Glen Klinkhart was installed as interim director of the agency that regulates legal cannabis and alcohol in the state.
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Georgia MMJ
A majority of Americans support legalizing the use of marijuana in some form, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday.
Nevada lawsuit
Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana dispensaries sold more than $500 million in MMJ products since sales began two years ago, a state official said Wednesday.
Missouri marijuana competition
Alabama medical cannabis
With a bill to legalize medical cannabis expected to be introduced in the Alabama Legislature in 2020, Republican state Sen. Tim Melson has asked a MMJ commission to study a draft of the proposal and make any recommended changes.
Cannabis bill
Nevada’s process for awarding marijuana business licenses has not been tainted by outside influence or conflicts of interest, according to state auditors.
Illinois hands out three more adult-use cannabis licenses, two in Chicago
Illinois awarded three more medical marijuana retailers licenses to sell recreational cannabis, including two in Chicago. There are now 14 medical marijuana dispensaries in Illinois that can sell recreational cannabis when legal sales begin Jan. 1, the Chicago Tribune...
Missouri Medical Marijuana Applications
Multistate cannabis operators filed the largest number of applications for medical cannabis licenses in Missouri.
Marijuana banking
Finding a doctor or other medical provider willing to sign a letter of recommendation to use medical marijuana is difficult for MMJ patients in Utah, even though the state Legislature passed a law in December 2018 allowing residents to use MMJ before patient cards are issued.
South Dakota marijuana update
Groups that support marijuana legalization submitted petitions containing more than 80,000 signatures to the South Dakota Secretary of State for two separate marijuana reform ballot initiatives for next year’s election.
Michigan marijuana firm raises a total of $25 million
C3 Industries, a cannabis producer and retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, raised $16.5 million in private financing, allowing it to expand into existing markets and enter a new one. C3, which has raised more than $25 million this year,...
Cannabis firm Green Thumb refuses to recognize Illinois union effort
Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries, a vertically integrated multistate cannabis company, is refusing to recognize a newly formed Teamsters unit at its cultivation facilities in Rock Island, Illinois, saying the union failed to hold a vote among GTI's employees on...
