Civic leaders in New York City this week promised increased action to address the proliferation of unlicensed marijuana retailers, just weeks after regulated sales of adult-use cannabis began in the nation’s most populous city. At a meeting of the New York City Council on Wednesday, officials pledged increased enforcement... Read more
Voters in Maryland last year elected a new governor and approved an initiative legalizing recreational cannabis. Now, the freshly sworn-in Gov. Wes Moore will lead the effort to implement the state’s marijuana law. “People of the state overwhelmingly chose to decriminalize cannabis. So we as a state now have... Read more
After years of explosive growth and expansion, Maryland’s medical cannabis industry appears to have hit its ceiling. For the first time since the industry launched five years ago, total revenue decreased in 2022. Data released by state regulators show more Marylanders than ever have a medical card, and those patients... Read more
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Pressure is mounting at the Oklahoma Legislature to rebid a contract with the state’s seed-to-sale marijuana tracking system. Lawmakers and cannabis businesses have complained that the current tracking system, implemented by Metrc on behalf of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, is confusing and has caused problems for those trying to... Read more
Legal marijuana sales in Connecticut are barely a week old, but lawmakers there are already mulling changes to the new law. CTPost reports that the opening days of the state’s legislative session have proposed a slate of new regulations over the cannabis program, including “changes to how the state... Read more
A chorus of experts are growing concerned about the prevalence of candy-flavored cannabis products and other flavors that appeal to children in states with legal cannabis. Part of the uproar was spurred when a New York official showed a watermelon-flavored cannabis edible product to the local media amid the... Read more
Two Republican state lawmakers in Ohio have introduced a bill to revamp the state’s medical marijuana laws that would create a new state agency to oversee the program and allow more patients to use cannabis medicinally. The measure, Senate Bill 9, was introduced by state Senators Steve Huffman and... Read more
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency revealed on Tuesday that a total of nine Americans have been arrested in the span of one week for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the island nation. The law enforcement agency is now investigating to determine if there is a link between the... Read more
Ryan Allway January 19th, 2023 News, Top News LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / January 19, 2023 / Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (CSE:PLTH)(OTCQX:PLNHF) (“Planet 13” or the “Company“), a leading vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis company, announced the fourth location of its planned Florida dispensary network located in the city of Port... Read more
