‘Sales plummet’ for recreational and medical marijuana in Colorado
ColoradoMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana January 15, 2023 0
Colorado saw an almost $100 million decline in marijuana tax revenue last year, and an industry trade group said on Friday that the drop is resulting in struggles for small-business owners. In 2021, Colorado collected $423 million in cannabis tax revenue, and last year, the state collected $325 million... Read more
Ohio lawmakers want to add conditions eligible for medical marijuana, increase dispensaries
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOhio January 13, 2023 0
Ohio lawmakers are renewing a push to overhaul the medical cannabis program ahead of a potential ballot question on recreational marijuana later this year. Sens. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, and Kirk Schuring, R-Canton, introduced legislation this week that would revamp the program after a similar bill stalled in the previous General Assembly. Senate... Read more
Senate GOP ‘close’ to supporting medical marijuana, leader Devin LeMahieu says
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaWisconsin January 9, 2023 0
Republican lawmakers in the state Senate are “close” to supporting the legalization of marijuana in Wisconsin for medical use, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Thursday. LeMahieu, who until now has opposed the idea, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he believes legislation to create a medical marijuana program in... Read more
How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana December 30, 2022 0
It wasn’t always Josh Keats’s job to drive the tractor. The co-founder of Henry’s Original once had a small crew to farm his 7-plus acres of cannabis from his base in Northern California’s Emerald Triangle. But on this fall day, it’s Keats operating the heavy machinery, trundling down rows of rich green stalks,... Read more
D.C. wants to bring marijuana gifting shops into the medical market
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana December 27, 2022 0
Shortly after voters legalized marijuana in 2014, Congress, which has oversight of D.C., introduced a budget rider that prevented the city from commercializing the drug. So for years, Alvarez, and dozens of other gifting shops — sometimes called i-71 compliant, after the number of the ballot initiative that legalized... Read more
