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The first person to be charged with unlawfully cultivating hemp under South Carolina’s Hemp Farming Act is suing several state agencies, alleging he wasn’t given due process before his crops were destroyed.
Connecticut regulators selected six applicants for retail permits and two for micro-cultivation permits from a general lottery to advance to the next phase of the state’s adult-use marijuana business licensing process.
Georgia regulators awarded two licenses to grow, manufacture and sell low-THC marijuana oil.
High Haven, a female-led, minority-owned marijuana company, secured five conditional business licenses in Illinois after suing the state over the social equity application process.
New York regulators approved conditional recreational marijuana licenses for 19 cultivators and 10 processors and adopted new rules for medical cannabis home growers.
Florida regulators finally have issued the first vertically integrated medical marijuana license specifically designated for a Black farmer, a potentially lucrative business opportunity.
A nearly two-week heat wave punctuated the end of another challenging summer for California marijuana businesses.
Some operators told MJBizDaily they experienced power outages and other daily disruptions stemming from excessive heat and a taxed power grid.
