Hochul announces approval of first adult-use cannabis conditional cultivation licenses to …

The approved licenses are from a pool of more than 150 that have been submitted to the Office of Cannabis Management following the March 15 opening of the online application portal. The approval of the first 52 provisional cultivation licenses will help create a responsible start to the NYS cannabis industry by granting cultivators the […]

Mango Cannabis Lyons Park OKC Announces 420 Event Schedule – The Kingston Whig Standard

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma– – Celebrate 420 with Mango Cannabis at our Lyons Park cannabis dispensary As a token of Mango Cannabis’s appreciation to the local cannabis community and in celebration of the high holiday, the dispensary franchise is throwing a massive party on May Avenue in Oklahoma City. From April 14 – 20, customers will […]

Top lawmaker pushes for no cannabis for off-duty cops – Politico

In a memo sent to law enforcement officials Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin said departments “may not take any adverse action against any officers because they do or do not use cannabis off-duty,” under New Jersey’s cannabis legalization law passed last year. Joe Cryan have pointed out THC’s detectability in some users’ systems for […]

Blunts: Governor Says Legal Pot Here “Forever” – The Paper.

According to KOB Everest CEO Trishelle Kirk gave the governor a tour of the dispensary and showed her how a consumer would go about choosing and purchasing legal cannabis. When asked if she would be purchasing any that day, the governor told reporters, “Today I don’t have to decide, because it’s not ending today. According […]

The pandemic had little impact on Canada’s legal cannabis sales – YGK News

From March 2020 to February 2021, sales totaled $2.5 billion, double the $1.25 billion of the previous 12 months. Some commentators later walked back their claims after it became clear there was no data to support them, but the narrative still persists. The number of licensed stores grew rapidly after Canada legalized recreational cannabis in […]

Cannabis Education Conference will showcase student scholarship – The North Wind

Morgan Naumaan and Haylee Kuehl-Weisser, senior medicinal plant chemistry majors, have been conducting cannabis research for the past year. The Northern Center is welcoming industry professionals, faculty, students and all those interested in learning about cannabis research to attend this event. While the event is intended as an educational conference, both Naumaan and Kuehl-Weisser are […]

Schumer needs more time to rework cannabis bill (Newsletter: April 15, 2022) – Marijuana Moment

The Credit Union National Association sent a letter urging House leaders to fight to include marijuana banking provisions in the final version of the America COMPETES Act. Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. …Read the full story

Schumer’s Marijuana Legalization Bill Not Coming This Month, As Senators Work To …

A discussion draft of the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act was first unveiled last year, and advocates and stakeholders have been hanging on the leader’s words as they continue to push for an end to federal prohibition. “The federal cannabis ban is a senseless and failed relic that’s needlessly destroyed lives, stifled research and treated […]

Is Aurora Cannabis Repeating Its Mistakes With This Acquisition? | The Motley Fool

You’re reading a free article with opinions that may differ from The Motley Fool’s Premium Investing Services. Aurora Cannabis, in particular, has been unprofitable for quite a while now with declining revenue and ineffective cost management strategies. Let’s take a look at this in more detail and determine whether this acquisition will be good for […]

THCA, a Legal Cannabis Product, Increases in Popularity Nationwide – ETV News

Officer Jermaine Galloway, also known as Tall Cop, recently chose to revisit a drug that he originally shared in September of 2020 based on what he has discovered in his scans. He then explained that, visually, the drug does not compare to traditional cannabis but resembles the look of methamphetamine or cocaine. The traditional loose […]

Episode 9: Black cannabis business owners, religious leaders share how the growing …

During the ninth episode of “Black News Hour,” The Boston Globe’s Tiana Woodard and Boston.com’s Khari Thompson talked to owners of marijuana businesses and a policy activist ahead of 4/20, an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis culture. Vanessa Jean-Baptiste, owner of Legal Greens, the first Black woman to open a recreational cannabis store on the East […]

Cannabis Supply Chain Company Backbone Raises $14 Million

SAN FRANCISCO – A team of ESG, enterprise software, supply chain operations and logistics experts today introduce Backbone, the first and only supply chain mesh network. The global supply chain is inefficient and increasingly unstable, with companies facing unforeseen hurdles and struggling to meet customer expectations — resulting in lost sales, lost profit, and loss […]

Experts: Tax rules for cannabis industry ‘inhibit entrepreneurship’ among minorities – Chicago Tribune

Still, all is not well in the state’s legal cannabis industry. Despite the recent high, both adult use and medical cannabis dispensaries will feel the pinch of federal regulations on April 18, the deadline for filing income tax returns. territories and Washington, D.C., have legalized the sale of medical cannabis, according to the National Conference […]

New York Regulators Approve First Round Of Marijuana Cultivation Licenses And Revise …

It’s been about a year since an adult-use legalization bill was enacted into law, and regulators have spent months preparing for implementation. Meanwhile, regulators also advanced a rule last month to make it so people with prior marijuana convictions, or whose family members have been harmed by criminalization, will get the first round of adult-use […]