Even if Arizona voters back recreational marijuana legalization on Nov. 3, don’t expect a wide-open cannabis market with lots of new business licenses immediately up for grabs in the Southwest state. That could change over time, depending on the …
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Maryland awards three marijuana cultivator licenses, eight for processors
Maryland regulators handed out 11 long-awaited cultivation and processing business permits. The state’s Medical Cannabis Commission licensed three cultivation and eight processing companies on Thursday, The Baltimore Sun reported. The cultivation…
Massachusetts nears marijuana delivery from wholesalers
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…
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…
The Critical Importance Of Social Equity In The Cannabis Industry
What happens when a movement becomes an industry? That’s precisely what’s playing out every day in the commercial regulated cannabis market. It’s important to consider how the cannabis industry has a more profound burden and responsibility to social eq…
Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage
Your marijuana tax dollars at work: Local groups can now apply for grants to improve neighborhoods hardest hit by prohibition.
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Cannabis and America’s uprising: It’s time to answer the knock at the door
Why does the cannabis industry have a special duty? Because cannabis has a special history.
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Boston’s first cannabis store set to open Monday
Pure Oasis in Dorchester is the first shop within the city limits—and the state’s first Economic Empowerment store.
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