Arizona voters may get a chance to decide next year whether to legalize recreational marijuana, which could open up a host of new cannabis business opportunities if it succeeds. Legalization advocates said they’ve filed paperwork with the Arizona Secretary of State to put the question before voters in 2020. They’llContinue Reading
A recreational cannabis store opened on Nantucket Island, the first to open off the Massachusetts mainland as the young market continues expanding. The Green Lady Dispensary opened Sunday on an appointment-only basis after receiving approval to operate from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission. Massachusetts voters legalized recreational MJ in 2016,Continue Reading
Inside the safest, most secure cannabis sales and consumption in Golden Gate Park history. The post Legal Cannabis Mellowed Outside Lands Megafestival appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Legal Cannabis Mellowed Outside Lands MegafestivalContinue Reading
Luxembourg authorities are working on details for the legalization of recreational marijuana, and the legislative process for the program – “inspired by the Canadian model” – could start as early as this fall, Vice Prime Minister and Health Minister Étienne Schneider revealed. However, Schneider also said in an interview withContinue Reading
A New Mexico hearing officer endorsed a plan to limit medical cannabis cultivation to 1,750 mature plants per grower, an effort to avert a possible market oversupply. State health department Secretary Kathyleen Kunkel will have the final say on whether to implement the plan, which some growers argue will constrainContinue Reading
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a Denver-based law firm and lobbying giant, said it has created a marijuana and industrial hemp industry group. The firm launched the group to focus on marijuana and industrial hemp as they become more “mainstream,” according to Brownstein Hyatt. The group will be co-chaired by MelissaContinue Reading
Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs flirted with privatizing adult-use retail in the province, scaling down Cannabis NB, or bringing in third-party experts to run the Crown company. The post Cannabis NB Blamed its $2M First Quarter Loss on the Illicit Market appeared first on Leafly. Read More: CannabisContinue Reading
Are Health Canada’s advertisement regulations strict enough on social media, where a large portion of active users are under age? The post Health Canada Isn’t Too Worried About Canadian Producers on Snapchat appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Health Canada Isn’t Too Worried About Canadian Producers on SnapchatContinue Reading
Times have changed for journalists reporting on cannabis brands. Years ago, writing (and by extension reading) about cannabis cultivators felt like following the wild lives of outlaw herbalists, mad bastards who risked it all for the love of the plant and the thrill of the game. Today? It’s undeniably excitingContinue Reading
Harvest Health & Recreation is in high-stakes clashes with medical marijuana regulators in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the disputes could potentially offer other MMJ firms cautionary lessons around the necessity to maintain extremely pristine regulatory compliance in state-legal markets. At stake for Harvest are more than a dozen dispensary, processingContinue Reading
