{"id":19957,"date":"2017-10-05T02:20:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T10:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/10\/05\/albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-to-private-retailers-mj-clubs-and-lounges\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T20:45:33","slug":"albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-to-private-retailers-mj-clubs-and-lounges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/10\/05\/albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-to-private-retailers-mj-clubs-and-lounges\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta\u2019s rec cannabis blueprint leaves door open to private retailers, MJ clubs and lounges"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Matt Lamers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alberta\u2019s proposed framework to regulate marijuana leaves open the possibility private companies could sell adult-use products, a move that would be a boon for businesses wanting to participate in the province\u2019s retail sector.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government also signaled it is open to marijuana cafes and lounges, which would provide more opportunities for entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-76292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the regulations governing such venues \u2013 as well as those for online sales \u2013 probably won\u2019t be ready by the time adult-use legalization is scheduled to take effect July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Giving private businesses a crack at adult-use sales would set Alberta<\/p>\n<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-private-retailers-mj-clubs-lounges\/\">Alberta\u2019s rec cannabis blueprint leaves door open to private retailers, MJ clubs and lounges<\/a> is a post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\">Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal &amp; Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-private-retailers-mj-clubs-lounges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta\u2019s rec cannabis blueprint leaves door open to private retailers, MJ clubs and lounges<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Lamers Alberta\u2019s proposed framework to regulate marijuana leaves open the possibility private companies could sell adult-use products, a move that would be a boon for businesses wanting to participate in the province\u2019s retail sector. The provincial government also signaled it is open to marijuana cafes and lounges, which<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2017\/10\/05\/albertas-rec-cannabis-blueprint-leaves-door-open-to-private-retailers-mj-clubs-and-lounges\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[822,1893,630,682,5,172,578,18,10,1894],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19958,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions\/19958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}