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Georgia adds call center and THC card pickup locations. Demand for medical marijuana is on the rise in Georgia now that dispensaries are finally open, but some patients say they’re still unable to buy the product because of government delays. Patients dealing with severe seizures and other illnesses

The New York Cannabis Vape Standards Coalition is a group of stakeholders committed to advocating for quality standards in vape ingredients that spur industry growth, align with public health interests, and advance consumer choice. These stakeholders include licensed New York adult-use processors

Restraining order was issued in case filed by four military vets who were blocked from getting a retail license due to system that favored "justice involved" applicants. ALBANY — A state Supreme Court justice signed a restraining order Monday that will temporarily scuttle New York’s retail marijuana

Deal includes brands such as Blue Point and Shock Top. The Canadian cannabis company Tilray Brands announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with brewing giant Anheuser-Busch to acquire eight beer and beverage brands. It is yet another bid by Tilray to expand its footprint in the craft

Pot firm Trulieve Cannabis on Wednesday posted a wider second-quarter loss on weak demand and higher expenses. Cannabis demand has taken a hit as persistently high inflation during the first half of the year forced customers to reduce spending on non-essential and recreational products. The cannabis

From Conviction to Cannabis: Second Chance Entrepreneur Set to Open Adult-Use Dispensary in Wawayanda. WAWAYANDA – Howard Labron is excited about being given a second chance at a meaningful life now that he has been granted state permission to open an adult-use cannabis dispensary in Wawayanda. He

Five years after starting the process, Dan Pettigrew finally has opened his first cannabis store in Illinois. Pettigrew is the co-founder of Viola CHI with former NBA star Al Harrington, following years of operation by Viola Brands in Colorado, Michigan and other states. But Illinois was much harder

The Scottsdale City Council allows businesses to provide drive-thrus for pharmacies, alcohol, and tobacco… But they just voted against a drive-thru for cannabis. The drive-thru proposed by Harvest of Scottsdale dispensary went up in smoke at a city Planning and Zoning Commission meeting where it was

Alocally grown cannabis company is expanding its reach as a multistate operator. Hartford-based medical and adult-use cannabis retailer and grower Fine Fettle, which currently operates in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has its sights set on another emerging market: Georgia. The four-year-old company

Police have seized approximately $60 million worth of cannabis from two properties in rural Queensland. Officers allegedly found 11 greenhouses containing almost 5,000 cannabis plants, along with dried and drying cannabis, at Coonambula, in the North Burnett region, on July 28. Drug production

Florida Attorney General exposes misleading tactics in proposed Marijuana amendment, alleging favoritism towards Trulieve. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office late Wednesday pumped up arguments against a proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize recreational use of marijuana

The legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan has had quite an impact. June was a record month with recreational sales of over $254 million, and medicinal sales close to $7 million. With all that cash flowing, the tax dollars from those sales are also making record profits for the state

The law remains murky over how those interested in growing marijuana can get their hands on a plant. A company in Faribault faced this first-hand. Their plants were seized. Matt Little, a partner for Midwest Extraction Services, expressed his frustration. “What statute?” he asked. “Please list the

The survey included more than 400 growers across eight US states. While states throughout the U.S. continue to embrace the new legal wave of cannabis, it doesn’t eclipse the strife within the industry. Over the past few years, the industry has faced issues around oversupply, falling prices

Recreational marijuana sales will begin in Mahnomen on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota at 10 am Thursday, according to a late afternoon press release from the White Earth Reservation Business Committee. The White Earth Nation legalized adult-use recreational cannabis just days ago

Bowling Green had history mark its place on Tuesday after the city’s first hemp dispensary open its doors. The co-owners of One Love Hemp Dispensary, Lauren and Matthew Bratcher, have been advocates of adult-use cannabis, as they, and numerous studies, have found it can help with a multitude of

Sean Berte and Armani White are the poster children for cannabis social equity businesses. Boston natives both, the duo set out to use the well intentioned social equity regulations to obtain a license and open a store in their hometown. White, 50% owner of their planned Firehouse dispensary in

Universities across the country are working in all areas of research and development to advance cannabis cultivation, medicine, drug delivery and technology. But these innovations are collecting dust because the universities are not in the business of commercializing products in the marketplace. In

As New York cracked down on unlicensed cannabis shops, sales of legal marijuana grew to reach a total of $33 million during the industry’s first six months, state records show. But the legal cannabis marketplace, which launched in January, remains far from realizing the lofty political promises of

Proper Brands, one of the St. Louis region’s largest marijuana firms, is acquiring another local cannabis business in a deal that CEO John Pennington said is the largest single acquisition in Missouri's cannabis market. St. Louis-based Proper on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Nirvana