Marijuana Business Factbook 2019

Marijuana Business Factbook 2019 Chapter 2 | State-By-State: Legal Overview, Market Data and Outlook 136 © Copyright 2020, Marijuana Business Daily , a division of Anne Holland Ventures Inc. You may NOT copy this Factbook, or make public the data and facts contained herein, in part or in whole. For more copies or editorial permissions, contact CustomerService@MJBizDaily.com or call (720) 213-5992, ext. 1. NORTH DAKOTA Medical continued Qualifying medical conditions Anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorder, any terminal illness, autism spectrum disorder, brain injury, bulimia nervosa, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, ALS, PTSD, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Crohn’s disease, Ehlers- Danlos syndrome, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, chronic back pain (including neuropathy or damage to the nervous tissues of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity), glaucoma, epilepsy, a medical condition that produces cachexia/wasting syndrome, severe and debilitating pain that hasn’t responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures for more than three months or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects, interstitial cystitis, intractable nausea, migraine, neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, seizures or severe and persistent muscle spasms (including but not limited to those characteristic of MS) and Tourette syndrome. Business regulations Heavy. The state limits the total number of licenses available, though this can be periodically adjusted if necessary. The two licensed cultivators will be limited to 1,000 plants and 50 additional for research purposes, while cultivation and dispensary operations aren’t allowed at the same location. Regulations govern all aspects of dispensary and cultivation business operations, including testing, security, packaging, labeling, record-keeping, pesticide use and training of staff members. BUSINESS TAXES & FEES Application Fees Dispensaries and cultivators: $5,000 License Fees Dispensaries: $90,000 (renewed biannualy) Cultivators: $110,000 (renewed biannualy) Capitalization requirement Dispensaries: no more than $100,000 Cultivators: no more than $1 million State tax requirements 5% sales tax for medical marijuana sales State tax collections in 2018 N/A