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Lawsuit filed over Maine marijuana retail licenses

Maine Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana October 21, 2020 0

Two small Maine-based marijuana businesses are suing the agency that oversees recreational marijuana operations, arguing state licenses were illegally awarded to out-of-state owners. State law requires owners of marijuana operations to live in Maine and to have filed state income taxes for four years. But the Maine Office of... Read more

Has Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Reached Adulthood?

Colorado Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana October 21, 2020 0

Colorado’s pot industry has finally grown up, according to a new report commissioned by the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. The MED hired the Marijuana Industry Group and the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business to compile a report on the state of the green market in 2019, analyzing data connected to marijuana sales,... Read more

New Survey Underscores Strong Support For Cannabis Among NJ Voters

Featured New Jersey Trending Stories October 21, 2020 0

New Jersey is poised to join the growing number of states to legalize recreational marijuana use when voters head to the polls next month, according to a new survey out this week. The latest Brach Eichler Cannabis Poll showed that 65 percent of likely Garden State voters either strongly... Read more

2020 Senate Races To Watch

Arizona Colorado Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics Montana October 21, 2020 0

by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations Photo By CannabisCamera.com As you may have heard by now, Election Day is just around the corner! Let me take this opportunity to remind you to vote, to do so safely, and come up with an election plan! If... Read more

Los Angeles faces lawsuit over marijuana delivery licenses

California Marijuana Industry News October 21, 2020 0

Two marijuana trade organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the nation’s largest legal pot market over restrictions on stand-alone delivery services that have blocked them from obtaining licenses until 2025. The lawsuit against Los Angeles and its Department of Cannabis Regulation seeks to overturn rules enacted earlier this year that postponed... Read more

What happens if New Jersey legalizes marijuana: Everything you need to know

Marijuana Industry News New Jersey Recreational Marijuana October 21, 2020 0

October 20, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment The measure has overwhelming support by a ratio of 2 to 1, several polls show. But if the measure passes, then what? The ballot question provides no details about how legalization would be put into practice. A legal industry will take time... Read more

Marijuana delivery plan for Massachusetts goes too far, lawmakers say

Marijuana Industry News Massachusetts Recreational Marijuana October 21, 2020 0

The lawmakers — including former Marijuana Policy Committee co-chair Rep. Mark Cusack — said the successful 2016 legalization question and the ballot law as amended by the Legislature in 2017 “deliberatively and intentionally created a license that made clear delivery of marijuana to consumers is directly and only linked... Read more

Cannabis Manufacturing Explosion Injures Two in New Mexico

Featured New Mexico Trending Stories October 20, 2020 0

An explosion that took place Thursday afternoon of last week in New Mexico is making headlines, as it took place inside a cannabis manufacturing facility and injured two. Local news sources report that two men were injured in the explosion last week, which took place at New Mexicann Natural... Read more

Hemp operation ongoing; Navaho Nation files motion to enforce court order

Marijuana Industry News New Mexico October 17, 2020 0

Dineh Benally is continuing his hemp operation and the Navajo Nation is fed up. Even after the Shiprock District Court granted a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Benally, his workers and others from illegally growing, producing, transporting, licensing and selling industrial hemp within the... Read more

2020’s marijuana legalization ballot measures, explained

Arizona Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Mississippi Montana New Jersey Recreational Marijuana October 17, 2020 0

Between the presidential election, governors’ races, and down-ballot contests, this year’s election features a lot of important choices. Among those, voters in five states will have a chance to legalize marijuana for recreational or medical uses. In Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters could legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.... Read more