A 6,000-square-foot vape lounge for medical marijuana users that opened recently in Canada has averaged 110 customers a day in its first week of business, according to its owners. Higher Limits - located in Windsor, Ontario - generates revenues via a $5 charge to...
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Report: Canadian Marijuana Sales Could Hit $7 Billion
An economist at a major investment bank is estimating in a new report that Canada’s marijuana market could surpass $7 billion annually - or about $10 billion in Canadian dollars - if legalization proceeds there. CIBC World Markets economist Avery Shenfeld based the...
Canadian Medical Cannabis Producer Slashes Prices
A subsidiary of Canada’s largest medical marijuana grower announced it is lowering its MMJ prices to $5 per gram, about a third lower than the average price in the country of $7.50 per gram. Bedrocan Canada, which is owned by Ontario-based Canopy Growth Corporation,...
Vermont legalization group unveils TV ad
A marijuana legalization group in Vermont has unveiled a television ad featuring a white-bearded, bow-tied former state attorney general who laments the pitfalls of prohibition and urges marijuana legalization. The ad, “Time to End Prohibition (Again),” begins airing...
Insights on Maryland’s Medical Marijuana Program: Q&A With Outgoing MMJ Chief Hannah Byron
By Omar Sacirbey
Hannah Byron – who took the reins of Maryland’s medical marijuana program a year ago and officially steps down this week – shares her views on the state’s MMJ program, what makes for a winning application and the climate for cannabis businesses.
Cannabis Hub for Growers, Processors to Open in Tacoma
A developer and his partners plan to turn part of a former food-processing plant in Tacoma, Washington State, into a hub for cannabis companies. George Heidgerken and his partners in a company called That Other Stuff recently bought the former Nalley Fine Foods plant...
Colorado Man Sues Town, Alleges It Created MMJ Monopoly
A Colorado man is asking the state’s attorney general to investigate officials in the town of Palisade, who he accuses in a lawsuit of creating an illegal monopoly by limiting the number of medical marijuana businesses to one. If the lawsuit succeeds, it could become...
Connecticut’s three new dispensaries to launch midyear
Connecticut has announced that three new medical marijuana dispensaries will open sometime in early summer, according to the state’s Department of Consumer Protection. The new dispensaries bring the total to nine in Connecticut, which also has four cultivation...
Noted Legalization Advocate Faces Business Lawsuits
Travis Maurer, a prominent marijuana activist who played a major role in getting marijuana legalized in Oregon, is embroiled in legal issues over two different business ventures. The larger of the two lawsuits involves a partnership to start a legal dispensary and...
Seattle Vows Delivery Services Crackdown
Seattle is moving to heighten enforcement of the state's recreational marijuana law by targeting illegal delivery services, according to KING News. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis board has estimated that black market marijuana accounts for about 28% of...
Illinois MMJ Program Success Requires 600% Patient Growth
Marijuana business owners in Illinois say they need to see 20,000 to 30,000 customers in the next six to 12 months to stabilize what they worry is a struggling industry, according to the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. So far, about 4,000 patients have registered...
ResponsibleOhio Effort Over, Co-Founder Joins MMJ Task Force
The group behind last year's failed bid to legalize marijuana in Ohio will dissolve completely, despite vowing to take another shot at legalization in 2016. ResponsibleOhio co-founder Jimmy Gould said the group's leaders have determined that...


