Google Ads will no longer ban all hemp and CBD advertising in California, Colorado and Puerto Rico, but there continue to be limitations to marketers.
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Detroit launches recreational cannabis sales after series of delays
Recreational cannabis sales kicked off in Detroit on Wednesday at two medical marijuana dispensaries that recently were licensed to serve adult-use customers.
Florida adult-use marijuana legalization petition garners nearly 150K signatures
Florida adult-use marijuana legalization advocates have collected almost 150,000 valid signatures in an effort to include the issue on the 2024 ballot.
Detroit hands out 33 licenses to recreational cannabis retailers
Four years after recreational cannabis sales began in Michigan, Detroit regulators have issued 33 retail licenses.
Trulieve to study ground-cannabis hazards in OSHA deal after worker death
Under a settlement with a federal agency stemming from an employee’s death, Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis will study the potential hazards of ground marijuana dust.
Vermont recreational cannabis sales total $2.6 million in first month
Recreational cannabis stores in Vermont took in $2.6 million in October, the first month of adult-use sales.
Cannabis wholesale platform LeafLink lays off 80 workers
New York-based LeafLink, a cannabis wholesale tech platform, cut 80 employees earlier this month.
Cannabis MSO earnings resilient through third quarter of 2022
U.S. cannabis multistate operators weathered a storm of challenging economic factors through the third quarter of 2022, with most reporting modest to significant year-over-year revenue gains.
Maryland switches medical marijuana oversight to alcohol and tobacco agency
The medical marijuana industry in Maryland will be regulated by the state’s Alcohol and Tobacco Commission starting in 2023.
USDA extends deadline for DEA-approved lab tests on hemp by one year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving hemp cultivators one more year to secure a lab that is registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to test products.
Alaska ranks highest, New Jersey lowest in adult-use marijuana taxes, report says
Alaska’s recreational marijuana taxes are the highest in the country, and New Jersey’s are the lowest.
That’s according to Richard Auxier and Nikhita Airi, the authors of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center’s September report, “The Pros and Cons of Cannabis Taxes.”
Trulieve Cannabis facing possible class action suit over terminated employees
Employees laid off by multistate operator Trulieve Cannabis filed a possible class action lawsuit alleging the Florida-based company didn’t give appropriate notice before letting them go.
