A California-based cannabis company known for its celebrity partnerships, colorful marketing and crowd-drawing interiors is headed to Florida. COOKIES, headed up by Bay-area rapper Gilbert Anthony Milan Jr., or “Berner,” has acquired one of Florida’s 22 coveted medical marijuana treatment center licenses and plans to begin business in 2021.... Read more
Marijuana sales continue to set new records in Colorado, eight years after recreational use was legalized in the state. Sales topped $226 million in July, according to the Department of Revenue. Marijuana dispensaries were deemed essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and were allowed to remain open during the... Read more
Centrist Democrats are pushing House Democratic leadership to pull legislation expected to reach the House floor next week that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The Democrats are expressing frustrations the bill is slated to come up for a vote before other pressing matters. Specifically, a number of... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Utah / Advocates to drop their legal challenge over Utah’s marijuana initiative September 15, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment The last major court dispute over Utah’s controversial Proposition 2, legalizing medical marijuana, is over — for now. A spokeswoman... Read more
Whether by legislation or by initiative petition, supporters of the legalization of medical marijuana in Nebraska will try again in the next two years. They will also partner with other advocacy groups to develop a medical marijuana scorecard so Nebraskans know where candidates and elected officials stand on the... Read more
Roughly 1 in 3 Americans could have access to legal recreational marijuana if voters approve state ballot initiatives this November. While a planned House vote on legalizing weed at the federal level is scheduled for later this month, the real action remains in the states. That’s because even if the House... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Missouri / Missouri burns through $1.3 million in veterans’ money in effort to limit marijuana businesses September 14, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Seven months after state officials finished awarding medical marijuana business licenses, regulators have spent $1.3 million... Read more
Medical marijuana sales from Aug. 21 through Wednesday ticked up compared to the last reporting period, according to the sales report the state revenue agency released Friday. Daily sales during the 20-day period that ended Wednesday were $600,000 on average. The daily sales average during the 16-day reporting period... Read more
A new study shows about half of Ohioans surveyed are dissatisfied with the medical marijuana program because of high prices. About 62% of people surveyed are “somewhat dissatisfied” or “extremely dissatisfied” with the program. The study, conducted by the Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, surveyed about... Read more
MANILA, Philippines — Greenergy Holdings Inc. of businessman Antonio Tiu has acquired a majority stake in an Australian firm, expanding the listed company’s portfolio to include biotechnology. Greenergy in a stock exchange filing said it acquired 51 percent of Yakuru Group Pty. Ltd. (YGPL), which recently introduced its Yakuru... Read more
