Nevada gives final approval for marijuana consumption lounges

Nevada regulators have at long last finalized rules that open up the state’s cannabis market to an estimated 60-65 marijuana consumption lounges, a move long welcomed by an industry eager to take better advantage of the state’s bustling tourism industry.

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Finger-pointing in Arizona over marijuana social equity hurdles

The failure of a key marijuana bill in Arizona’s Legislature has triggered an angry round of the blame game by social equity advocates, who charge that more established companies torpedoed the bill because they want to keep the state’s cannabis market to themselves.

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SQDC ratifies agreement with some Quebec cannabis store workers

Quebec’s government-owned Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) cannabis retail monopoly ratified an agreement in principle with a group of workers represented by one union, although a strike by workers represented by another union remains unresolved.

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