‘Social equity’ applicants making inroads, gradually, in Massachusetts cannabis business
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana June 27, 2022 0
The first time lifelong Holyoke resident Damaris Aponte sold marijuana, she was 14 and growing up in a city deeply impacted by the so-called War on Drugs. She saw many people she knew get arrested on drug charges, and her own brother was killed in the city’s drug-related violence.... Read more
Maine’s marijuana industry booming no thanks to banks
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana June 27, 2022 0
The cannabis industry in Maine is a big money-maker, make no mistake about it. In 2020, Maine’s medical marijuana industry generated $266 million in sales, according to Maine Revenue Services, surpassing sales in the state’s traditional leading cash crops of blueberries and potatoes. In its first year — September... Read more
‘Our frustration continues’: CBD could be illegal next week in North Carolina as legislative hemp action stalls
Marijuana Industry NewsNorth Carolina June 25, 2022 0
ASHEVILLE — With a key deadline less than a week away, sellers of hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD, are growing increasingly restless that the North Carolina General Assembly hasn’t acted to remove the plant from the state’s controlled substance list. “Our frustration continues as the General Assembly cannot get... Read more
New Jersey legalized recreational marijuana in April. Cannabis companies were soon fined for not catering to medical patients
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana June 24, 2022 0
New Jersey fined some of the U.S,’s largest marijuana companies for violating rules put in place when the state started sales of recreational pot in April. Curaleaf Holdings Inc. and four other dispensaries with locations in New Jersey processed almost 3,200 recreational sales during hours that should have been reserved for... Read more
Survey Shows Marijuana Use Dropping Among Colorado Teens
ColoradoMarijuana Industry News June 24, 2022 0
Marijuana consumption among Colorado high school students dropped significantly from 2019 to 2021, according to a survey conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The CDPHE’s Healthy Kids Colorado Survey is conducted every other year to monitor teen drug and alcohol use, mental health, bullying, sexual activity and other adolescent... Read more
