New Jersey on Thursday is expected to reach a significant milestone in its long effort to sell recreational use cannabis to adults. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission that oversees the nascent industry is expected to approve the first batch of conditional license applications for cultivation and manufacturing at its monthly... Read more
A decade after Colorado made history and legalized recreational cannabis, the state’s second largest city may be ready to get in on the action. For years, Colorado Springs has blocked adult-use cannabis sales within its jurisdiction. Last week, organizers of a campaign that seeks to end that prohibition officially... Read more
Ryan Allway March 22nd, 2022 News, Top News SEATTLE, March 22, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–POSaBIT Systems Corporation (CSE: PBIT, OTC: POSAF), the leading provider of point of sale software and payments infrastructure in the cannabis industry, has launched their point of sale and payments solution in two new markets: Texas and... Read more
U.S. House Reps. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, and Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, introduced a resolution on Friday “instructing the United Nations to deschedule cannabis from Schedule 1 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, and treat cannabis as a commodity similar to... Read more
New York’s Cayuga Nation Native American tribe is preparing to launch an adult-use cannabis cultivation enterprise, months before state-licensed recreational pot retailers begin serving customers. Under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) passed by lawmakers last year, possession of cannabis became legal for adults in September. But regulators... Read more
Cannabis farmers in California are burdened with high taxes, but Sonoma County farmers will have some relief at the local level by slashing cultivation taxes nearly in half. The County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors announced in a March 17 press release that they recently agreed to amend the... Read more
There are questions about how the tribes are procuring the marijuana, how it may ultimately be regulated and whether the tribes will reach a compact with New York to tax sales. SALAMANCA, N.Y. — In this small town in western New York, nearly 20 marijuana dispensaries have opened up... Read more
A doctor in Florida who was accused by the state of failing to conduct adequate evaluations of patients before ordering them medical cannabis prescriptions was cleared by a judge on Wednesday. The Tampa Bay Times reported that an administrative judge ruled that Joseph Dorn, a Tallahassee physician, “didn’t do... Read more
A whirlwind of conspiracy stretching across several states indicates a plot to alter elections and illegally obtain cannabis licenses in Nevada and other locations. According to an indictment, which was unsealed for the public by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York on March 14,... Read more
