Marijuana is a multibillion-dollar industry, and across the United States, legal markets are popping up like weeds as more states seek out the tax revenue and jobs the cash crop brings. Medical and recreational marijuana sales are projected to reach $3…
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Missouri Cannabis Sales Top $350 Million During First Three Months Of Legalization
Hippos Cannabis has a 40,000-square-foot production facility in Vienna, Mo., a town of 600 people that’s just 30 minutes north of Rolla. Since Missouri’s recreational marijuana sales began in February, they’ve added 25 workers, bringing the total emplo…
Flower To The People: Hundreds Gather For 50th Annual NYC Cannabis Parade And Rally
On Saturday afternoon in Union Square, New Yorkers queued up in long lines outside green tents emblazoned with the city’s logo. The coveted merch they were waiting for? T-shirts emblazoned with the We Love NYC logo — though the heart was replaced with …
Maryland Legalizes Recreational Cannabis Sales
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…
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…
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…
US Long Jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall Stripped Of National Title, Suspended A Month After Positive Cannabis Test
Davis-Woodhall’s sample was collected during the 2023 USA Track and Field indoor championships. U.S. long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall has been stripped of the national indoor title she earned in February after testing positive for THC, the main psychoac…
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…