How is Mississippi’s new industry unfolding as licenses are approved
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMississippi August 1, 2022 0
After years of legislative and legal delays, Mississippi’s medical marijuana industry is slowly taking shape. Since June 1, a small number of medical providers, patients and businesses have been approved as the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to process applications. For entrepreneurs such as Jared Kobs, the co-founder of Kudzu... Read more
How Long Will NH Stay ‘an Island in New England’ Without Legal Marijuana?
Marijuana Industry NewsNew HampshireRecreational Marijuana August 1, 2022 0
It may be the “live free or die” state, but when it comes to getting marijuana, people in New Hampshire are certainly less free than elsewhere in New England. When cannabis was allowed for recreational use in Rhode Island this May, New Hampshire was left as the only state in the... Read more
Inside Denver’s struggles to diversify its $700M marijuana market
ColoradoMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana July 30, 2022 0
“It’s not the program’s fault,” Cohen said, praising the efforts of city and state policymakers. “There’s a high cost to all the regulations.” As weed legalization spreads across the country, white-owned cannabis companies are overwhelmingly the ones raking in billions of dollars a year selling a drug that disproportionately... Read more
Arkansas officials OK signatures for marijuana initiative
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana July 30, 2022 0
Supporters of a recreational marijuana initiative have turned in the required number of valid signatures, moving the measure closer to appearing on Arkansas’ ballot this fall, election officials said Friday. A spokesman for the secretary of state’s office said supporters of the proposed constitutional amendment had reached the 89,151... Read more
Proof of Lawful Residence No Longer Required to Own Denver Marijuana Business
ColoradoMarijuana Industry News July 29, 2022 0
The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act: What’s In It, What’s Changed Since the Discussion Draft, and Will It Pass? By Seth Gitner, Jonathan Havens, and Adam Fayne In July 2021, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), released a discussion... Read more
More N.J. medical marijuana patients can now get home delivery
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaNew JerseyUncategorized July 28, 2022 0
A dozen years after the medical marijuana law was signed in New Jersey, registered patients no longer pay sales tax on their medicine, and a growing number of people live in communities where home delivery service is available. The sales tax on medical cannabis sales ended July 1, as... Read more
New Hampshire stands alone in New England as only state without legal marijuana
Marijuana Industry NewsNew HampshireRecreational Marijuana July 27, 2022 0
New Hampshire has set itself apart from the rest of New England as the only state in the region that still hasn’t legalized recreational marijuana. Through ballot initiatives and legislation, cannabis prohibitions have fallen over the past six years, from Maine to Rhode Island. Advocates for marijuana legalization said... Read more
