This year has been filled with what has been termed peaceful protests. Unfortunately, the reality is these peaceful protests have left an undetermined amount of damage in their wakes sure to total tens of billions of dollars across the U.S. Many businesses have been damaged and looted with no... Read more
December 21, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment “I’m a 50-year-old Black man who’s been a civil rights worker,” said Cobb, now a criminal-justice activist in Philadelphia. “I smoke to have my brain slow down. But to be honest, I also smoke because I enjoy it.” Alleviating his physical and mental pain is... Read more
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas have topped $200 million since the state’s first legal sale of the drug in May 2019, the state revenue agency said Thursday. The sales report the Department of Finance and Administration released Thursday reported $200.7 million in sales on 30,648 pounds sold through Wednesday.... Read more
Late December last year, the staff at Greenleaf Apothecaries received a surprising message from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. An advertisement for a talk by one of the company’s employees included the company’s logo. The board considered the image an advertisement for the company, and said that Greenleaf, whose medical... Read more
December 19, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Israel’s budding cannabis industry has set its sights on expanding its manufacturing, production and export capabilities, as the country prepares to legalize recreational marijuana in the coming months. Hagit Weinstock is an attorney specializing in cannabis regulation who co-founded the Tel... Read more
Most Pennsylvanians don’t have far to travel to buy medical marijuana. The state’s 100th dispensary opened last week in Chester, quickly followed by the 101st in York and 102nd in Hazelton, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Patients have spent more than $1.1 billion at dispensaries across the... Read more
A federal lawsuit filed last week seeks to strike down a Missouri requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state. A constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2018 that legalized medical marijuana requires facilities to be “majority owned by natural persons who have been... Read more
While scores of would-be entrepreneurs sit out, barred from participating in Missouri’s medical marijuana program, a select number of cannabis businesses are racing to cash in on the state’s newest industry. The Department of Health and Senior Services, as of Friday, had cleared 17 dispensaries to open their doors,... Read more