Group forms to help give equal access to Connecticut’s new cannabis market
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana November 30, 2021 0
A new association has been formed to ensure Black and other under represented communities will have an opportunity to participate in Connecticut’s new legalized recreational marijuana industry, as state legislators had promised. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, or ACE, created by two local workforce and economic development organizations, will... Read more
More medical marijuana? Ohio lawmaker says it’s time to expand uses
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOhio November 29, 2021 0
Senate Bill 261 received a first hearing last week before the Senate Small Business & Economic Opportunity Committee, which state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, described as a follow-up to House Bill 523; he sponsored that bill in 2016 to legalize medical marijuana. “As might be expected, after five... Read more
Pennsylvania Health Department orders second approval for vaporized cannabis: report
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaPennsylvania November 25, 2021 0
When the largest-ever Michigan marijuana recall was issued on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Matt Imig’s phone began ringing. Customers were calling. Imig, who owns M&M Agriculture, a comparably small, 1,000-plant licensed marijuana grow facility in Lansing, uses Viridis Laboratories, the target of the recall, for all of his mandated safety... Read more
Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana November 22, 2021 0
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales. In late September, Bureau... Read more
Where will South Dakota’s marijuana come from?
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana November 20, 2021 0
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s Native Nations Cannabis medical marijuana dispensary has been operating in Flandreau since July. While it’s currently the only operating dispensary in the state, that is set to change. The City of Sioux Falls carried out their dispensary license lottery on Wednesday, selecting five applicants.... Read more
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas near 67,000 pounds through October
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana November 17, 2021 0
Almost 67,000 pounds – roughly the weight of two F-35 fighter jets – of medical marijuana have been sold in Arkansas since May 2019, with the state collecting just under $45 million in taxes on the sales. Licensed dispensaries in the state have sold 66,994 pounds of medical marijuana... Read more
