Montana marijuana initiative group sues state to collect electronic signatures during pandemic April 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Montana 0 Comments A group trying to legalize adult-use marijuana on Montana’s 2020 ballot is suing Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton over the state’s ban on electronic signature gathering due to the difficulty and danger of collecting in-person signatures during the coronavirus… Read More→
Could legal marijuana dollars be the boost the U.S. economy needs during a pandemic-triggered recession? April 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments America’s driving down a long stretch of bad road, and it doesn’t look like the exit will be anytime soon. At least 22,000 people have died from COVID-19 related complications in the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic, and, in the… Read More→
Business Is Booming For Georgia’s Marijuana Trade April 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments As businesses, bars and restaurants across Georgia close their doors during the coronavirus pandemic, one product continues to thrive: marijuana. A dealer who works inside the Perimeter said they sold last month nearly three times as much marijuana as normal.… Read More→
Adult-use marijuana sales remain high at $35.9 million in March in Illinois April 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments More than $109 million of marijuana products were purchased in Illinois in the first three months of legalization, and the third month of sales was on par with the first two despite a stay-at-home order being in place for 11… Read More→
How recreational weed went from illegal to essential in 3 months in Illinois March 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments Throngs of high-minded shoppers started flooding pot dispensaries when sales of recreational weed kicked off in Illinois at the start of the year. Less than three months later, that type of mass clamoring is strictly forbidden as social distancing measures… Read More→
Can marijuana dispensaries stay open during Colorado’s coronavirus crisis? It depends. March 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Colorado Gov. Jared Polis deemed marijuana dispensaries “critical” retail businesses in an executive order Sunday urging employers to reduce their in-person workforces, meaning they would stay open if other industries were forced to shutter to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The governor’s… Read More→
Arizona medical marijuana dispensaries add health precautions, creating lines in parking lots March 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona 0 Comments Long lines have been forming at Arizona's medical marijuana dispensaries, but it's not necessarily from a rush on sales during the coronavirus pandemic. Dispensaries, which remain open, are taking some extra precautions like limiting the number of customers inside at… Read More→