Virginians hoping to buy adult-use cannabis from licensed retailers by this September will likely have to wait longer. Legislation to expedite sales for the state’s forthcoming adult-use program passed the Democratic-controlled Senate earlier this month, but the bill was rejected by Republican-controlled House subcommittee members Feb. 28.   Senate... Read more

Virginians hoping to buy adult-use cannabis from licensed retailers by this September will likely have to wait longer. Legislation to expedite sales for the state’s forthcoming adult-use program passed the Democratic-controlled Senate earlier this month, but the bill was rejected by Republican-controlled House subcommittee members Feb. 28.   Senate... Read more

Virginians hoping to buy adult-use cannabis from licensed retailers by this September will likely have to wait longer. Legislation to expedite sales for the state’s forthcoming adult-use program passed the Democratic-controlled Senate earlier this month, but the bill was rejected by Republican-controlled House subcommittee members Feb. 28.   Senate... Read more

Is Arizona doing enough to promote social equity in its adult-use cannabis market? According to plaintiffs in a recently dismissed lawsuit, the answer is no. Proposition 207, the 2020 voter-approved initiative that legalized adult-use cannabis in Arizona, mandates that 26 of 169 total adult-use cannabis retail licenses be awarded... Read more

Alberta’s online cannabis market will change overnight March 8, shifting government responsibilities to more than 700 licensed cannabis retailers in the private sector. Currently, the province’s only legal, non-medical online cannabis store is operated through a website run by government-owned cannabis wholesaler and regulator Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis... Read more

Alberta’s online cannabis market will change overnight March 8, shifting government responsibilities to more than 700 licensed cannabis retailers in the private sector. Currently, the province’s only legal, non-medical online cannabis store is operated through a website run by government-owned cannabis wholesaler and regulator Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis... Read more

© Papa & BarkleyGuy Rocourt, co-founder and CEO of Papa & Barkley. When I think of Black History Month, I think of looking to our past to inform our future. We need to know our history in order to learn from it and not make the same mistakes. In... Read more

West Virginia state lawmakers are moving toward a two-laboratory monopoly for testing products in the state’s medical cannabis program. But one testing executive indicated that just one lab may be sufficient. Delegates voted 67-33 Feb. 24 to approve House Bill 4627, which would amend an article of the state’s... Read more

California’s adult-use retail market had its best year on record, netting more than $5.2 billion in sales in 2021, according to year-end data released Feb. 23 by the state’s Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA). The $5.2-billion benchmark represents a 17.1% year-over-year increase from 2020’s $4.4 billion in... Read more

California may be one of the largest cannabis markets in the world, but opportunities abound in the Northeast, especially now that New Jersey and New York have legalized adult-use, according to Jay Czarkowski, founding partner and licensing expert at cannabis business consulting firm Canna Advisors. The Canna Advisors team,... Read more