Florida Supreme Court asks for a rare second round of arguments on medical marijuana
FloridaMarijuana Industry News July 17, 2020 0
In a highly unusual move, the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a second round of arguments in a battle about whether the state has properly carried out a 2016 constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. Justices heard arguments in May in a lawsuit filed by Florigrown, a... Read more
Rhode Island opens application window for 6 new medical-marijuana dispensaries
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRhode Island July 17, 2020 0
Many of the 55 or so state-licensed cultivators who now grow medical marijuana for the three existing dispensaries have their eye on winning one of the licenses. The state Department of Business Regulation will begin accepting applications Friday from businesses hoping to win a license to operate one of... Read more
Marijuana business applicants, advocates call out for more equity in Massachusetts cannabis industry
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana July 17, 2020 0
Laury Lucien, a co-owner of the marijuana retail business Major Bloom in Worcester, said equity applicants that are trying to open a cannabis company in Massachusetts are fighting a unicorn. And that unicorn, Lucien said, is stigma rooted in ignorance and racism. Lucien pointed back to the 1970 Controlled Substances... Read more
Detroit Could Extend Recreational Marijuana Ban Through Next Year
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana July 17, 2020 0
When Detroit City Councilmember James Tate led the push to temporarily ban recreational marijuana sales in the city last year, he said he wanted to ensure marijuana legalization would benefit the people who’d been hurt by prohibition. Detroit’s majority-Black residents have historically been dealt harsher punishments for marijuana crimes... Read more
3 Massachusetts marijuana dispensaries fined a total of $800,000
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana July 16, 2020 0
Massachusetts marijuana regulators have fined three companies a total of $800,000 for various infractions. The Cannabis Control Commission levied the fines against Garden Remedies Inc., Healthy Pharms Inc., and Acreage Holdings Inc., according to The Telegram & Gazette. Garden Remedies, which operates a recreational and medical dispensary in Marlborough, was... Read more
Murphy says legalizing cannabis is ‘incredibly smart’ to offset budget woes triggered by coronavirus
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana July 15, 2020 0
Gov. Phil Murphy said legalized marijuana sales could boost New Jersey’s struggling economy, which needs new revenue sources to weather damage from the the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking on the Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show Tuesday, Murphy called legalization “an incredibly smart thing to do.” “We’re not inventing marijuana,” he said. “It exists.” The... Read more
