state. The preliminary data were reported Saturday afternoon by […]
Why Ohio’s medical marijuana prices are so hard to figure
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. The Ohio Medical Cannabis Industry Association disputed their findings, claiming an average price under $11 […]
On-demand recreational marijuana delivery comes to metro Detroit
Metro Detroiters can now order recreational marijuana for delivery like they would food through a system such as Grubhub or DoorDash. The online ordering site Lantern, which partners with the Michigan cannabis group 3Fifteen to process and deliver the orders, allows customers to order marijuana flower, concentrate and edibles and have it delivered to their home within […]
