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Detroit finally begins adult-use cannabis business licensing
After years of waiting, Detroit is now accepting applications for adult-use cannabis business licenses for retailers, microbusinesses, and consumption lounges.
The application window for adult-use business licenses opened Sept. 1 and closes Oct. 1.
Oklahoma high court to hear ballot issue for adult-use cannabis legalization
The Oklahoma Supreme Court said it will consider whether legalizing adult-use cannabis should be on the state’s Nov. 8 election ballot.
But it’s not clear if there is enough time to print ballots with State Question 820 in time.
Cannabis microbusiness license holders say lower cost of entry tempered by risk of failure
The North American cannabis industry is increasingly being dominated by multistate operators and other large companies, often at the expense of small businesses.
At best, these small businesses get acquired by big players. At worst, they shut down, unable to compete with the economies of scale and resources big players have.
10 strategies U.S. cannabis executives use to strengthen their small businesses
In Colorado, the 10 biggest marijuana businesses account for more than 70% of cannabis sales, according to MJ consultant Chris Cox.
The same will eventually be true in California, where the top 10 companies account for more than 30% of marijuana sales, says Cox, a partner with Sacramento-based cannabis consultancy BeGreenLegal.
Leverage advantages to navigate recession, small cannabis business owners advise
In the months before Ulysses Youngblood opened the doors to his dispensary, Major Bloom, in August 2021, passersby in the lower-income neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the store is located, would stop him in the street and say, “I’m not paying $20 for a pre-roll.”
Alabama sets fees, timetable for medical cannabis licensing
It will cost $2,500 for entrepreneurs to apply for medical cannabis business licenses in Alabama, and the application window opens Sept. 1.
Louisiana expanding number of medical cannabis dispensaries
The number of dispensaries in Louisiana licensed to dispense medical cannabis will soon expand from the current nine.
Marijuana business licensees in Illinois seek changes in ownership rules
Roughly 200 marijuana operators signed a petition asking Illinois regulators to alter a policy that prohibits adult-use store owners with conditional licenses from selling equity in their businesses until they are eligible to begin retail sales.
Nebraska review raises hopes medical marijuana legalization may make ballot
An effort to get medical marijuana legalization on Nebraska’s ballot in November remains alive after the secretary of state acquiesced to a request from cannabis advocates to review petition signatures that had not been previously looked at.
Stock exchange fines, suspends trading of United Kingdom CBD maker
British CBD maker Love Hemp Group was fined 100,000 pounds ($118,347) by the London-based Aquis Stock Exchange for misleading investors by announcing a capital raise of 2 million pounds that was not completed.
Cannabis industry group experiences leadership shake-up as member departs
The U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC), a leading industry trade group, appointed Khadijah Tribble as interim CEO, replacing Steven Hawkins.
