The first day of legal weed sales in Rhode Island Thursday was, well, mellow – punctuated by a 96-year-old war veteran buying a pot cookie to have with his coffee and a state senator picking up some cannabis-infused stocking-stuffers for friends. Absent at the five medical marijuana dispensaries that turned attention to…

Starting Thursday, Rhode Island medical marijuana patients will no longer have to pay $50 to obtain a medical card, a change that coincides with the start of recreational marijuana sales. Five existing medical dispensaries were issued hybrid licenses to start selling recreational cannabis on Thursday, while still selling medical marijuana. The…

A new study finds a link between the legalization of medical marijuana and a reduction in the rate of opioid dispensing and pain-related hospital events in some cancer patients. In a paper published in the journal JAMA Oncology, researchers look at insurance claims data from 2012 to 2017 for patients with…

Rhode Island joined neighboring Massachusetts and beat next-door Connecticut to the punch with the launch of adult-use cannabis sales Thursday morning, officially becoming the 16th state to expand commercial access to those 21 and older. Five existing compassion centers were given approval from the state’s Office of Cannabis Regulation (OCR)…

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 2, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced the opening of a new medical dispensary in Hobe Sound, Fla. Located at 10835 SE Federal Hwy., the doors opened at 9 a.m. Dec. 2, with ongoing hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday through Saturday and…

Cannabis Business Times regularly interviews cannabis cultivators to learn more about how they manage their growing operations, including top tips for success, tools and technologies they couldn’t live without, and how they deal with perennial challenges like burnout. In this installment, Joe Gibson, head grower at Gibby’s Garden, details how he took…