Recreational marijuana sales could start as early as June, Ohio policymakers say April 11, 2024 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Marijuana may be available to buy in mid-June, significantly earlier than anticipated, due to actions from Ohio’s rulemaking committee, their weed-enthusiast chairperson exclusively told WEWS/OCJ. Despite Ohioans voting to legalize recreational marijuana 57-43% in November, there is nowhere to buy… Read More→
Virginia governor vetoes marijuana market bill March 29, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments A push to establish a legal marijuana market in Virginia is officially dead after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation on Thursday. Virginia has allowed adults over 21 to possess and cultivate cannabis at home since the Legislature passed legalization legislation in… Read More→
Virginia Legislation Details Micro Business Funding Criteria for Retail Cannabis Market March 27, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Virginia’s plan for a recreational cannabis market includes a way to help micro-businesses, formerly known as the social equity license, get involved with what is anticipated to be a multimillion-dollar business — if the plan survives the governor’s desk. The… Read More→
Lab tests show THC potency inflated on retail marijuana in Colorado March 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Cannabis flower sold in Colorado claims to contain much more tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, than it actually does, according to my findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Plos One. THC is the psychoactive compound that is derived when cannabis flower – commonly referred… Read More→
New York’s Marijuana Scorecard: 85 Legal Shops, 2,000 Illegal Ones March 22, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments After three years of fits and starts, the rollout of New York’s recreational cannabis market gained speed in 2024, most notably with the opening of about 50 licensed dispensaries so far this year. But the licensed retailers, who number about… Read More→
Bill to allow marijuana sales in peril after breakdown on Virginia arena deal March 8, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Hopes that Gov. Glenn Youngkin might sign a bill legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Virginia faded fast this week as Democrats blocked one of the governor’s top priorities: the plan to bring a professional sports arena to Northern Virginia.… Read More→
Bay Area cannabis shops are closing as pot sales slump March 1, 2024 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California’s legal cannabis market continues to descend into financial turmoil, according to the latest annual tax figures released this week. The total market is shrinking in size, according to state-released data, and additional tax information obtained by SFGATE shows hundreds of pot… Read More→
Virginia House, Senate agree on bill creating legal marijuana market February 29, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Democrats who control the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate agreed Wednesday on a framework establishing a legal market for recreational marijuana, teeing up the issue for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who has not signaled whether he will sign,… Read More→
Oregon marijuana sales fall again, prices stagnant February 26, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Oregon’s struggling cannabis industry endured another difficult year in 2023, and there’s no indication conditions will ease in the foreseeable future. Prices remain severely depressed, under $4 a gram for 11 consecutive months. Sales fell by nearly 4% last year.… Read More→
New York Fined Unlicensed Weed Shops More Than $25 Million — and Collected Almost None of That February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state has levied more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed smoke shops for selling cannabis products since last year, but so far only a minuscule percent of those fines have been collected by both the state Tax Department… Read More→
Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York, Oklahoma 0 Comments In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an 18-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes. The weed was from licensed farms in Oklahoma, according… Read More→
Germany set to legalise cannabis, but it’s complicated February 23, 2024 AggregatedNews Germany 0 Comments The German parliament is about to vote on a new law to allow the recreational use of cannabis. If MPs vote yes, over 18s in Germany will be allowed to possess substantial amounts of cannabis, but strict rules will make… Read More→
Massachusetts breaks record for marijuana sales, for the 6th year in a row February 7, 2024 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Massachusetts set a new record for marijuana purchases in 2023, with December capping the year off as the best-ever sales month, the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) said in a press release Tuesday. Adult-use marijuana establishments in the state grossed more than $1.56… Read More→
Judge rejects a claim that New York’s marijuana licensing cheats out-of-state applicants February 5, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state’s licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California applicants say unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state residents. The ruling Friday by Albany Judge Anne M. Nardacci may spur New York… Read More→
NY’s legal weed sales aren’t raking in cash as predicted. How much has sold so far? August 3, 2023 AggregatedNews New York, Uncategorized 0 Comments As New York cracked down on unlicensed cannabis shops, sales of legal marijuana grew to reach a total of $33 million during the industry’s first six months, state records show. But the legal cannabis marketplace, which launched in January, remains far… Read More→