Missouri-based Greenlight is Growing April 2, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments When Cannabis Business Executive profiled Greenlight in September 2022, the MSO was flying under the radar in three states – Missouri, Arkansas, and West Virginia – with two more – Illinois and South Dakota – about to open up. Founded… Read More→
Ohio Approves Adult-Use, The Legislative Clock Starts Ticking Today November 9, 2023 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, News & Insights, Ohio 0 Comments In the aftermath of yesterday’s election, Ohioans are either celebrating or bemoaning the passage of State Issue 1, which establishes a constitutional right to abortion in the state, and also the passage of State Issue 2, which authorizes the legislative… Read More→
Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi August 29, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Arizona-based Story Cannabis was founded in June of 2022 by entrepreneur Jason Vedadi in what could be seen as the third act of his cannabis career, which has included significant stops at Harvest Health and Recreation and Oasis, the latter… Read More→
Ohio effort to legalize recreational marijuana gets enough signatures for November ballot August 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment Marijuana legalization will be on the ballot in Ohio in November, the secretary of state’s office confirmed Wednesday. Petitioners submitted 127,772 signatures from all over Ohio to qualify for November a referendum to legalize the growing and sale of marijuana to people… Read More→
A campaign to ask Ohio voters to legalize recreational marijuana falls short — for now July 25, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal to legalize adult use of marijuana in Ohio narrowly fell short Tuesday of the signatures it needed to make the fall statewide ballot. Backers will have 10 days, or until Aug. 4, to gather… Read More→
Does Ohio have too much marijuana? Medical cannabis industry wary of growth as demand lags July 13, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 1 Comment Ohio patients say medical marijuana in the state still costs too much when they can get it at half the cost in Michigan. Inside a large, pristine facility at Buckeye Lake, PharmaCann is growing just under 25,000 square feet of… Read More→
2 ways recreational marijuana could soon be legal in Ohio June 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — New bipartisan legislation introduced by two state lawmakers from Northeast Ohio would legalize adult recreational use of cannabis in the state. And at the ballot box this November, Ohio voters may be able to decide whether… Read More→
Ohio marijuana legalization effort falls short on petition signatures January 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State officials have ruled that a group trying to fully legalize marijuana in Ohio through a possible ballot measure has fallen short in collecting required petition signatures, which means the group now has a little more than… Read More→
2021 Half-time Report: As Adult-use Legalization Spreads Across the U.S., Federal Legislation, Social Equity Take Center Stage August 11, 2021 Joe Caltabiano News & Insights 0 Comments With half of the year now in the history books, it is safe to say the first half of 2021 will likely be remembered as a series of watershed moments for the cannabis industry. Even if we do not achieve… Read More→
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, March was Ohio’s busiest month yet for marijuana sales April 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohioans purchased more marijuana in March than any month since the state saw its first legal medical sales in January 2019, according to an analysis of state sales data. Average weekly sales in Ohio for the first two months of… Read More→
Wana Brands offers medical patients in Ohio a variety of ratios and classes for simple and consistent dosing November 13, 2019 Press Release Wana Brands 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Eastlake, Ohio (Nov. 13, 2019) ─ Ohio medical marijuana patients can now access more options with Wana Brands Sour Gummies. Already available in a vast majority of Ohio medical marijuana dispensaries, Wana Sour Gummies offer patients a wide… Read More→
Questionable Licensing Issues Now Cropping Up In Ohio – ‘The Process Is Severely Broken’ December 6, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments As the regulatory process plays out across various states in the country – most importantly, in California where regulations and rules are coming right down to the wire (and maybe a little beyond) for the January 1, 2018 start of… Read More→
Why Not Hemp? July 24, 2017 Andy Joseph Cultivation, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Processing 0 Comments Ohio has legalized medical cannabis, yet hemp remains illegal. The only connection hemp has to cannabis is that they’re genetically from the same plant family. To lump the two together is akin to lumping tigers in with your domestic kitty.… Read More→
With No Product, Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program Begins Thursday September 7, 2016 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Medical marijuana becomes legal Thursday in Ohio. But there are just a few problems. There are no marijuana crops because there are no growers. There are no processors, testing labs or dispensaries to sell a product that doesn't yet exist.… Read More→
Ohio Medical Marijuana May Not Come Til September 2018 August 9, 2016 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments The state has released the first information about how it will implement the medical marijuana law that takes effect Sept. 8. So far, questions outnumber answers. The first question " When will marijuana be available? " is the easiest to… Read More→