Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday signed legislation to regulate adult-use cannabis commerce, setting the stage for licensed sales of recreational marijuana to begin in the state on July 1. The measure, Senate Bill 516, was passed by state lawmakers…
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Cannabis Seeds and Clippings Can Now Be Sold in Mass.
Yamba Market in Cambridge has already sold out of cannabis seeds and clones within two days of Massachusetts regulators allowing their sale; while their initial inventory was small, it may point to a growing demand. The sale of cannabis seeds and plant…
Denver Launches New Cannabis Cares Program For Cannabis Business Owners
This week, Denver Department of Excise and Licenses is launching a new program for cannabis business owners called Cannabis Cares. Cannabis Cares is a part of the city’s social impact plan that is required for all marijuana licenses in Denver. City lea…
Finally Legal: Applications To Open Cannabis Stores Trickle Into Mississauga, Ont.
Barely two weeks after Mississauga councillors reversed a long-standing decision and decided to allow legal cannabis stores to operate, requests to do business have started to flow in. Until April 19, Mississauga was the largest city in Ontario to ban …
Rapper Wyclef Jean On Weed, Psychedelics And Creativity: ‘POC Who Were Incarcerated Due To Cannabis Deserve A Seat At The Table’
“My mind is constantly racing every second, a new thought or a new idea. Sometimes it feels like a million voices at once, but I have learned… cannabis helps calm the voices down and I get more focused,” says the Grammy-winning musician and producer …
Needing Younger Workers, Federal Officials Relax Rules on Past Drug Use
As more states legalize marijuana and competition for talent grows fiercer, the U.S. government is loosening guidelines from the “Just Say No” era. Not long ago, urinating in a cup for a drug test was a widely accepted, if annoying, requirement to star…
Chicago’s First ‘Social Equity’ Cannabis Manufacturer Opens As Industry Diversity Lags
When marijuana was legalized more than three years ago in Illinois, state leaders sold it as a chance to repair the harm done to communities of color hit hardest by the War on Drugs. On Friday, a cannabis company became the first social equity manufact…
Cannabis Companies Proliferate On List Of Fastest-Growing American Businesses
Spread of legal marijuana lifts 11 companies into FT/Statista ranking, with some recording $1bn in annual revenue. Missouri’s cannabis dispensaries received a pleasant surprise on February 3. A few days earlier than planned, the US state began approvin…
Georgia Issues State’s First Five Dispensing Licenses For Medical Cannabis
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission has officially issued the state’s first five dispensing licenses during a public meeting on Wednesday. Botanical Sciences LLC and Trulieve GA Inc. plan to open medical cannabis dispensaries in Bibb Coun…
Lawmakers Reintroduce SAFE Banking Act, A Bill The Cannabis Industry Hails As A Lifeline
A group of bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in the House and Senate on Wednesday, after the legislation designed to free up banking services for the cannabis industry stalled in last year’s Congress. …