Month: November 2018 (Page 14)

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The East Coast’s first adult-use cannabis stores go live on Tuesday! Leafly has reporters on the ground and will post updates throughout the day. The post Massachusetts Cannabis Stores Open: Leafly’s Live Coverage appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Massachusetts Cannabis Stores Open: Leafly’s Live CoverageContinue Reading

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A decade after voting to decriminalize marijuana in 2008, today Massachusetts is commencing legal sales of recreational marijuana to all adults over the age of 21. Over the last two years since recreational cannabis was passed in 2016, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission worked to make this moment a reality. But afterContinue Reading

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Rampant overproduction in Oregon’s market for legal, recreational marijuana has produced a 50% drop in prices, according to recent estimates by state economists. The widely documented collapse has been tough on cannabis businesses such as cultivators and retailers – but a boon for consumers. “The real economic impact from recreational marijuanaContinue Reading

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Amid this month’s election hubbub, one Northern California county’s vote tally opened the door to potentially hundreds of marijuana growers entering the state’s legal cannabis market. In rural Calaveras County – which enacted a commercial MJ cultivation ban in January – two candidates beat out anti-marijuana officials on the five-member county boardContinue Reading

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Canada’s licensed cannabis suppliers have been struggling to keep enough product in stock in the weeks since legalization hit in on Oct. 17. Now, Alberta’s provincial government has decreed that retailers will no longer be able to order cannabis online in an effort to control supply. On Nov. 12, theContinue Reading

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Relax. It’s not failing. A well-regulated market doesn’t arrive perfectly formed. It takes effort and time. The post What to Expect When Your State or Nation Legalizes Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More: What to Expect When Your State or Nation Legalizes CannabisContinue Reading

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A survey conducted by the Canadian Press of various police forces across Canada found that law enforcement did not see a spike in cannabis-impaired driving when legalization kicked in last month. While some agencies were wary of giving the journalists numbers on the admittedly small data pool, saying it wasContinue Reading

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Fewer than 600 patients have been approved to participate in Iowa’s low-THC medical cannabis program, largely because doctors there are uneasy about certifying patients to get access to the medicine. And that’s not particularly good news for cannabis businesses in the state. Under Iowa’s low-THC cannabis program, products cannot exceed 3%Continue Reading