Month: May 2018 (Page 2)

What Are You Smoking? Episode 38: Perfecting Pre-Rolls With the Saints Joints Founder

On: May 31, 2018

Will and Bailey sit down with Larry Perigo, one of the founders of Saints Joints, for a conversation about great joints, premium packaging, and collaboration in the cannabis industry. The post What Are You Smoking? Episode 38: Perfecting Pre-Rolls With the Saints Joints Founder appeared first on Leafly. Continue Reading

New Jersey health official lobbies docs to recommend medical marijuana

On: May 31, 2018

New Jersey’s health commissioner urged the state’s 28,000 registered physicians to give medical marijuana more of a chance, a move apparently aimed at ensuring the state has enough physicians to accommodate a possible expansion of its MMJ program. A lack of physician buy-in has been a problem for MMJ marketsContinue Reading

Denver rejects cannabis spa: It’s 19 feet too close to child care center

On: May 31, 2018

Denver city officials rejected a would-be “cannabis spa and lounge” because it would have been 19 feet too close to a child care center. The decision reflects how unbending Denver’s rules are for its new marijuana social-use business permits – and it’s a sign that MJ business owners will needContinue Reading

Michigan extends medical marijuana license deadline by three months

On: May 31, 2018

Michigan extended the deadline for medical marijuana licenses by three months, until Sept. 15, providing relief to businesses that have been waiting to receive approvals under a new regulatory regime. The process of restructuring Michigan’s MMJ industry has been slow going. Concerns had been building that application reviews wouldn’t beContinue Reading

Feds team with California officials to combat illegal cannabis grows

On: May 31, 2018

One of California’s U.S. attorneys is joining forces with the state attorney general in a renewed effort to crack down on illegal cannabis growers while allowing licensed marijuana companies to continue doing business as usual. McGregor Scott, the U.S. attorney for the eastern district of California, announced this week thatContinue Reading

City of Brotherly Nugs: Philadelphia Opens Its First Dispensary

On: May 31, 2018

Medical marijuana patients in the City of Brotherly Love officially got legal access to their medicine locally for the first time on Wednesday, with the opening of the Restore Integrative Wellness dispensary in Philadelphia. Nearly two years to the day since Pennsylvania implemented its medical marijuana law in May 2016, the state’sContinue Reading

Possible Massachusetts recreational marijuana license delay shouldn’t slow sales launch

On: May 31, 2018

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is allowed by state law to start issuing recreational marijuana business licenses June 1, but the agency’s top regulator suggested the first permits probably won’t be issued until a couple of weeks after that. Such a delay is not expected to hold up the launch of Massachusetts’Continue Reading

Five reasons why lighting giant Osram’s acquisition of Fluence is a big deal for cannabis

On: May 31, 2018

One of the cannabis industry’s largest lighting solutions suppliers, Austin, Texas-based Fluence Bioengineering was recently acquired by Osram, a $4.1 billion firm based in Munich, Germany. The deal may signal increased interest from international firms and investors on the hunt for ancillary cannabis companies. Five reasons why lighting giant Osram’sContinue Reading

Los Angeles Files Charges Against Dozens of Unlicensed Cannabis Businesses

On: May 30, 2018

City Attorney Mike Feuer said his office has filed 36 criminal cases against a total of 140 defendants associated with 32 cannabis shops and one delivery service. The post Los Angeles Files Charges Against Dozens of Unlicensed Cannabis Businesses appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Los Angeles FilesContinue Reading

Top New York Lawmaker: Expunge Convictions if Cannabis Goes Legal

On: May 30, 2018

“If we’re going to get to the point that it’s going to be legal, why should people still have trouble getting jobs and have a record for something that is legal?” The post Top New York Lawmaker: Expunge Convictions if Cannabis Goes Legal appeared first on Leafly. ReadContinue Reading

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