Month: January 2020 (Page 25)

Legacy cannabis brands like Juju Joints and Phyto Extractions have found backing in Canada as LPs aim to cash in on their reputations. The post These grey market cannabis brands are going legit appeared first on Leafly. Read More: These grey market cannabis brands are going legitContinue Reading

Voters in South Dakota will decide this year whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older. Voters also will decide in November the fate of a measure to allow medical marijuana for patients with serious health conditions South Dakota will become the first state to vote on bothContinue Reading

Alberta’s Gaming and Liquor Commission suprised micro cultivators by refusing business that doesn’t meet their production requirements. The post AGLC won’t buy from micro producers, delays vape rollout appeared first on Leafly. Read More: AGLC won’t buy from micro producers, delays vape rolloutContinue Reading

Adult-use cannabis retailers in Illinois have sold almost $11 million of recreational marijuana since sales began Jan. 1. According to state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the 37 licensed recreational marijuana stores registered more than 271,000 transactions since the launch of Illinois’ rec industry. On the first day alone, salesContinue Reading

Michigan’s strategy for adult-use cannabis businesses empowers localities to control their communities, but it creates disparate business opportunities within the state’s market. Regulators chose not to restrict the number of recreational marijuana businesses allowed statewide but granted municipalities local approval. Adult-use sales began in Michigan on Dec. 1, 2019, andContinue Reading

Medical marijuana growers in New Mexico might be straining some local water supplies. The Peña Blanca Water and Sanitation District and Sile Mutual Domestic Water and Sewer Association wrote to state agencies and legislators saying they are concerned that medical marijuana growers are using a disproportionate amount of scarce waterContinue Reading

Harvest Health & Recreation, an Arizona-based multistate cannabis company, said Monday it is negotiating to pay $87.5 million in stock and debt assumption for Interurban Capital Group in Seattle. Interurban is the owner and operator of Seattle-based Have a Heart, which has a total of 11 dispensaries in California, WashingtonContinue Reading

Utah makes advances in its medical cannabis program, announcing site locations and companies that will be operating its first round of medical cannabis pharmacies potentially opening as early as March. The post Utah picks companies, sites for medical cannabis ‘pharmacies’ appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Utah picksContinue Reading