Medical cannabis patients in Minnesota will see smokable cannabis flower in licensed retailers beginning next month, according to an announcement from state regulators. The Minnesota Department of Health said in a statement on Tuesday that the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries will be able to offer dried cannabis flower on... Read more
Medical cannabis is officially, finally, legal in Mississippi. The state’s Republican governor, Tate Reeves, signed legislation on Wednesday that will allow qualifying patients to receive the treatment, ending a long and drawn-out struggle that dates back to the 2020 election, when a huge majority of Mississippi voters passed a... Read more
Montana marijuana businesses sold $22.5 million in cannabis products in January, the first month recreational marijuana sales were legal in the state, the Department of Revenue reported Tuesday. Recreational sales totaled nearly $12.9 million in January while medical sales totaled nearly $9.8 million, the agency said. The sales brought... Read more
Voters in Colorado could see two separate psychedelics decriminalization measures in this year’s election after activists submitted a new ballot proposal to state officials last week. Organizers of the group Decriminalize Nature announced on Monday that they had filed a Colorado ballot proposal to decriminalize most natural psychedelic plants... Read more
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4Front Ventures Corp. Further Strengthens Massachusetts Footprint, Closes Accretive Acquisition of New England Cannabis Corporation Significantly expands strategic position and broadens market penetration in important limited-license state of Massachusetts Acquisition expected to be immediately accretive to the Company’s 2022 EBITDA Fully operational, technologically advanced, 55,000 sq. ft. cultivation facility... Read more
Ohio’s secretary of state announced last week that cannabis activists had collected enough signatures to force lawmakers to consider a proposal to legalize recreational cannabis. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol collected more than 136,000 verified signatures from registered voters, according to the office of Ohio Secretary of... Read more
A Tennessee lawmaker wants to legalize marijuana use, cultivation and sales across the state. Rep. Bob Freeman (D-Nashville) introduced HB 1968 on Jan. 25, which he is calling the “Free All Cannabis for Tennesseans Act.” As of Jan. 28, it had been assigned to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee for consideration.... Read more
Gov. Phil Murphy, who successfully pushed to legalize cannabis for recreational use, said he wasn’t concerned that the state may not meet a Feb. 22 deadline for selling weed to the public. “I’d rather get it right than get it fast,” Murphy told NJ Advance Media on Sunday. “They’re doing a really good job.... Read more
The state Department of Consumer Protection is going to start accepting applications for some adult-use cannabis establishment license types. Cannabis was approved for adult use in Connecticut in June 2021 and retail sales are anticipated to begin in the state by the end of the year. The Department of... Read more