Massachusetts is just a step away from expanding its cannabis home delivery rules, a move designed to benefit social equity applicants as well as provide a second, potentially lucrative wholesale option. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on…
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Dutch government seeks to ease doubts over adult-use cannabis trial
As it seeks to ease public concerns, the Netherlands is evaluating applications to grow marijuana under a pilot program to permit limited cultivation and sales of adult-use cannabis. The selection process involves consulting with mayors of the municipa…
Cannabis vape products with cutting agent recalled in Michigan
Michigan regulators recalled more than a dozen cannabis vape products sold in the Detroit area for containing a cutting agent linked to vaping-related lung illnesses. The state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a recall on vape pens that were …
GW Pharmaceuticals cannabis drug gets regulatory OK in Australia
GW Pharmaceuticals’ plant-derived CBD drug Epidyolex received approval from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to be used in treating seizures related to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome for patients 2 and older. …
4Front closes on sale of three Maryland medical marijuana dispensaries
Multistate cannabis operator 4Front Ventures said it has completed the sale of three medical marijuana dispensaries in Maryland for $5.5 million, as the Arizona-based company shifts its focus to adult-use markets such as in Illinois. Philadelphia-based…
Wholesale cannabis bud prices rise significantly in Colorado
The average market rate for wholesale marijuana in Colorado hit a three-year high, according to new figures from the Colorado Department of Revenue. For the quarter from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, the average market rate for a pound of unprocessed retail marij…
High Times may have lost two California marijuana leases from Harvest deal
Los Angeles-based High Times Holding apparently lost the leases on both San Francisco marijuana properties that were a key part of a much-vaunted $80 million retail acquisition from Arizona multistate operator Harvest Health & Recreation. The deal …
California won’t increase cannabis taxes for a year thanks to new law
California cannabis companies won’t see their state taxes go up until at least next year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1872 (same language as Senate Bill 827), which prohibits the California Department of Tax and Fee Administra…
BC won’t compel private cannabis stores to carry Indigenous products
Participation in British Columbia’s upcoming Indigenous Shelf Space Program will be voluntary for the province’s privately owned cannabis stores, according to provincial regulators. The relatively small number of government-run stores – 20 so far…
Illinois marijuana retail hopefuls drop suit after getting second chance
A group of unsuccessful cannabis retail store license applicants in Illinois withdrew their legal challenge against the state after the governor announced an application do-over. “This is what we were trying to achieve,” Jonathan Loevy, a Chicago lawye…