WeedLife News Network

DC eases Cannabis licensing barriers but few new growers or manufacturers Image Cannabis NewsJuly 15, 2024 Real Estate Hurdles Stall Medical Cannabis Growth in DC. While new medical cannabis dispensary locations in D.C. are popping up across the city, growers and manufacturers have been left behind despite going through the licensing process months before retailers. Over 120 businesses in both Cannabis Technology News Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs The Outlaw Report

Cannabis businesses in rural Rice County paused until 2025 Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 Rice County Implements Moratorium on Cannabis Businesses in Rural Areas. Inside incorporated cities of Rice County, businesses that are part of the cannabis industry are still permitted to operate. In the rural areas though, they’re likely to wait until next year. The moratorium was placed by the Marijuana Business News Northfield News

Truck driver gets probation in Marijuana trafficking case Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 California Man Sentenced to Probation After Trafficking 360 Pounds of Marijuana in Oklahoma. A 56-year-old man from Stockton, Cal. — arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 51 by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Ryan Long for trafficking 360.8 pounds of marijuana in Stillwater — has been placed Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs 1600 KUSH

Retail Marijuana lottery winners avoid losing their licenses Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 Cannabis Dispensary Licensee Faces Deadline to Secure Store Location in Illinois. Just one winner of a cannabis dispensary license is at risk of losing it tomorrow when a deadline hits for pot-shop licensees to have found a location for their stores. It’s a far lower number than many had feared. The Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs Crain's Chicago Business

Florida officials impose penalties on 2 hemp companies for offering products 'appealing to children' Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 Their action comes after lawmakers approved hemp age restrictions and a prohibition on products 'appealing to children' in 2023. Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is taking what it calls “historic” action against two Florida hemp companies for allegedly making and selling Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Business News WPTV

Alabama’s stalled rollout of Medical Marijuana hurting patients, chief advocate warns Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 Urgency Intensifies for Medical Cannabis Availability Amid Legal Stalemate in Alabama. A chief advocate for medical marijuana stressed a sense of urgency Thursday during a meeting of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission in Montgomery, telling the commission that by the hundreds, Alabamians with Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs Alabama Daily News

Illinois reaches $1B in Cannabis retail sales this year Image Cannabis NewsJuly 12, 2024 Illinois Cannabis Sales Hit $1 Billion Milestone, Fueling Economic Growth and Social Equity. Gov J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that Illinois reached $1 billion in cannabis retail sales on July 1. This includes more than $850 million in adult use cannabis sales and almost $150 million in medical Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News JG TC

Cannatrol Brings Breakthrough Postharvest Cannabis Tech to Europe in Partnership With Paralab Green Image Cannabis NewsJuly 11, 2024 Cannatrol Announces Exclusive Partnership with Paralab Green for European Distribution. Cannatrol, the creators of the only total dry, cure and store system for the cannabis industry, announced today an exclusive partnership with Paralab Green, Europe’s premier distributor of cannabis processing Marijuana Business News Business Wire

Trulieve Announces Opening of Affiliated Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Image Cannabis NewsJuly 11, 2024 Trulieve Expands Access to Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania with New Dispensary in Wilkes-Barre. Trulieve Cannabis Corp., a leading and top-performing marijuana company in the U.S., today announced the opening of a new Trulieve-affiliated medical marijuana dispensary in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs PR Newswire

Why Cannabis Companies Need Efficient Technology Networks Image Cannabis NewsJuly 11, 2024 How Cannabis Technology Networks Are Driving Industry Efficiency and Growth. Various technological frameworks have been developed to enhance the cannabis industry’s overall efficiency. This is currently happening in technology, which has a role that extends far beyond meeting operational needs. This Cannabis Technology News Marijuana Business News Cannabis & Tech Today

Trulieve Contributes $1M to Florida Recreational Cannabis Campaign Image Cannabis NewsJuly 11, 2024 Trulieve adds $1 million to the campaign to legalize recreational cannabis via a Florida constitutional amendment. The medical cannabis company Trulieve has contributed another $1 million to a campaign to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana use in Florida Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs WMNF

House Committee Blocks Biden's Marijuana Rescheduling Efforts Image Cannabis NewsJuly 11, 2024 House Appropriations Committee Approves Amendment to Halt DOJ's Cannabis Rescheduling Plan. The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved legislation to block the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to reschedule marijuana and ease restrictions on the drug under federal law. The Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News Forbes

First Findings From Swiss Cannabis Pilot Show Shift Towards Safer Consumption Methods Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 Six Months In: Switzerland's First Legal Cannabis Stores Report Positive Trends. Six months on from the opening of Europe’s first legal cannabis stores in Switzerland, experts are reporting trends towards regulated sales and ‘lower-risk’ consumption methods, such as edibles and extracts. The first Marijuana Business News Business of Cannabis

Massachusetts Lawmakers Divided on Next Steps for Troubled Cannabis Control Commission Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 Uncertainty Looms as Massachusetts Lawmakers Grapple with Cannabis Control Commission's Future Amid Inspector General's Warning. Lawmakers from both parties signaled Tuesday they share a government watchdog’s concerns about upheaval at the Cannabis Control Commission, but Democrats who wield Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News Mass Live

Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus Demands Social Equity in Cannabis Legalization Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 Black Caucus Stresses Restorative Justice as Essential for Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus said Tuesday that any cannabis legalization law must contain policies concerning restorative justice and social equity. Members of the Caucus said that any bill Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News Benzinga

As Iowa Hemp lawsuits continue, business dries up for retailers Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 Tightened Hemp Laws Devastate CBD Businesses and Spur Legal Battles in Iowa. Lacie Navin has seen business drop dramatically at her CBD and hemp shops since July 1, when a new state law tightly restricting the products went into effect. Navin runs Your CBD Store shops in the Des Moines metro, a Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs The Gazette

Wisconsin’s Cannabis industry leafs out with new, legal products Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 From Migraines to Market Booms: How Legal Ambiguities and Entrepreneurial Spirit are Shaping Wisconsin's Cannabis Scene. When she was in her mid-30s, Sara Scott-Hitchings was bedeviled by migraines. After years of trying one medication after another, including opioids, Hitchings was running out of Medical Cannabis News Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs The Cap Times

California’s Cannabis industry shifts 710 strategy on heels of new vape rules Image Cannabis NewsJuly 10, 2024 Sales of concentrates are on the rise across the country, even as California operators adapt to new terminology and a focus on sustainability. As cannabis companies across the U.S. set up to celebrate the relatively new cannabis holiday of 710, California operators are adapting to new vape Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs Green Market Report

Calls for More Industry Transparency as Medical Cannabis Producer Reveals High Yield Image Cannabis NewsJuly 9, 2024 Dalgety Calls for Industry Transparency as It Reveals World-Class Yield. Leading UK medical cannabis producer Dalgety has, for the first time, revealed its impressive yield while calling for more industry transparency across the UK market. Just 18 months since being granted a Home Office licence Marijuana Business News Business of Cannabis

South Dakota Leads Nation in Hemp Production, Eyes Expansion Image Cannabis NewsJuly 9, 2024 South Dakota ranks #1 in Hemp, farmers in the state look at this year’s crop. After leading the nation in hemp production the last two years, South Dakota looks to continue expanding the growth of the crop throughout the state while adding new processing facilities. Despite South Dakota being the Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs AG Week