BRIDGTON, Maine, August 2, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Sweet Dirt, a Maine-based, vertically integrated cannabis company, today announced the grand opening of its Bridgton, Maine adult-use cannabis store. Located at 1 Beaver Creek Farm Road, the new store will open its doors at 9 a.m. ET, Friday, Aug.... Read more

BRIDGTON, Maine, August 2, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Sweet Dirt, a Maine-based, vertically integrated cannabis company, today announced the grand opening of its Bridgton, Maine adult-use cannabis store. Located at 1 Beaver Creek Farm Road, the new store will open its doors at 9 a.m. ET, Friday, Aug.... Read more

Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez, the first Black, Latinx, female, LGBTQ and disabled veteran cannabis operator in New Jersey, says “it’s been quite a journey” to launch her retail business, The Other Side Dispensary, in the state’s adult-use market. And she hasn’t even broken ground on the dispensary yet. Jersey City’s Cannabis... Read more

Earlier this month, the Cannabis Center of Excellence (CCE) launched a research project to identify the ways in which U.S. veterans use medical cannabis. The Massachusetts-based nonprofit set out to determine where gaps might exist for veterans interested in accessing legal cannabis products in the state—and whether there may... Read more

Earlier this month, the Cannabis Center of Excellence (CCE) launched a research project to identify the ways in which U.S. veterans use medical cannabis. The Massachusetts-based nonprofit set out to determine where gaps might exist for veterans interested in accessing legal cannabis products in the state—and whether there may... Read more

Federal cannabis policy reform efforts have gained momentum this year; the U.S. House approved the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act for the second time in April and signed off on the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for the seventh time last month, while Senate Majority... Read more

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) issued the state’s second round of conditional adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses July 29, adding to the first batch of licenses that were awarded the week before. Officials granted the most recent set of licenses to... Read more

Oklahoma has pushed back the start date for the moratorium on medical cannabis licenses to Aug. 26. Gov. Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 3208 into law May 26, which “implements a two-year moratorium on medical cannabis licensing, prohibiting regulators from issuing new cultivation, processing and retail licenses from August... Read more

Today, many forces are at play in making California’s legal cannabis market arduous, including overproduction, the illicit market, diminishing wholesale prices, and more. In a special 90-minute webinar July 26–presented by Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Conference–seasoned California operators provided insights and actionable tips for how plant-touching businesses can... Read more

Today, many forces are at play in making California’s legal cannabis market arduous, including overproduction, the illicit market, diminishing wholesale prices, and more. In a special 90-minute webinar July 26–presented by Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Conference–seasoned California operators provided insights and actionable tips for how plant-touching businesses can... Read more