When America’s real estate history is written, there will be a chapter with the legalization of marijuana as a focal point. I’m a third-generation warehouse owner in Denver, in the state that recreational marijuana was first legalized in, so it’s impossible for me to not be compelled to analyze... Read more
Making good on a warning issued months ago, the organization that represents most of the state’s marijuana retailers is suing the Cannabis Control Commission to invalidate the new regulations that create a separate category of businesses allowed to deliver non-medical marijuana directly to consumers. The Commonwealth Dispensary Association opposed... Read more
The line outside the Metro East’s first recreational marijuana dispensary was already long hours before it opened for the first time last January. Hundreds of people packed themselves into a tight metal maze that could barely contain the growing crowd at Ascend in Collinsville. The line continued away from the building, snaking along... Read more
California voters legalized marijuana in 2016, positioning the state as a national leader on drug reform. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or Proposition 64, allows Californians to purchase and consume regulated cannabis products. For many, buying weed has now become as routine as buying groceries. Yet one important promise... Read more
January 20, 2021 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Arizona adults could be legally purchasing marijuana for recreational use by the end of the week. State health officials began accepting applications Tuesday to run some of the more than 120 recreational sites that voters agreed to in November to allow... Read more
Entrepreneurs across South Dakota are already taking steps to claim a share of the state’s soon-to-be-legal marijuana market, but legislators and regulators are off to a slow start in crafting laws and rules to govern the controversial new industry. The sale, possession and use of recreational and medicinal marijuana... Read more
We know a few things about how the sale of recreational marijuana will begin in Arizona, following the successful effort to legalize it in November. We know that Tuesday, January 19 — that’s tomorrow — is the day the state will begin accepting applications for licenses from businesses that wish... Read more
Like so many things about 2020, cannabis sales in Colorado were outrageous; people spent more than $2 billion on products. That’s more money than they ever have before. That total continues the industry’s upward trajectory and breaks the previous record set just the year before in 2019. “We definitely... Read more
January 16, 2021 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment The push to make marijuana legal, whether for medical or other purposes, picked up steam Friday in the Nebraska Legislature. State Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha offered a proposal that would wipe the slate clean on marijuana. Legislative Bill 481 would... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Illinois sitting on $62 million in cannabis revenue meant to foster businesses and help neighborhoods hurt by poverty and violence January 16, 2021 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Despite promises that cannabis legalization in Illinois would fund more... Read more
