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Maryland to hold Cannabis license lottery for social equity applicants Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Maryland's Cannabis Equity Lottery: A Path to Inclusive Industry Access. The Maryland Cannabis Administration announced Tuesday that a lottery for social equity applicants will take place on March 14, marking a significant step toward inclusivity

Six more indicted out of investigations of Oklahoma Marijuana farms Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury is continuing to focus on the medical marijuana industry, indicting six more people Thursday. The latest grand jury has issued a series of indictments out of investigations of pot farms since convening last June. Gr

Maggie's Farm abruptly closes five Colorado marijuana dispensaries, including two in Pueblo Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Maggie's Farm, a Longtime Colorado Cannabis Company, Abruptly Closes Several Dispensaries. Longtime Colorado cannabis company Maggie's Farm abruptly closed several of its dispensaries last week, shuttering five stores — inclu

Can Ohio landlords evict tenants for growing recreational Marijuana? Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Growing Recreational Marijuana at Home in Ohio: What You Need to Know. State laws and city ordinances now allow Ohioans to grow their own recreational marijuana at home, but there are caveats to doing so depending on each resident’s unique situatio

Combined Cannabis sales in New Mexico reach $1B Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Combined sales grow in large and small communities too. Combined cannabis sales in New Mexico topped $1 billion in New Mexico in February as the two-year anniversary of legal adult-use cannabis sales in the state approaches. In a news release, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grish

Man calls police on alleged Cannabis thief, both get arrested Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Hastings Man Reports Cannabis Theft, Ends Up Charged Alongside Thief. A Hastings man who discovered a person allegedly stealing a cannabis plant from his property called police, who captured the thief and charged both of them. Police received a 111 call a

Man calls police on alleged Cannabis thief, both get arrested Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 Hastings Man Reports Cannabis Theft, Ends Up Charged Alongside Thief. A Hastings man who discovered a person allegedly stealing a cannabis plant from his property called police, who captured the thief and charged both of them. Police received a 111 call a

Biden touts moves to loosen federal Weed restrictions Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 A prior executive order directed federal agencies to reevaluate the drug’s classification. President Joe Biden reiterated that nobody should go to prison for cannabis use, and touted his administration’s moves to evaluate whether federal marijuana restrictions sh

Michigan may establish state-run Cannabis testing lab to aid industry oversight Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 The state regulatory agency says it needs clearer authority for the move. Michigan marijuana regulators want state lawmakers to approve a new bill that would give final authority to cannabis industry overseers to build and staff a state-

Head of Ohio Cannabis division says legal sales process is on schedule Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Progress on Ohio's Recreational Marijuana Implementation Remains Uncertain. Four months after Issue 2 passed in Ohio, legalizing the recreational sale and use of marijuana, the progress on implementing the new law has been hazy. The Ohio Division

Minnesota may open some of the first government-run Cannabis dispensaries in the US Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Minnesota could become the first state in nine years to open cannabis dispensaries that are run by cities and counties. That’s because of one line in the state’s new cannabis laws that allow for cities and counties to “establish, own

Timeline announced for second round of Missouri Marijuana microbusinesses Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Missouri Announces Timeline for Issuing Cannabis Microbusiness Licenses. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced the timeline on which the next round of cannabis microbusiness licenses will be issued. The department sai

Illinois' recreational Weed market is most expensive in the Midwest Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Illinois Records Record Recreational Marijuana Sales Despite High Prices. Illinois hit record sales for recreational marijuana last year, showing that the high cost to buy it here — among the priciest in the U.S. — has not deterred buyers. Why it ma

Global Legal Cannabis Market Expected To Reach $58 Billion In 2028 Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 BDSA Forecasts Worldwide Legal Cannabis Sales to Reach $58 Billion by 2028, Driven by US Adult-Use Markets. Top cannabis market researcher BDSA forecasts that the worldwide legal industry will hit $58 billion in sales in 2028 and much of that will be

Cannabis Waste in Washington State Would Be Diverted from Landfills Under New Bill Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Washington State Bill Aims to Utilize Cannabis Waste for Composting and Hempcrete. All cannabis waste currently gets sent to landfills, but the new law would allow the public to buy non-dangerous plant material to be used in compostin

Florida bill banning Delta-8, many Hemp products ready for DeSantis Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Business owners have said the bill could destroy the state’s hemp market and put Floridians out of work. A bill that could dramatically reshape Florida’s hemp market is ready for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature, in spite of warnings from business owner

Black market, Hemp products biggest challenges to Cannabis industry Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Illegal Market Poses Threat to Nevada's Burgeoning Cannabis Industry, Experts Say. One of the biggest challenges facing the burgeoning cannabis industry – both in Nevada and nationwide – is the illegal market, experts say. Although it’s hard to know

Smoke Shops Raided for Tax Fraud and Selling Cannabis to Minors Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 Smoke shops illegally sold Cannabis to minors and also committed tax fraud. The Rockland County District Attorney's office said it found several smoke shops in Rockland County committed tax fraud and illegally sold cannabis to minors after a year-long i